Universal Music Group In The News

From Universal’s investment in Weverse to Trefuego’s $800,000 copyright infringement fine… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…

Virgin Music Group teams up with Jay Sean’s 3AM Entertainment to develop South Asian artists

3AM Entertainment will focus on developing South Asian artists across all genres

As Universal’s standoff with TikTok rolls on, UMG inks new deal with Spotify including ‘social tools’, video elements

According to the companies, they will collaborate on "new promotional and social tools" for UMG artists on the Spotify platform.

BMG owner mulls merger for music company

“BMG could potentially be an opportunity for a breakout investment and joining forces with a competitor,” Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe told the FT

Orfium’s Soundmouse becomes official music reporting partner for South Korean broadcasters

Orfium acquired London-based media technology company Soundmouse in 2023

Weverse boss Joon Choi: ‘The potential for growth in the superfan business is limitless.’

MBW speaks in depth to the leader of HYBE's much talked about superfan platform

Universal Music invests in ‘superfan’ platform Weverse, as it strikes new 10-year agreement with HYBE

HYBE has struck an expanded long-term agreement with Universal Music Group

‘No one understands the pressure of being labelled as a ‘hit songwriter’, then somebody puts you in a room with strangers and they’re like, ‘Hey, I need a smash!’’

Grammy-winner Theron Thomas talks about the childhood that inspired him, helping break Lizzo, his billion-stream hits, AI, TikTok, The Power Rangers and Mel Gibson