Category archives: WMG

A New High Court Ruling in India Could Jeopardize Spotify’s Case Against Warner Music Group

Several months ago, after waiting nearly a year, Spotify finally launched its streaming music service in India. The service has found mostly mixed success, at best.  During its first week, Spotify signed up one million new users in the country – both p…

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Streaming Revenue Jumps 29.4% in Warner Music Group’s Q2 2019 Report

Warner Music Group has published the financial reports for the second quarter of 2019 (Q2 2019). For the three months ended March 31st, 2019, WMG reported $1.09 billion in revenue.  This figure represents a 13% jump over the same period last year.  In …

Kinga Siennicka promoted to Managing Director, Warner Music Poland

She was previously Vice Chair of Marketing and Promotion, Warner Music Eastern Europe
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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot

This week, some of our most popular articles on Hypebot dug into the world’s most popular websites, Festify’s new utilization of Spotify which allows you to craft your dream festival, a stunning defeat of Warner Music as the company is found guilty of wrongfully withholding royalties from a ‘Vogue’ co-writer,…

Stunning Warner Music Defeat vs Madonna ‘Vogue’ Co-Writer

A Manhattan federal appeals court has found that Warner Music Group is guilty of wrongfully withholding royalties from the co-writer behind Madonna’s hit song “Vogue.” Two years ago, Robert ‘Shep’ Pettibone filed a lawsuit against the label claiming that both WMG and publishing division Warner/Chappell “withheld and failed to pay”…

In a Stunning Defeat, Madonna ‘Vogue’ Co-Writer Beats Warner Music Group in Court

A federal appeals court has found that Warner Music Group had wrongfully kept Madonna’s co-writer’s royalties – his livelihood – for years. Two years ago, the co-writer behind Madonna’s ‘Vogue’ filed a lawsuit against a major music group. Taking on War…

Warner Music Is Tagging Music Teachers For Copyright Violations On YouTube

Musicians teaching other musicians online – often for free – are being tagged and their videos taken down by YouTube for alleged copyright violations. Many of the takedowns appear unwarranted. Here musicians two musicians shares their recent experiences with Warner Music Group. H/T A Journal Of Musical Things and another…