Universal Music Group In The News

Deezer this week revealed it has struck an agreement to start paying UMG's artists via an 'artist centric' model

New model will ape streaming's pro-rata model, with a finite pool of royalties divided by market share

It's been a big day in the music business – and it's raised a lot of possibilities...

Access Industries is Deezer's biggest shareholder, with ownership of over a third of the company

Deal follows the launch of Apple Music Classical earlier this year

Deezer and UMG announce the launch of what they call the "first comprehensive artist-centric streaming model"

'Everything is going to get very blurred and very confusing,' says iconic musician in new interview

They don't even have a name yet – but HYBE and Geffen's ambitions for their new girl group are sky high