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UMG shares soar 38% as Sir Lucian Grainge predicts 'new wave of music consumption'

Universal Music Group shares soared 38.1% in the first day of trading. The major was valued at around €33.5 billion ahead of its debut on the EuroNext exchange in Amsterdam today (September 21). During the first hours of trading, that market valuation soared above €46bn. Parent company Vivendi had set a ...

Wolves launches record label with ADA

Music Week Awards 2021: Partisan's Jeff Bell salutes the independent sector

Warner Music Nordics ups Karoliina Kanerva to head of international

Warner Music partners with David Bowie's estate on landmark catalogue deal

ERA AGM: Label execs pay tribute to record shops and digital platforms for support during pandemic

Representatives of all the UK's leading music companies have paid tribute to the work of digital services and record shops in helping the music industry get through the ...

CMA launches in-depth phase two investigation of Sony Music's AWAL acquisition

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has referred the acquisition by Sony Music Entertainment of AWAL and Kobalt Neighbouring Rights for an in-depth investigation. Last week, the CMA ...

'I was completely at my death': Sir Lucian Grainge on surviving Covid and the future of UMG

UMG CEO & chairman Sir Lucian Grainge has given a rare interview, in which he reveals the life-threatening bout of Covid he endured last year. Speaking to the ...

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