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                Universal Music Group

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                • Friday, 8 September, 2023
                  The Big Read
                  The incredible resilience of the music industry

                  Universal’s new deal on streaming royalties underscores how the major labels have remade themselves throughout the digital era

                  Montage of images with Lucian Grainge in the foreground and Kendrik Lamar, Billie Eilish and Rihanna in the background and Spotify and Deezer logos
                • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
                  LexStreaming services
                  Universal Music: Deezer deal is symbolic but not yet a game-changer Premium content

                  New ‘artist-centric’ model might more aptly be described as label-centric

                  Rolling Stones band members Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood attend a launch event for their new album ‘Hackney Diamonds’
                • Wednesday, 6 September, 2023
                  Universal Music strikes deal to reshape streaming economics

                  Agreement with Deezer aims to boost royalties for artists and labels and reduce payouts for ‘noise’

                  Taylor Swift performs during the Eras Tour, at MetLife Stadium in New Rutherford, New Jersey, US
                • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
                  Warner Music Group Corp
                  Warner Music takes majority stake in label run by son of top rival

                  Elliot Grainge has criticised major record companies as ‘a conveyor belt’

                  The rapper Ice Spice perfroms
                • Tuesday, 8 August, 2023
                  Artificial intelligence
                  Google and Universal Music negotiate deal over AI ‘deepfakes’

                  New technology that can mimic artists’ voices has been seen as growing threat

                  The logos of Universal and Google with photos of Drake and Taylor Swift
                • Thursday, 15 June, 2023
                  X Corp
                  Music publishers sue Twitter over copyright infringement

                  Sony Music Group and Universal are among 17 taking a legal challenge against Elon Musk’s company

                  Elon Musk
                • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
                  Artificial intelligence
                  Spotify ejects thousands of AI-made songs in purge of fake streams

                  Platform cracks down on bots posing as listeners as flood of content rattles music industry

                  Spotify’s website on a laptop computer
                • Wednesday, 26 April, 2023
                  Universal Music’s Lucian Grainge criticised over $100mn pay package

                  Two top shareholders and advisory services speak out against ‘excessive’ CEO award ahead of annual general meeting

                  Lucian Grainge
                • Monday, 17 April, 2023
                  Streaming services
                  Fourteen reasons why AI pop won’t eat itself

                  Don’t sweat the technique

                • Wednesday, 12 April, 2023
                  Streaming services
                  Streaming services urged to clamp down on AI-generated music

                  Universal Music Group says new technology relies on unauthorised use of copyrighted material

                  The Spotify app on a mobile phone
                • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
                  Universal Music in talks with big platforms to overhaul streaming model

                  Group looks into options such as cracking down on bots and adding ‘superfan’ subscriptions

                  Taylor Swift performing on stage
                • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
                  Kanye West
                  Music business scrambles to contain fallout from Kanye West controversy

                  Spotify, Universal and Sony denounce rapper’s anti-Semitic remarks but keep his songs available to stream

                  Kanye West on stage
                • Tuesday, 1 February, 2022
                  Spotify Technology SA
                  India.Arie wants to leave Spotify but albums remain on the service

                  Crisis over Joe Rogan’s podcast at streaming company gives music labels a difficult choice

                  Singer India.Arie performing on stage
                • Saturday, 2 October, 2021
                  FT Weekend podcast25 min listen
                  Behind the scenes with music's biggest mogul

                  We explore how the music industry has changed and meet its most powerful player, Sir Lucian Grainge

                • Thursday, 23 September, 2021
                  Inside BusinessAnna Nicolaou
                  Wall Street weighs in on what music is really worth

                  Surge in valuations in sector spurred by dizzying array of uses in a digital world

                • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
                  Universal Music shares sing on debut delivering $140m payday to CEO

                  Amsterdam listing is a big win for Vivendi, which spun off the world’s biggest music label

                • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
                  Due Diligence
                  Blinding lights: Universal Music’s IPO takes centre stage Premium content

                  Plus, more bad news for Credit Suisse’s defunct supply-chain finance funds after the Greensill scandal, and DD lunches with ‘King of Spacs’ Chamath Palihapitiya

                • Sunday, 19 September, 2021
                  News in-depth
                  Universal Music: how much is the world’s biggest label worth?

                  Vivendi to float group valued at €33bn in Amsterdam next week but many believe the price will soar

                  Left to right: Dua Lipa, The Weeknd, Taylor Swift, Vincent Bolloré
                • Thursday, 16 September, 2021
                  InterviewFT Magazine
                  The last mogul: Universal Music’s Lucian Grainge

                  The most powerful CEO in the music industry on defying death, killer deals and taking his record label public

                • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
                  Spotify Technology SA
                  Music labels split over Spotify’s push to promote songs for lower royalties

                  Executives complain new Discovery Mode is ‘payola’ but one Texas frontman sees it as the future

                • Sunday, 25 July, 2021
                  Universal Music strikes licensing deal with video-sharing app Lomotif

                  Agreement with Singapore-based rival to TikTok comes as music labels look to social media for revenue

                  Olivia Rodrigo
                • Monday, 19 July, 2021
                  LexBill Ackman
                  Pershing/UMG: Dance to the music of time Premium content

                  Bill Ackman’s deal to acquire a stake in the resurgent music company lives on through his hedge fund

                  Lady Gaga
                • Monday, 19 July, 2021
                  Bill Ackman abandons Spac plan to take $4bn stake in Universal Music

                  Hedge fund manager changes course to buy into world’s biggest music label after SEC intervention

                  Bill Ackman
                • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
                  Ackman’s Spac buys 10% of Universal Music for $4bn

                  Deal is first of its kind for a blank-cheque company and comes as music catalogues soar in value

                • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
                  LexVivendi SA
                  Vivendi/Dan Loeb: gatecrashers have slim chance of beating Bolloré Premium content

                  Activist investors must keep their nerve to influence the party

                  Universal Music Group HQ in the US
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