Sir Lucian Grainge In The News

iHeartRadio confirms new subscription platforms – licensed by all three majors

Universal, Sony and Warner license new service

Apple Music hires former Sony exec Scott Seviour to create original content

Seviour worked across J Records, RCA and Epic for 13 years

Lucian Grainge is now a Director at Lionsgate (and still boss of UMG)

Exec becomes the newest director of global movie and TV giant

Warner holds out on Pandora as UMG and Sony sign direct deals

Traditional SoundExchange payout model looks to be under question

Frank Ocean’s Blonde arrives on Spotify – and gets little promotion

Is the Apple exclusive album receiving any promo?

Universal isn’t quite done with streaming exclusives (but almost is)

Major has apparently received "a flood" of supportive emails after Lucian Grainge's ban

Spotify on course to hit 50m subscribers within the next six months

Spotify is now adding around 450,000 subscribers every week

Yes, Lucian Grainge has ‘banned’ streaming exclusives at UMG. No, it’s not all about Frank Ocean.

UMG doesn't think exclusives work for its business - and they're not suing Frank