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Setlist Podcast: Major label bosses put the spotlight on superfans
Universal and Warner bosses' new year memos, Viagogo's "misleading" advertorial, and more…
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Universal “most successful company in the history of the music industry” hoots Grainge in 2024 memo
Universal Music CEO Lucian Grainge has sent out his start-of-the-year memo, formally welcoming the changes that have been made to the streaming model which he first demanded a year ago, and confirming that super-serving superfans will be a priority in 2024…
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Lucian Grainge's 2024 memo to Universal Music Group staff
Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge has published his traditional new year message to the company’s staff. In it, he highlights successes in 2023 and looks ahead at what’s to come in 2024. Read the whole message in full here…
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Universal Music renews its licensing deal with Tencent
UMG renews deal with Tencent for QQ, Kugou, Kuwo and WeSing, and will include Dolby Atmos music and other HD audio formats.…
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Generative AI being used to create fake pre-release ‘pirate’ tracks, says UMG content protection boss
Universal Music’s VP Of Global Content Protection has made a submission to WIPO on the impact of generative AI on music copyright, noting that - among other things - people involved in pre-release leaks are being scammed by people using AI to generate vocal clones…
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Universal Music integrates with Beat Galaxy music hub on Roblox
Universal Music has announced a partnership with virtual world experts Supersocial to build a music hub on Roblox - Yungblud is the first Universal-signed artist set to participate…
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David Dollimore launches new dance label in partnership with Geffen
Former RCA President David Dollimore has returned to his dance music roots with the launch of new record label Disorder Records, in partnership with Universal’s Geffen…
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Universal Music announced partnership with "king of Mandopop"
Universal Music Greater China has announced a partnership with Mandopop artist Jay Chou and his record label JVR Music…
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Cloudflare says ruling in Universal dispute is an "important push-back"
Internet services company Cloudflare says a recent ruling in the German courts was an “important push back against misguided attempts to address online copyright infringement through the DNS system"…
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Setlist Podcast: Spotify insists royalty changes will help emerging artists
On this week's episode, Spotify's confirmation of plans to update how it pays out (or doesn't pay out) royalties, the decision to bounce the MSG Sphere venue out of London, and more…
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US ISP hits out at anti-piracy agency used by the music industry in copyright dispute
US internet company Altice - sued by Universal, BMG and Concord for not doing enough to stop copyright infringement on its networks - has hit out at the anti-piracy agency employed by the record labels and wants more information about its operations…
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New York judge dismisses Black Sheep lawsuit on Universal's Spotify equity
A New York court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by rap duo Black Sheep which accused Universal Music of agreeing to take a lower royalty rate from Spotify in return for getting equity in the streaming firm - and in doing so reducing the royalties received by artists…