Spotify and Universal Music Group have finally put pen to paper on a new global licensing agreement.
The global market-leading streaming company and the world’s No.1 music company say the ...
The UK’s No.1 record company has a new name and a new president – with Rebecca Allen taking over as president of a rebranded EMI Records.
The label has been ...
Many music business careers end in tears, but Sarah Stennett’s began that way.
These days, Stennett is the uber-confident head of First Access Entertainment, a very modern music business company ...
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 ...
It’s the season for wise men bearing gifts – and the music industry’s top bosses don’t disappoint with their end of year addresses.
It’s become a festive tradition for some ...
In case you haven’t noticed, Music Week has just turned 60. This week’s special 60th Anniversary edition hit desks across the international music industry yesterday; a host of top ...
My own Music Week moment arrived in April 1997. My appointment as editor of a different weekly music publication was covered by the many trade papers around in those days, ...
Digital music pioneer and senior Universal Music Group executive Jay Frank passed away on Sunday (October 13) at the age of 47. The cause of death was cancer, his family ...
Sir Lucian Grainge is excited. Investors certainly seem happy, with Vivendi's share price up in Paris after the announcement. Those who were starting to believe the slow-moving Universal Music ...
Vivendi has finally silenced the speculation – and some doubters – about the sale of a stake in Universal Music Group. A year after the process was first announced, ...