Universal Music Group In The News

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Universal hit with lawsuit over sample used in Migos’ ‘Narcos’

Suit was filed by Florida-based Keep On Kicking Music

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Apple expands availability of classical music streaming app to Android

Android rollout arrives two months after the app launched on the App store

Interviews

TikTok is under fire from some of music’s most powerful players. Its global music boss says the future’s bright – and answers some tough questions.

Ole Obermann sits down with MBW to talk payouts, Resso, and that Australia experiment

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Queen music catalog could be sold this year for over $1 billion, say MBW sources

Major music companies including Universal Music Group have been in discussions for the acquisition, we're told, in addition to players from the world of private equity

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From the 120,000 tracks hitting streaming services daily to Universal’s AI sound partnership… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest music biz headlines from the past week, all in one place

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Rob Stringer says music streaming fraud ‘is a problem that must be eliminated’, calls for better payouts from short-form video platforms

Sony Music Group Chairman covers various key industry topics in presentation to Sony Corp investors

Analysis News

There are now 120,000 new tracks hitting music streaming services each day

A total of 10.08 million new songs uploaded to the likes of Spotify, YouTube Music and other music streaming services in the first three months of the year alone

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Having raised $80m to date, creator agency Talenthouse alerts investors to ‘critical financial situation’

Talenthouse trades on the SIX Swiss stock exchange