Michael Nash In The News

YouTube says it paid the music industry over $6bn in the past year – with around $2bn coming from UGC

Right now, YouTube and Spotify appear to be keeping pace with one another

Warner Music, Universal Music sued for patent infringement by Blue Spike over MQA encoding process

The cases against the two music giants is in relation to their partnership with MQA Ltd.

Sir Lucian Grainge on Universal’s new deal with Meta – and his belief that investment banks don’t ‘have the skill-sets or ability to exploit music rights’

Grainge was joined by Michael Nash and Boyd Muir on a call with analysts last week

Universal inks strategic global partnership with music licensing tech startup Songclip

Songclip closed an $11m funding round in March 2021

Universal named as exclusive launch partner for AI-driven music platform that helps dementia patients

Vera app was developed and launched by Music Health

Carol Ding appointed Senior Vice President & Head of Digital and Commercial at Universal Music Greater China

Exec will be based in Beijing

Universal named as launch partner for new Billboard ChartStars NFT project

ChartStars will be a collection of artist-focused digital artwork

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