The EU is investigating UMG’s $775m Downtown buyout – but why, and what happens now?
Universal Music Group‘s Virgin Music Group revealed in December that it had agreed to buy Downtown Music Holdings LLC in a $775 ...
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UMG’s $775m acquisition of Downtown Music to be investigated by EU competition watchdog
European regulators are officially preparing to investigate Universal Music Group‘s proposed $775 million Downtown Music acquisition.The Financial Times first reported ...
From UMG’s motion to dismiss Drake’s lawsuit to Mariah Carey’s copyright win… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines ...
Universal spent $1bn+ on investments in 2024… and 5 other things we learned on UMG’s latest earnings call
Universal Music Group published its Q4 and FY 2024 results on Thursday (March 6), posting overall revenues in FY 2024 (across ...
From YouTube’s 125m subscribers to UMG’s $5bn recorded music subscription revenues… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines ...
Sir Lucian Grainge issues update on UMG’s L.A. wildfire relief efforts: ‘The road to recovery will be very long. We will be there every step of the way.’
Universal Music Group‘s Chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge has issued an update on the company’s wildfire relief efforts in ...
UMG’s Frank Briegmann advocates for robust copyright protection on ‘AI and Content Creation’ panel at Davos
Universal Music Group has been a leading advocate for the protection of artists’ rights and copyrights amid the rise of ...
Believe and TuneCore say they ‘strongly refute’ copyright infringement claims in UMG’s $500m lawsuit and ‘will fight them’
Believe has issued a statement in response to a major copyright infringement lawsuit filed against the company and its subsidiary ...
From UMG’s [PIAS] buyout to Concord’s $217m Daddy Yankee deal… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up
Welcome to Music Business Worldwide’s weekly round-up – where we make sure you caught the five biggest stories to hit our headlines ...
This analyst has watched Universal Music Group closely for years (and hasn’t always been mega-positive). He just upgraded UMG’s stock for the second time in 12 months.
There are few financial analysts that have observed the music business – particularly Universal Music Group – for as long, ...
