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, ...
Chinese multinational conglomerate Tencent Holdings Limited is in talks with Vivendi to acquire a 10% stake in Universal Music Group (UMG).
The proposed deal would value UMG at €30 billion ...
The sale of a minority stake in Universal Music Group is continuing “step by step”.
That was the message from Arnaud de Puyfontaine, CEO of parent company Vivendi as it ...
Natina Nimene has been upped to SVP, urban promotion at UMG’s Def Jam Recordings.
Nimene will continue to be based in New York and report to EVP, urban promotion, ...
There is so much to unpack in the Taylor Swift/Scooter Braun/Scott Borchetta dispute that it feels like moving house.
But beyond speculating which celebrity will be next to be dragged ...
More than 700 names of artists whose master recordings were reportedly lost in the 2008 UMG archive fire have been revealed.
Some artists and estates – including Soundgarden Hole, Steve ...
The furore over the 2008 fire at Universal Music’s archive vault in California, housed at the non-UMG owned Universal Studios, much like the blaze itself, is showing few signs ...
Sir Lucian Grainge, Universal Music Group CEO/chairman, has written to staff at the major about the historic fire that destroyed master recordings.
It follows extensive reporting by New York ...
The plan to sell up to a 50% stake in Universal Music Group was announced way back in July 2018. The major’s stunning performance since then has made it an ...
