Warner Music Group In The News

Natascha Augustin promoted to Managing Director of Warner Chappell Music Germany

Lars Karlsson to focus on the publisher’s business in the Nordics

Observations on Universal Music Group’s 2024 restructuring program

The 'why', the 'where', and the 'how many' of the music biz's biggest story of the moment under the microscope

‘I was speaking up in high-pressure environments, in meetings, trying to make an impact.’

Our latest feature in partnership with the brilliant Did Ya Know? podcast sees Adrian Sykes talk to Travis Beckford, co-founder of THE FUTURE IS

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Web3 and ‘superfan’ platform Tune.FM raises $20m from LDA Capital

Tune.fm promises artists larger streaming income through blockchain micropayments and an NFT marketplace

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From 45m unplayed tracks on streaming services to SoundCloud’s potential sale… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days...

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Universal Music to cut ‘hundreds’ of jobs in Q1, with majority of layoffs in recorded music division (report)

Bloomberg reports that UMG’s recorded music division ‘will be hit the hardest’

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TikTok parent to shut down music streaming service Resso in India

"Unfortunately, owing to local market conditions, we can no longer continue to serve users of Resso in India."

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More price rises… now? Spotify price hike helped drive a 9.8% YoY jump in UK music subscription spending in 2023

July 2023 marked the first time in its 15-year history that Spotify increased its flagship subscription price point in the UK (and many other territories). Since that point, an individual monthly Premium subscription to Spotify in the UK has cost GBP £10.99, as opposed to its previous price of £9.99; the platform’s Family Plan tariff … Continued