Sir Lucian Grainge In The News

TikTok says that over one in four of Germany’s Top 100 singles of 2023 was popular on its platform before becoming a chart hit in the market

'TikTok has disrupted the way hits are created and in doing so, in a sense, started a democratization of the music industry,' said Charlotte Stahl, Head of Music partnerships, EMEA

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Antoine Dathanat named Managing Director, France at Sony Music Publishing as Nicolas Galibert retires

Dathanat joined Sony Music Publishing in 2018 as Head of A&R

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Read Sir Lucian Grainge’s Universal Music Capital Markets day opening address in full: ‘Streaming will continue to propel many years of industry growth.’

Superfandom, quantum leaps, and fundemental facts...

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Universal’s direct-to-fan business has been growing at a whopping 33% rate, and 3 other things we learned at UMG’s Capital Markets Day

UMG has revealed it's working with Spotify on the streaming platform's new 'Super-Premium' subscription tier

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Web3 music streaming platform Tune.FM raises $50m in funding

The company has now raised $80M in its efforts to cut out the middleman between artists and music streamers

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From the RIAA’s H1 US recorded music market stats to UMG’s stock upgrade… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The biggest stories from the past week – all in one place…

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This analyst has watched Universal Music Group closely for years (and hasn’t always been mega-positive). He just upgraded UMG’s stock for the second time in 12 months.

William Packer of BNP Paribas Exane has upgraded UMG's stock in the wake of downgrades by other analysts

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Bill Ackman unworried by Universal Music Group subscription revenue blip

Wall Street analysts were disappointed that UMG's subscription streaming revenues 'only' grew 6.9% YoY in the quarter