Warner Music Group In The News

Australian music industry under review for ‘sexual harm, sexual harassment and systemic discrimination’

Alexandra Shehadie and Sam Turner to lead review of controversy-hit Australian business

Meet the organization that’s distributed over $250m in mechanical royalties to rightsholders this year

Kris Ahrend, CEO of The MLC, on The Mechanical Licensing Collective's first year

Universal to develop ‘virtual identities’ and NFTs for its artists in partnership with avatar tech firm Genies

'We’re not bringing culture to NFTs and crypto. Genies and UMG together are bringing the power of NFTs and crypto to culture,' says Genies CEO Akash Nigam

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Music streaming service Audiomack launches ‘Supporters’ direct monetization feature, Warner named as first major label participant

Audiomack reaches more than 20 million monthly users globally

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Warner Chappell forms Joint Venture with Glassnote’s Connection Music Publishing

Connection Music Publishing was founded in early 2021 and is led by Jackie Post

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Major record companies are losing market share on Spotify. But Spotify is gaining market share in Warner’s own revenues.

Spotify, Apple, and YouTube contributed 42% of Warner Music Group's annual revenues in FY2021 between them

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Kobalt is shorn, reborn… and still full of scorn (for those who keep money from songwriters)

Willard Ahdritz and Laurent Hubert explain Kobalt's sell-offs, and why they're coming for collection society wastage

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Angel Martinez named VP of Marketing at Asylum Records

Martinez recently oversaw releases for Sada Baby, 1TakeJay, Seddy Hendrinx and more