Universal Music Group In The News News From Sony and Warner’s calendar Q1 results to TikTok’s A&R recruitment drive: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter News BMG and Warner competing for Pink Floyd catalog, which could fetch more than Bruce Springsteen’s $500m+ deal (report) FT reports that bids are flying in above the half-billion-dollar mark News Warner’s ADA Worldwide forms JV with independent label and creative agency, Big.Ass.KidsCompany was founded by le’Roy Benros in 2021 Analysis Blog ‘What is currently an opaque black box of song royalties, needs to be transformed into a glass box.’The following op/ed comes from Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK's Music Managers Forum News Primary Wave buys Bob Dylan’s share of The Traveling WilburysIncluded in the deal are Dylan’s master royalties and neighboring rights royalties for both Traveling Wilburys albums, as well as the 2007 box set News Universal’s Web3 label 10:22PM launches NFT collection and virtual world for metaverse band KINGSHIPNFTs will grant access to virtual world, plus music, products and token-gated experiences News Cristina Chavez named Vice President, A&R, at Universal Music Publishing GroupChavez will work closely with songwriters on UMPG’s existing roster, and will also identify and sign rising talent to the company News Chris Blackwell promoted to EVP of A&R and Content Strategy at Republic RecordsBlackwell will guide the creation and development of content for the entire Republic Records rosterPrev 1 2 3 … 338 Next
News From Sony and Warner’s calendar Q1 results to TikTok’s A&R recruitment drive: It’s MBW’s Weekly Round-UpThe biggest stories from the past week – and why they matter
News BMG and Warner competing for Pink Floyd catalog, which could fetch more than Bruce Springsteen’s $500m+ deal (report) FT reports that bids are flying in above the half-billion-dollar mark
News Warner’s ADA Worldwide forms JV with independent label and creative agency, Big.Ass.KidsCompany was founded by le’Roy Benros in 2021
Analysis Blog ‘What is currently an opaque black box of song royalties, needs to be transformed into a glass box.’The following op/ed comes from Annabella Coldrick, Chief Executive of the UK's Music Managers Forum
News Primary Wave buys Bob Dylan’s share of The Traveling WilburysIncluded in the deal are Dylan’s master royalties and neighboring rights royalties for both Traveling Wilburys albums, as well as the 2007 box set
News Universal’s Web3 label 10:22PM launches NFT collection and virtual world for metaverse band KINGSHIPNFTs will grant access to virtual world, plus music, products and token-gated experiences
News Cristina Chavez named Vice President, A&R, at Universal Music Publishing GroupChavez will work closely with songwriters on UMPG’s existing roster, and will also identify and sign rising talent to the company
News Chris Blackwell promoted to EVP of A&R and Content Strategy at Republic RecordsBlackwell will guide the creation and development of content for the entire Republic Records roster