Sony In The News

Universal Music Group spent $459m on catalog acquisitions last year… less than half what it spent in 2020

New investor presentation reveals interesting numbers and facts around UMG's acquisition strategy

Universal Music Group surpassed $10 billion in revenues last year. It’s now double the size it was a decade ago.

UMG's adjusted annual EBITDA topped $2 billion last year, according to MBW's calcuations

Universal and Sony spent $550m buying Bob Dylan’s music rights. Now they’re making NFTs with him.

Bob Dylan's new NFT platform Snowcrash partners with Sony and Universal

Live Nation: We will not do business with Russia following Ukraine invasion

"We will not promote shows in Russia, and we will not do business with Russia."

Ultra Music Publishing inks strategic alliance with Warner Chappell

Agreement will see Warner Chappell Music becoming Ultra’s sub-publisher in the UK

Sony Music Entertainment inks multi-platform media deal with Jason Owen’s Sandbox Entertainment

Sandbox Productions and SME will collaborate on the creation, production and distribution of scripted and unscripted content

From HYBE’s $1bn revenues to Warner’s $750m BlackRock fund: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories of the week – and why they matter

Stef Pascual promoted to General Manager at Deviate Digital

Pascual was previously Business Strategy Director