FUGA In The News Interviews ‘People want fewer layers between themselves and the thing they care about.’ First, Justin Kalifowitz saw that music publishing was changing. Then, he saw indie services were the future. Now, with Downtown sold in two parts – for a combined price of $1.2 billion – where does he see the world of entertainment heading next? News Björn Sandberg named Head of Commercial Marketing at AudioSalad Sandberg will lead AudioSalad’s artist and label marketing Analysis Why the UMG/Downtown deal may be the last of its kind The following op/ed comes from Simon Wills, MD of UK-headquartered Absolute Label Services and lead on the new Anthology music OS. News Virgin Music Group completes Downtown acquisition; Pieter van Rijn named COO as Downtown founder Justin Kalifowitz steps away Pieter van Rijn appointed Chief Operating Officer of VMG News AI remix startup Hook secures $10m in Series A led by Khosla Ventures The startup promoted Simmi Singh to Chief Operating Officer & Chief Product Officer. News Done Deal: UMG’s Downtown acquisition approved by EU competition regulator It's a done deal. News Wan Yin Koh named VP, Business Development, Digital at Warner Chappell Music Asia Pacific Singapore-based executive will lead digital licensing and partnerships across the Asia Pacific region. News UMG ‘set to win EU nod’ to buy Downtown Music, Reuters reports The European Commission opened an in-depth Phase II investigation into the proposed acquisition in July 2025Prev 1 2 3 4 … 28 Next
Interviews ‘People want fewer layers between themselves and the thing they care about.’ First, Justin Kalifowitz saw that music publishing was changing. Then, he saw indie services were the future. Now, with Downtown sold in two parts – for a combined price of $1.2 billion – where does he see the world of entertainment heading next?
News Björn Sandberg named Head of Commercial Marketing at AudioSalad Sandberg will lead AudioSalad’s artist and label marketing
Analysis Why the UMG/Downtown deal may be the last of its kind The following op/ed comes from Simon Wills, MD of UK-headquartered Absolute Label Services and lead on the new Anthology music OS.
News Virgin Music Group completes Downtown acquisition; Pieter van Rijn named COO as Downtown founder Justin Kalifowitz steps away Pieter van Rijn appointed Chief Operating Officer of VMG
News AI remix startup Hook secures $10m in Series A led by Khosla Ventures The startup promoted Simmi Singh to Chief Operating Officer & Chief Product Officer.
News Wan Yin Koh named VP, Business Development, Digital at Warner Chappell Music Asia Pacific Singapore-based executive will lead digital licensing and partnerships across the Asia Pacific region.
News UMG ‘set to win EU nod’ to buy Downtown Music, Reuters reports The European Commission opened an in-depth Phase II investigation into the proposed acquisition in July 2025