Downtown Music Holdings 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 Universal Music acquires stake in What the Duck, a prominent indie label based in Thailand Founder Moy Samkwan Tonsompong will join Universal Music Thailand as Managing Director 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 From Sir Lucian Grainge on AI and Downtown, to Create raising $450M at a $2.2B valuation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days... Analysis News Sir Lucian Grainge talks AI strategy, Downtown, D2C, superfans, and more on UMG’s latest earnings call MBW listened in to UMG's latest earnings call. Here's what we learned. Analysis News Universal Music generated $4.19B in Q4, up 10.6% YoY – driven by Taylor Swift, KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, Olivia Dean, and more The music company's fresh set of quarterly results, published today (March 5). Analysis Why true independence in music has never been more important The following MBW op/ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founding President of digital distributor and artist & label services company IDOL News From UMG’s deal with superfan platform EVEN to Live Nation’s $25B in 2025… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...Prev 1 2 3 4 … 71 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 Universal Music acquires stake in What the Duck, a prominent indie label based in Thailand Founder Moy Samkwan Tonsompong will join Universal Music Thailand as Managing Director
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 From Sir Lucian Grainge on AI and Downtown, to Create raising $450M at a $2.2B valuation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...
Analysis News Sir Lucian Grainge talks AI strategy, Downtown, D2C, superfans, and more on UMG’s latest earnings call MBW listened in to UMG's latest earnings call. Here's what we learned.
Analysis News Universal Music generated $4.19B in Q4, up 10.6% YoY – driven by Taylor Swift, KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, Olivia Dean, and more The music company's fresh set of quarterly results, published today (March 5).
Analysis Why true independence in music has never been more important The following MBW op/ed comes from Pascal Bittard, founding President of digital distributor and artist & label services company IDOL
News From UMG’s deal with superfan platform EVEN to Live Nation’s $25B in 2025… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up The biggest headlines from the past few days...