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Blackwell wins Mojo award
09:02 | Friday June 12, 2009
Chris Blackwell followed up being named as the most influential record industry executive of the last 50 years by Music Week by winning the Mojo Medal gong at last night’s Mojo Awards.
Motown website launch
11:16 | Thursday April 30, 2009
Universal Music Catalogue has launched a new website and online store to mark the 50th Anniversary of Motown Records.
Universal hook up with People
10:32 | Tuesday April 28, 2009
Fan-oriented music website People’s Music Store has partnered with Universal Music to offer more than 300,000 tracks for paid download.
Blackwell saluted as best of last 50 years
09:10 | Thursday April 9, 2009
Island Records founder Chris Blackwell was last night named the most influential UK-based industry executive of the past five decades as part of the 2009 Music Week Awards, with Coalition PR founder Rob Partridge winning the prestigious...
Blackwell saluted as best of last 50 years
April 11 2009
Island Records founder Chris Blackwell was last night named the most influential UK-based industry executive of the past five decades as part of the 2009 Music Week Awards, with Coalition PR founder Rob Partridge winning the prestigious...
Black celebration: the holy grail of Black Sabbath
March 14 2009
“It’s been described as the heavy metal holy grail,” says Universal catalogue consultant Steve Hammonds, “and it’s been a labour of love to get it to the point where it could be released.”
Universal embraces MP3 for "lost classics" store
13:50 | Wednesday July 30, 2008
Universal is making a major foray into the world of MP3s, with the launch of a new download store dedicated to exclusive tracks, rarities and “overlooked classics”.
Universal launches eco-range with Asda
Monday June 18, 2007
Universal Music Catalogue has launched its environmentally friendly Ecopac range in an initiative that will see Asda exclusively stocking 42 titles from the label’s 20th Century Masters – The Millennium collection.
Capital Gold to air record label docu-series
Wednesday March 7, 2007
Capital Gold is to air a seven part documentary radio series examining the history of some of the best known record labels in the world.
Christmas season to see flux of boxed set releases
Monday October 30, 2006
This Christmas' roster is jammed-packed with a host of special boxed sets from all labels.
Adam Benzine talks to those behind the scenes about the creation of the packages, and why high-quality product is particularly desirable in...Rare BBC recordings by Universal acts get release
Monday July 10, 2006
Rare tracks and recordings by Universal artists held in the BBC archives are set to become available for the first time as digital releases, the first of which will be extra tracks on The Orb's - The Orb's Adventures Beyond The Ultraworld
End of year poll...more results
Monday December 12, 2005
Check out more of the responses to the MW end of year poll.... Remember there is still time to vote: email your replies to mwalert@musicweek.com
HMV series to focus on world catalogue
Saturday March 8, 2003
HMV is preparing to breathe new life into back catalogue by launching 20 compilation titles over the next two years, through its own new Global Roots range, developed in conjunction with
Universal...
