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...Universal Music Listing: Amsterdam The world’s biggest music label has always had a US centre of gravity, even if former parent Vivendi was based in Paris....
...The rapper Lil Nas X also covered “Jolene”, and as a gay man singing to a woman teased a new level of complexity from it....
...Providence has received bids from Apollo’s HarbourView music fund and Pimco and Warner Music, while Universal Music has looked at the asset, according to people familiar with the matter....
...The French group controlled by billionaire Vincent Bolloré has made expanding in pay-TV and streaming a priority after selling most of its stake in Universal Music Group, leaving Canal Plus as its main source...
...After joining YouTube in 2016, Cohen sought to mend the relationship with the large music labels — Universal Music, Sony and Warner — touting a new service to “make them rich”, according to executives involved...
...“Heart on My Sleeve” was removed from streaming platforms after a complaint from the artists’ label, Universal Music Group, although it’s simple enough to find online....
...The Scot, who with his wife Christine runs Scotland’s Music/Taigh na Teud, a specialist music bookshop on the Isle of Skye, was preparing to ship parcels for Burns Night when he found out that they may not...
.... ★★★☆☆ ‘The Lockdown Sessions’ is released by EMI Universal...
...However, the company had yet to reach licensing deals with the big music labels — Universal, Sony and Warner — or Merlin, which together control most of the world’s recorded music....
...Vivendi’s proposed spin off of Universal Music Group is as grand a fête as you can imagine....
...The “big three” record labels — Universal Music, Sony Music, and Warner Music — still control the majority of the world’s music. However, their share is shrinking....
...Elsewhere, Vivendi has won the support of its shareholders to hive off its largest business Universal Music Group into a separate company, which will leave the group controlled by billionaire Vincent Bolloré...
...First, the billionaire investor said that he would use the cash in the Spac to acquire a 10 per cent stake in Universal Music Group, the company behind artists such as Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift....
...(FT) News round-up Bill Ackman’s Spac close to buying 10% stake in Universal Music (FT) Spac promoter Palihapitiya seeks $800m to target biotech companies (FT) Jack Ma’s Ant Group receives consumer finance...
...No Brad Pitt, Adele or Lil Nas X....
...Lex says surging music streaming revenues have helped Bob Dylan boost his value in his sale of music rights to Universal....
...(Wall Street Journal) News round-up Universal Music buys Bob Dylan’s music catalogue in ‘9-figure deal’ (FT + Lex) Bill Foley-backed Spac agrees $9bn deal to buy Paysafe (FT) Moncler to buy Stone Island...
...“As kids from Mumbai, we never imagined we could connect with Nas. I rap in Hindi, and for him to understand it is universal is huge for us, and for Indian music in general....
...There was a kind of universal misogynistic dynamic when I was growing up — less so now.”...
...Negotiations broke down last autumn, however, and Ms Swift signed with Universal Music’s Republic Records, which offered her ownership of all her future work....
...This means music is back in vogue with investors. Vivendi is looking sell up to half of Universal Music, the biggest record label, to cash in on the optimism....
...The company struck fresh deals with Vivendi-owned Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music, which combined control 80 per cent of the world’s music, to get itself on a sounder financial footing ahead...
...Spotify’s vast catalogue of 30m songs due to its licensing deals with Sony, Warner and Universal allows users to access practically any song they want....
...three months, including agreements with Universal Music Group, the world’s largest label, and Sony/ATV, the sector’s biggest publisher....
...Vivendi-owned Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music — the “big three” labels — have seen their revenues jump 10 per cent a year, as subscription streaming sales have risen up to 50 per cent....
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