Partnership with producer and artist marks platform’s latest music move
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Author archives: Music Business Worldwide
300 Entertainment exploring sale for $400m (report)
300 Entertainment is one of the most successful modern independent labels in the United States
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Universal Music Group joins WIPO for Creators as first corporate sponsor
WIPO for Creators is a public-private partnership supporting IP rights for creators across the arts
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Merlin strikes strategic partnership with free music streaming app TREBEL
TREBEL caters to users who are unlikely to subscribe to premium paid music services
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Apple Music launches on PS5 gaming console
PS5 is first console to introduce an ‘integrated Apple Music experience’
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Sony Music’s quarterly streaming revenues burst above $1bn for the first time
MBW breaks down the numbers in an historic quarter for Rob Stringer’s major
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Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s first statement to investors as the CEO of a publicly-traded Universal Music Group
UMG boss outlines “long-term, career-oriented” vision for the future
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Six reasons why regionality still matters for the global music streaming business
This MBW op/ed comes from Ryan Blakeley, a Ph.D. in Musicology candidate at the Eastman School of Music.
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Is Universal Music Group going to post a $2bn EBITDA profit this year?
UMG announces another impressive set of quarterly results – this time as a public company
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Spotify offloads two thirds of its stake in DistroKid for $167m
Spotify made a minority investment in DistroKid back in 2018
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