When Drake announced his legal actions against Universal Music Group last month — claiming that they should have blocked the release of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track masterpiece “Not Like Us,” but instead engaged in a […]
Photo Credit: Internet Archive More than 600 artists have signed an open letter demanding UMG and other music labels drop their $621 million lawsuit against the Internet Archive. A growing number of musicians have signed […]
Photo Credit: Realize Music Realize Music Inc. has reached a strategic agreement with Universal Music Group (UMG) and Warner Music Group (WMG) to feature their music in Realize Music: Sing—a VR all for self-care singing. […]
Antonoff, Drake, & Kendrick – Source: Getty Images / Getty Images/ AM Sussman Super Producer Jack Antonoff teases Drake over Universal Music Group lawsuit while accepting Variety ‘Producer of the Decade’ Award. Years from now […]
Source: Cole Burston/Getty Images We’re currently imagining Drake saying, “You’re skating on thin ice, pal!” during his now-infamous beef with Kendrick Lamar, which entered a (shocking) new era. As previously reported, the “Hot Line Bling” […]
Attorneys for Universal Music Group have responded to Limp Bizkit‘s $200 million lawsuit against the music publisher, claiming the allegations are based on “fiction.” As previously reported, Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit filed a lawsuit against […]
Not so fast, Complain Papi! Universal Music Group has responded to Drake’s legal filing by assuring him all of the streaming numbers for “Not Like Us” are real fans who chose to listen to the […]
Photo Credit: Drake by GabboT / CC by 2.0 Drake alleges in a court filing that UMG and Spotify falsely inflated the popularity of Kendrick Lamar’s diss track about him. The feud between Drake and […]
Photo Credit: Hangout.fm Turntable Labs is launching Hangout.fm, a new virtual listening community that draws inspiration from the now defunct Turntable.fm. Turntable.fm was shuttered in 2013, but Hangout by Turntable Labs features licensed content from […]
Photo Credit: Michael Nash / UMG UMG partners with ethical AI music company KLAY in a strategic deal to pioneer a commercial, ethical foundational model for AI generated music. Los Angeles-based AI music company KLAY […]
Photo Credit: Mark Zuckerberg by Anthony Quintano / CC by 2.0 Facebook parent company Meta inks a deal with Reuters to include their news content in responses from its AI chatbot. Facebook’s parent company Meta […]
TikTok and UMG – Universal Music Group – announced that they’ve reached an agreement for music to be returned to TikTok after three months of negotiations, allowing TikTok users to add music to their videos […]
UMG, Drake, Kendrick Lamar – Source: Getty Images / Getty Images Despite the fake discord screenshot floating around, Universal Music Group is not interfering in the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud. Rap beef is the […]
UMG, Drake, Kendrick Lamar – Source: Getty Images / Getty Images Despite the fake discord screenshot floating around, Universal Music Group is not interfering in the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud. Rap beef is the […]
A percentage breakdown of the approximately $1.6 billion in global recorded music revenue attributed to UGC and ancillary licensing sources for 2022 in Goldman Sachs’ “Music in the Air” report. Predictably, the nuances of TikTok’s […]
Universal Music Group wiping their songs from TikTok is going to hurt the label’s smaller artists the most … so says a musician who saw the app elevate his own artistic brand. Mareux had his […]
Play video content TMZ.com It’s happening … huge hitmakers are being wiped from TikTok after the app failed to reach a deal with UMG — something Rickey Thompson calls a game-changer, and a bummer. We […]
Songs by Taylor Swift, Drake, Beyoncé and many more contemporary music superstars have vanished en masse from TikTok after Universal Music Group severed ties with the social media giant following a contentious contract dispute. A […]
Universal Music Group (UMG) has unveiled a new strategic partnership with Jay Chou, the internationally renowned “King of Mandopop,” and his prestigious record label JVR Music. This landmark agreement secures global distribution rights for Jay […]
Timothy Xu, Eason Chan, and Lisa Kan – Photo: Courtesy of Universal Music Group China Universal Music Greater China (UMGC) has announced the renewal of its contract with Chinese pop megastar Eason Chan. The announcement […]