Category archives: Warner Music Group

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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Warner’s quarterly recorded music revenues grow 22.4% to hit $933m

Warner’s streaming revenues pip Sony, generating $537m from Spotify et al
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Universal is becoming more global – but, like the record industry, it’s actually becoming more American too

How the United States has increased its financial power in the global record industry in the past few years
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Warner Music Group partners with Chocolate City, one of Nigeria’s leading independent labels

Chocolate City is home to the likes of Femi Kuti
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Warner Music Group just signed a record deal with an algorithm

A sound app called Endel has become the first-ever algorithm to sign a deal with a major label
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Warner celebrates ‘biggest market share gain of any major music company’ in 2018

‘This was the third year running we saw the biggest jump [of any major label group], and the fifth straight year we gained global share.’
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