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In latest move in India, Universal Music forms exclusive partnership with Albuquerque Records, the new label from singer and composer Anirudh Ravichander

Universal Music India has entered into an exclusive partnership with Albuquerque Records

Lyor Cohen letter addresses AI integration at YouTube, the ‘power of visual storytelling’ and the ‘tidal wave of choice’ facing music fans

Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Global Head of Music, has published his first letter to music industry partners of 2026

Universal Music acquires stake in What the Duck, a prominent indie label based in Thailand

Founder Moy Samkwan Tonsompong will join Universal Music Thailand as Managing Director

‘Creating superfans requires emotional thinking, not just analytics.’

Happiness. Marketing's Thom Skarzynski makes the case that superfandom isn’t something you discover — it’s something you intentionally build

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From Sir Lucian Grainge on AI and Downtown, to Create raising $450M at a $2.2B valuation… it’s MBW’s weekly round-up

The biggest headlines from the past few days...

Sir Lucian Grainge talks AI strategy, Downtown, D2C, superfans, and more on UMG’s latest earnings call

MBW listened in to UMG's latest earnings call. Here's what we learned.

Universal Music generated $4.19B in Q4, up 10.6% YoY – driven by Taylor Swift, KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, Olivia Dean, and more

The music company's fresh set of quarterly results, published today (March 5).

Artist representatives launch ‘Say No To Suno’ campaign: ‘AI slop dilutes the royalty pools of legitimate artists from whose music this slop is derived.’

Open letter slams AI music generator