Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...“It’s going to benefit the biggest player, Universal, because they’re the ones with the resources to invest in that....
...Music executives have expressed concern that fraud and clutter have proliferated on streaming services, taking royalty money away from record labels and artists....
...Lyor Cohen, a former record label executive who leads YouTube’s music division, has been working on the project for Google, according to people familiar with the matter....
...Peyton added: “That’s where Liu’s originality lies, in its looking beyond China’s own borders to universal themes.”...
...Taylor Swift has reinstated her music on TikTok, putting her at odds with her own record label, Universal Music, which went to war with the social media group in February, muting her songs and the rest of...
...Bank of America has had a go at estimating how much The Tortured Poets Department, Swift’s latest album, is worth to Universal Music Group, her record label since 2018....
...Universal Music is the largest record company, controlling about a third of the world’s music....
...Of course, the greenhouse gas emissions driving record-busting global temperatures will necessarily remain at the centre of this conversation....
...Swift’s 11th compilation record has smashed records since its release on Friday, selling 1.6mn US album-equivalent units in one day, according to data group Luminate, which previously operated as Nielsen...
...Revenue from TikTok makes up just 1 per cent of Universal’s revenue, it added. Warner Music, the third-largest record company, last year announced it had struck a new deal with TikTok....
...Universal Music, the industry leader that is valued at more than $50bn on the stock market, is home to Rodrigo, who signed with Universal’s Interscope Records in 2020....
...At the turn of 2023, the head of the world’s largest record company called for a new royalties model for streaming, to combat the rise of what he referred to as “noise”....
...I have no idea which frequency is being used by the duo who go by the name of Universal Harmonies and Frequencies. But their album Tune In draws from the well of such notions....
...Pophouse’s chief executive Per Sundin was previously managing director of Universal Music Sweden and president of Universal Music Nordics from 2008 to 2019....
...More Americans plan to vacation abroad this summer than at any time since records begin in the 1960s....
...Europe and Asia Pacific saw record levels of activity, with the UK and Japan leading the pack....
...Record label payments mean investors could be waiting a long time....
...The strong showing for 1989 (Taylor’s Version) is a boost to Universal Music, the world’s largest record company, which distributes Swift’s work and takes a percentage of her sales....
...A version of this argument has been around since the early lawless days of sampling for hip-hop records....
...Recently, courts in Delaware, where most US companies are incorporated, have started to draw a line in the sand over bylaw changes, despite their record of deferring to companies’ discretion....
...A record 109,000 households in England were living in temporary accommodation between July and September last year, according to official statistics....
...Here’s the record for Chinese, Europe ex-UK, UK and Japanese markets: So not exactly a universal heuristic....
...This comes after Universal Music in October warned that it would be introducing a “cost savings program” in 2024....
...The record label — home to Their Satanic Majesties among others — was successfully spun off in 2021 for €47bn. The rest of the group took it hard....
...“If you are a record label, artist, songwriter or publisher, there is a lot of existential angst at the moment. You’re a slave to the algorithm,” says Midia’s Mulligan....
International Edition