Shawn Mendes and Lionel Richie have inducted Universal Music Group chairman/CEO Sir Lucian Grainge onto Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame.
Grainge is one of the few modern British music execs to ...
Saban Music Group (SMG) has agreed a global distribution and marketing deal with Universal Music Group.
The company launched in the summer with entertainment industry veteran Haim Saban announcing ...
Vivendi has agreed the sale of a 10% stake in Universal Music Group to a consortium led by Tencent Holdings for €3 billion (£2.55bn).
In a memo seen by Music ...
Dirty Hit has renewed its distribution partnership with Ingrooves.
The label behind The 1975, Wolf Alice, Pale Waves and Beabadoobee has signed an exclusive global digital distribution deal with ...
Universal Music Group has partnered with AirAsia Group on a new record label.
The travel and lifestyle company and major have teamed up for RedRecords, which will focus on signing, ...
Jeff Vaughn has been appointed as president of Capitol Records.
The A&R veteran will start on January 1 and be based in Hollywood. Vaughn reports to Capitol Music Group ...
As depicted in John Niven’s bloodthirsty music industry novel Kill Your Friends, the British music industry of the 1990s was packed full of characters, controversy and no little chaos (albeit ...
IMPALA is to formally oppose the strategic partnership between Tencent Holdings and Universal Music Group.
The indie sector’s increasing concerns about the deal are revealed in the latest issue ...
Universal Music Group has requested an urgent dismissal of the lawsuit filed over master recordings that artists claimed were lost in the 2008 fire at the major’s Californian vault facility. ...
Hole has withdrawn from the class action lawsuit against Universal Music Group after it emerged that their masters were not affected by the 2008 fire at the company’s archive vaults. ...
