Drake, in Second Action Against Universal Music Group, Claims Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Is Defamatory
Drake has filed a second legal petition against Universal Music Group (UMG), this time claiming the company should have prevented ...
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Drake files ANOTHER petition accusing Universal of ‘inappropriate business practices’ to turn Kendrick Lamar diss track ‘Not Like Us’ into a mega-hit. Read the full filing here.
This is turning into one heck of a dispute.On Monday (November 25), Drake, via his company Frozen Moments LLC, accused ...
‘Super-Premium’ music subscription tiers coming in 2025, and 3 other things we learned from Universal Music’s Boyd Muir at the Morgan Stanley conference
MBW Reacts is a series of analytical commentaries from Music Business Worldwide written in response to major recent entertainment events ...
Turntable Labs’ social music platform Hangout launches with Sony, Universal and Warner deals
Turntable Labs has launched a new social music platform that offers a virtual space where users can share and discover ...
Bill Ackman wants to move Universal Music Group’s financial HQ from Amsterdam to the US. Universal has warned it might not be possible.
Billionaire Bill Ackman is one the most powerful behind-the-scenes players in the modern financialized music rights industry.According to Universal Music ...
Universal Music generated $3.15bn in Q3; subscription streaming revenues grew 8.2% YoY
MBW’s Stat Of The Week is a series in which we highlight a data point that deserves the attention of ...
Boyd Muir promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Universal Music Group
Boyd Muir, EVP, CFO and President of Operations at Universal Music Group, has been promoted to the newly created role ...
Universal Music uses AI voice cloning tool to create Spanish-language version of Brenda Lee’s hit ‘Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree’
Over the summer, Universal Music Group struck a strategic partnership with AI tech company SoundLabs focused on ‘ethically’ trained tools for ...
Universal and Warner Have Grown More Efficient Over the Past 10 Years
In September, the Warner Music Group disclosed that its restructuring plan implemented over the course of this past year was ...
Universal makes big move in China’s hip-hop scene, inking deal to distribute artists from ‘The Rap Of China’
Since it debuted in 2017, The Rap Of China, a televised music competition, has drawn multiple billions of views from ...
