Music Business News: France
News Because Editions publishes Christine & The Queens and Daft Punk
News "[UMG] owns undermonetized, must-have, global content that is strategic to the tech giants and can’t be replicated."
News CISAC launches major project to upgrade the international musical work identifier
News "This acquisition is a logical step in the building of a large content, media and communications group. It also marks the return of this French publishing powerhouse to a European group with a global reach."
News He will be based in the Reed Midem offices in New York
News The new structure will enhance 'the value [it] can deliver to its members', says SACEM
News Deezer has launched mobile programmatic audio advertising through the partnership
Analysis News UMG's current performance suggests that, with a strong Q4, it will turn over somewhere close to $7bn in the full year of 2018