News Universal Music UK promotes Jack Fryer to MD of new division, The SquareExec steps up from Senior Director of Strategic planning
News $500m-backed Saban Music Group inks global Universal deal to deliver ‘groundbreaking artists’SMG, backed by Haim Saban, will be distributed in the US by Caroline
News Universal Music Group hires Roey Hershkovitz as Vice President of Capitol Studios & Digital StudiosExec joins after a decade serving as booker, producer and music production supervisor for Conan O’Brien’s CONAN
Music Business Jobs UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP Universal Music Group – Director, Global Content & Artist Channel Strategy (YouTube) (US)This person will be a passionate YouTube expert (creator or backend)Job type: Digital Platform / RetailLocation: Los Angeles, United StatesApplications for this position have now closed.
News Spinal Tap creators and Universal Music Group settle recordings disputeLawsuit filed in 2016 accused UMG owner Vivendi of “fraudulent accounting for revenues from music copyrights”
News UMG content strategist: Podcasts ‘could potentially rival share of ear for music consumption’Barak Moffitt opens up on the threat to 'share of ear' from podcasts vs. music
News Universal launches Def Jam South East Asia and Astralwerks AsiaUMG also announces arrival of Ingrooves & Spinnup for the region
News Ugandan superstar Irene Ntalé signs ‘major deal’ with Universal Music Group NigeriaShe is the first artist from Uganda to sign to Universal Music Group
News Vivendi to appoint banks for Universal stake sell-off on Thursday – reportVivendi is officially looking to sell off 50% of UMG
News Launching first stage of extensive review, Universal identifies just 22 ‘original masters’ lost in 2008 fire"Our current priority is to communicate directly with our artists and their representatives."
Music Business Jobs UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP Universal Music Group – Director, A&R Sync Administration (US)This person must have 5+ years' experience in the music business with a focus in A&R AdministrationJob type: Licensing/RightsLocation: Los Angeles, United StatesApplications for this position have now closed.
News Universal partners with producer and songwriter Tommy Brown to launch Champagne Therapy Music GroupBrown has produced albums for Ariana Grande, Nas and many others
Music Business Jobs UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP Universal Music Group – Head of Production (UK)A proven track record in a senior role within the Production Music business is requiredJob type: Digital Platform / RetailLocation: London, United KingdomApplications for this position have now closed.
News Universal Music Group sale to Google ‘would be blocked’, says IMPALASale of UMG to Google would be blocked "because of the impact in both the digital market and the music sector," says IMPALA
News Universal becomes first major to license Nigeria-based music streaming service, uduXuduX is Nigeria’s first domestically launched music streaming service