Warner Music Group boss Steve Cooper talks COVID-19, streaming subscriptions… and that delayed IPO

MBW delves deeper into Warner’s calendar Q1 results
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Spotify and Warner Music Group agree new global licensing deal

Last summer, Spotify rather shrewdly told investors that it had signed new global licensing agreements with “two of our four major label partners”. This was, in truth, stretching things a bit: MBW subsequently discovered that one of these &…

Warner Music Group delays IPO, with stock market in grip of Coronavirus fears

Sources suggest Warner was set to share target price ranges for its public debut this week
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Warner streaming revenues soared above $2bn in calendar 2019, with overall recorded music close to $4bn

Steve Cooper says WMG experienced biggest ever quarter in calendar Q4 2019
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Ahead of Spotify and Apple negotiations, Oana Ruxandra chosen to lead Warner’s Business Development team

Respected Warner veteran Ron Wilcox to step down at end of this year
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Warner boss Steve Cooper warns against ‘devaluation’ of music from freemium streaming services, and their ‘mismanaged’ family plans

Rhetoric from major label group hardens in wake of India Spotify fallout
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Max Lousada leads Warner’s recorded music business to $1bn quarter

Across the full calendar year of 2018, Warner’s recorded music operation hit revenues of $3.5bn
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