Sir Lucian Grainge In The News

From Universal’s Frank Zappa catalog acquisition to Triller’s US IPO… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up

The big stories from the past week

Universal buys Frank Zappa recordings, song catalog and complete contents of ‘The Vault’ housing 1,000+ hours of film and video

Acquisition also includes Frank Zappa’s name and likeness

Steve Cooper is leaving Warner Music Group. Will one of these 53 people replace him as CEO?

MBW runs down a bunch of executives that might just have a shot of being Warner Music Group's new boss

As rap continues to rule the charts in Germany, Apple Music expands Charlie Sloth’s Fire in the Booth freestyle series into the market

Fire In The Booth Germany will be presented by DJ Maxxx

Universal Music Group revenues hit $2.46bn in Q1 2022

Top sellers for the quarter included releases from Disney’s ‘Encanto’ Soundtrack, King & Prince, The Weeknd, Fujii Kaze and Ado

The Weeknd signs publishing pact with Universal – and he’s thrown new recordings and merch into the package too

The Weeknd has sold more than 75 million albums.

Bob Roback stepping down as CEO of Ingrooves Music Group after 7 years

Roback has led Ingrooves through significant revenue growth, as well as global expansion

Having clocked up billions of streams, L.A-based Honua Music expands with new deals, promotions

Noah Gopen upped to President as Honua inks new partnerships with Global Records and Big Noise