Music Business News: North America
News "[UMG] owns undermonetized, must-have, global content that is strategic to the tech giants and can’t be replicated." News SEC filing reveals that Spotify spent €300m on the pair of companies News New report suggests Bandier "entitled to around half" the total executive compensation payout related to EMP's sale to Sony Analysis The key issues Daniel Ek and his team have to face down over the next 10 months News Schwartz is the composer of hit musicals Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked News UMPG saw annual revenues rise 14.5% at constant currency in 2018, hitting €941m News Beatsource will provide a catalog of curated music for open format DJs News Universal's recorded music division turned over €4.828bn ($5.73bn) last year, up 10% at constant currency