Pershing Square Holdings is selling some of its shares in Universal Music Group in a listing on the US exchange by September 2025. Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced that Pershing Square and some of […]
Wicked Beats The Super Mario Bros Movie’s First Week PVOD Collection ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Wicked is one of the biggest films of 2024. It might not be the highest-grossing of the year, […]
Pershing Square founder Bill Ackman appears before Congress. Pershing Square has distributed about 47 million shares in Universal Music Group (UMG), leaving its own stake at approximately 140 million shares. Pershing Square Capital Management formally […]
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey Title Unveiled ( Photo Credit – Instagram ) Following the gigantic success of his 2023 biographical drama Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s next project is already generating significant gossip and speculations. Slated for […]
Universal Music Group is aggressively doubling down on a push to dismiss a royalties-related lawsuit filed by Limp Bizkit. Photo Credit: UMG About one month after firing back against Limp Bizkit’s massive unpaid-royalties and infringement […]
Universal Music Group head Lucian Grainge, whose company’s announced a bolstered Amazon Music deal. Photo Credit: Luke Harold Universal Music Group (UMG) and Amazon Music have officially finalized an expanded deal that they say “marks […]
More than three years later, Universal Music Group (UMG) and the company behind Republic – the investment platform, not the label – have officially put their legal battle to rest. The involved parties just recently […]
WPP and Universal Music Group have inked a partnership deal extending to AI and more. Photo Credit: UMG Universal Music Group (UMG) and WPP have inked a partnership deal that they say will help brands […]
Universal Music Group has announced a new partnership with China’s premiere independent music label, Modern Sky. The new deal will bring thousands of Modern Sky songs into UMG’s worldwide distribution network, from artists like New […]
EXCLUSIVE: Universal International Studios (UIS) has shaken up its team with two promotions. CFO Rob Howard has become Executive Vice President and Kelsey Balance has been upped to EVP Global Scripted Series at the Day […]
Drake poses at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 1, 2019. Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP Drake has filed a petition against Spotify and Universal Music Group, accusing the […]
UPDATE 6:40 PM PT — A spokesperson for Universal Music Group tells TMZ … “The suggestion that UMG would do anything to undermine any of its artists is offensive and untrue. We employ the highest […]
Drake’s Frozen Moments LLC has issued a new legal filing in Manhattan court, accusing Universal Music Group and Spotify of “illegally” boosting streams of Kendrick Lamar’s Grammy-nominated diss track “Not Like Us” by allegedly using […]
Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst during a live performance. Photo Credit: CarterSterling The massive unpaid-royalties lawsuit filed by Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst against Universal Music should be tossed – at least according to the […]
Photo Credit: Universal Music Greater China Universal Music Greater China has announced it has reached a strategic agreement with iQIYI to distribute new releases from signed contestants of ‘The Rap of China 2024’ worldwide. UMGC […]
(l to r) Universal Music Greater China CEO Timothy Xu, Modern Sky founder and head Shen Lihui, and UMG market-development EVP Adam Granite. Photo Credit: Universal Music Group Doubling down on efforts to expand in […]
“Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose!” That phrase is familiar to all of us who were glued into the drama of Friday Night Lights. The series, which ran from 2006-2011, followed Coach Eric Taylor’s family […]
The Euronext Amsterdam building. Photo Credit: Bootuitjes Billionaire businessman Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has a long history of investor activism – but can it compel Universal Music Group to exit the Euronext Amsterdam? As things […]
As of November 6th, 2024, Universal Music Group stock remains down over 20% from its value in early May. About one week removed from the release of its Q3 2024 earnings report, Universal Music Group […]
A performance from Post Malone, one of the many Universal Music artists whose works have allegedly been infringed upon by Believe. Photo Credit: Adam Bielawski Yesterday, Universal Music Group (UMG) slapped Believe and its TuneCore […]