Tag: Universal Music Group

REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

As we rewind through the week in music industry news, we review the return of the cassette tape, how much ad supported streaming is actually worth, which genres are messing. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/03/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Andy Warhol, Apple IIe, Bloomberg L.P., Compact Cassette, Metallica, Missouri, music industry, record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Springfield, Universal Music Group

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UMG Names Nicola Levy As Global Head Of Business Affairs, Digital

There have been a number of significant changes at the highest levels of Universal Music Group's digital division in recent weeks. The latest comes in Business Affairs.

Bruce Houghton on 09/29/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Access Industries, Advertising agency, Amadou & Mariam, Annual general meeting, Bell Media, Music artist (occupation), music industry, Music Think Tank, Never Miss a Beat, Universal Music Group

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Fair Use Set For Shakeup As “Purple Rain” UMG Trial Moves Forward

What constitutes "fair use" of music seems about to be redefined as a panel of ederal judged allows the appeal of the 2007 case of a toddler dancing to Prince's Purple Rain. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/16/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fair use, Instagram, Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., music industry, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Universal Music Group, YouTube

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Vivendi Universal Has $7 Billion And Wants To Buy Your Startup, Label Or Festival

Over the last few years, the major labels have made small investments in startups, but aside from UMG's acquisition of EMI, not made many deals to purchase other labels. Now. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/15/2015 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: copyright, depreciation and amortization, Earnings before interest, Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., Let's Go Crazy, music industry, Prince (musician), taxes, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Universal Music Group, Vivendi, YouTube

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Fake Warner Music Email Threatens Top Torrent Uploaders

Several active uploaders have received threatening emails, purportedly from the Warner Music Group. Filled with spelling and grammar errors and sent from an masked address outside of WMG, it is. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/11/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Happy Birthday to You, Mildred J. Hill, music industry, Patty Hill, record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, University of Louisville, Warner Music Group, Warner/Chappell Music

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Music Publishing News Roundup 9.4.15: Sony/ATV Sampling Amnesty • EU Music Survey • UMG

Sony/ATV, one of the world’s largest music publishers, has announced a new form of amnesty within their company – sampling. One of the most subjective and controversial music practices is sampling.

Bob Baker on 09/04/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., European Commission, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, IPhone, music industry, record label, Spotify, Universal Music Group

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Beatroot Music Lands $380K For Music Data Analytics

Beatroot Music has received $380,000 USD in funding from the UK's North West Fund for Digital and Creative. The investment will be used scale infrastructure and expand data music delivery to more. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/04/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Federation of Musicians, music industry, record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Soundcloud, Spotify, Taylor Swift, United Kingdom, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Universal Music Group Revenues, Profits Rise With Help From Streaming Music

[UPDATED] Profitability has been elusive for record labels in the last 5-10 years, including for so-called major music groups like WMG. Not so for Universal Music Group where CEO Lucian Grainge. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/03/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Federation of Musicians, American Revolutionary War, Atlantic Ocean, Berklee College of Music, Business model, Compact disc, Customer, record label, Streaming media, Universal Music Group

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A Stream on Apple Music Pays Songwriters And Publishers 33% More Than A Stream On Spotify

All streaming music services are not created equal, at least when its comes to payments. A myriad of advances to major labels, fine print and legal trickery makes it impossible. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/31/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., European Commission, European Union, Federal Trade Commission, IPhone, record label, Spotify, Streaming media, Universal Music Group

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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y And Indie Music

Hypebot was full of tips for the D.I.Y. musician this week, offering instruction on how to make more money from ticket sales on you website, successfully launch an artist, what. Continue reading

Guest Post on 08/29/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Arts & Crafts Productions, Bell Media, Broken Social Scene, Canada, Carly Rae Jepsen, EMI, Shania Twain, Universal Music Group, Virgin Records, You Forgot It in People

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