Kobalt Music Group In The News

Actually… Universal Music Group spent nearly $3 BILLION on catalog acquisitions and artist advances last year

Vivendi's annual report shows that UMG splashed out $2.87 billion on catalogs and artist advances in 2020

Finneas O’Connell was the world’s No.1 songwriter on Spotify last year, says report

Thomas Hull aka Kid Harpoon also did well on charts

From Kobalt’s profitability to Scooter Braun’s new job: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter

Kobalt: We are profitable

Firm makes announcement as MBW gets its hands on firm's FY2020 financials

From Sony’s nine-figure label buy to Songtradr’s $50m fund raise: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

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Sony Music buys majority stake in Todd Moscowitz’s Alamo Records for nine-figure sum

New York-based Alamo was founded in 2016 and has broken artists including Blackbear, Lil Durk and Rod Wave

BMG inks deal with gaming platform Roblox, including back-dated payments for previous music use

'We are delighted to embrace the opportunities Roblox presents.'

From Sony’s historic unrecouped balances move to Universal funding [PIAS]: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the past five days – and why they matter