News Len Blavatnik’s Access sells $105m worth of Warner Music Group shares to Morgan Stanley Affiliates of Len Blavatnik's Access Industries sold 2.3m WMG shares to Morgan Stanley
News $117m fund launches in Europe to buy catalogs of local legends First catalog acquired contains approximately 30,000 copyrights and 6,500 master recordings
News Social platform Riff secures $4m investment from EMPIRE, Top Dawg Entertainment and Quality Control Quality Control’s Kevin 'Coach K' Lee will also join Riff’s Board of Directors
News Tuned Global strikes partnership with music licensing platform Melodie Melodie is a music licensing platform and publisher providing music for creators, businesses and creative content platforms
News Warner Music Group-backed blockchain firm Dapper Labs raises $250m in new funding WMG joined an $11m investment round in Dapper Labs in September 2019
News BMG backs Credits Due campaign for songwriters launched by ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus BMG is the first international music company to commit to the campaign.
News Twitch strikes deal with music publishers According to the NMPA, Twitch will provide "new opportunities" to music publishers
News Thanks Universal! Warner Music Group just got $1.9bn more valuable after UMG listing UMG's share price closed at €25.10
News Universal Music Group goes public: Sir Lucian Grainge hails ‘exciting milestone in UMG’s storied history’ Sir Lucian Grainge and members of UMG's corporate executive team sounded the gong live from UMG’s Santa Monica HQ
News Saban Music Group strikes strategic partnership with Reggaeton star Don Omar Don Omar has over 17.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify
News Universal hits massive valuation of $54bn as it lists on Amsterdam Stock Exchange UMG's opening price is over a third bigger than the reference price that Vivendi confirmed yesterday of €18.50
News Universal valued at $39bn ahead of Amsterdam listing, as Vivendi sets reference price of €18.50 per share Vivendi is preparing to spin off 60% of UMG on the Euronext Amsterdam stock exchange on Tuesday September 21
News With over $5m investment to date, Visionary Media Group wants to create ‘revolutionary experiences for top-tier artists’ Visionary Media Group's founding managing partners are Ronald Zamber and Nick Sciorra
News Songtradr enters wellness space, partners with music for wellbeing label Myndstream Songtradr has partnered with the mindfulness music label for sync services across the platform
News With $7.5m in funding to date, ‘social metaverse’ platform Stageverse launches with virtual Muse concert Stageverse was founded in 2017 by Tim Ricker and Claire Seidler