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Date: 09/13/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
SoundCloud CEO Eliah Seton is very much in the process of transforming the highly influential DSP, which was a key factor in music discovery during the dawning days of the streaming revolution, for the present ecosystem.
Eliah SetonSoundcloudRohit Agarwal
Date: 08/21/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Virgin Music Group will release the soundtrack to Season 2 of Riot Games’ first animated series, Arcane. 
Virgin Music GroupJacqueline SaturnRiot GamesNetflix
Date: 01/03/2024   Section: Rumor Mill
Tencent Music Entertainment Group and Universal Music Group have renewed their licensing agreement.
TencentUniversal Music Group
Date: 08/15/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
Tencent’s music-streaming service has topped 100m paying users, the Chinese company announced Tuesday.
Tencentfinancial results
Date: 05/31/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
David Loiterton, who was instrumental in securing Primary Wave Music’s recent partnership with India’s Times Music, has joined the publisher as president, Indo-Pacific.
David LoitertonPrimary Wave MusicLarry MestelTimes Music
Date: 05/17/2023   Section: Rumor Mill
Tencent Music’s streaming revenue was on par with social music in the first quarter of the year as each unit pulled in $510m.
Date: 03/22/2022   Section: Rumor Mill
Chinese music-streaming behemoth Tencent saw a 7.2% spike in revenue in 2021, raking in $4.9b. Net profit was up 30% to $505m.
Date: 09/23/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
As Vivendi prepares to spin off 60% of UMG, the eyes of the biz—most of which are bugging out at the gargantuan transaction—are on Sir Lucian Grainge and company and the details...
Sir Lucian GraingeJeff HarlestonBoyd MuirWill TanousJody GersonBill AckmanVincent BolloreJacqueline SaturnMichele AnthonyMaurice ObersteinNigel GraingeDoug MorrisTunji BalogunImran MajidJustin EshakJeff VaughnPrince WilliamElliot GraingeMichelle JubelirerEthiopia HabtemariamDavid JosephFrank BriegmannSteve BarnettMonte LipmanJohn Janick
Date: 06/21/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
Vivendi finalized a deal Sunday to sell 10% of its stake in Universal Music Group to Tontine Holdings, a SPAC started by activist investor Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square hedge fund.
Date: 06/04/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
A 10% share in Universal Music Group is close to being sold to William Ackman's Pershing Square Tontine Holdings for $4b.
Universal Music GroupWilliam AckmanPershing SquareVivendi
Date: 05/19/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
Vivendi is considering selling between 5% and 10% of Universal Music Group to an American investor prior to listing its IPO on 9/27.
Universal Music GroupVivendiIPO
Date: 03/22/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
WMG has renewed its multiyear licensing deal with Tencent, which will continue to make WMG's repertoire available across its music platforms QQ Music, Kugou Music, Kuwo Music and Sing Music. The companies also announced plans to launch a JV record label in China.
Warner Music GroupTencentChina
Date: 03/03/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
I.B. Bad looks at the skyrocketing valuation of music companies as streaming grows.
Sir Lucian GraingeSteve CooperMerck MercuriadisCussion PangMichael RapinoJohn JanickSir Richard BransonMorgan WallenLil DurkOlivia RodrigoSZATaylor SwiftBillie EilishTencentEuronext
Date: 02/16/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
Vivendi is putting a plan in motion to list 60% of its share of Universal Music Group on the Euronext market in Amsterdam, most likely in the second half of this year. Vivendi's stock price enjoyed a record bounce following the news.
Universal Music GroupVivendiIPO
Date: 01/29/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
Universal Music Group plans to go public by early 2022. It's the most specific timetable Vivendi has announced for the move.
Universal Music GroupTencentIPO
Date: 01/28/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
A recent Near Truths column noting certain prominent music attorneys managed not to include a single woman. That mistake will not be repeated.
Michele AnthonyMichelle JubelirerJulie SwidlerAngie MatinezAudrey BenoualidDebbie WhiteDina LaPoltGillian BarJamie YoungJennifer Justicekelly vallonLaurie SorianoLinda Edell HowardMarjorie GarciaRenee KaralianSarah ScottShay LawsonSonya GuardoTiffany Dunn
Date: 01/19/2021   Section: Rumor Mill
When it comes to character and commitment, no music-business executive sets a more inspiring example than UMG’s Swiss Army Knife, the remarkable Jeff Harleston, who’s profiled in the latest edition of Rainmakers.
Jeff HarlestonUMGDef Jam RecordingsTask Force for Meaningful Change
Date: 12/21/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Dumpster fire. Nightmare. Annus horribilis. 2020 has been unlike anything we’ve ever experienced.
2020Sir Lucian GraingeRob StringerSteve CooperDr. Anthony FauciKamala HarrisBlack Lives MatterVivendiTencent
Date: 12/19/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Tencent Holdings has exercised its call option to acquire an additional 10% equity stake in Universal Music Group. The sale price will again be based on UMG's valuation at €30b.
TencentUniversal Music Group
Date: 12/19/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
According to Bloomberg, Warner Music Group has secured a new licensing deal with TikTok. Unlike TikTok's previously announced short-term deals with the majors, the new pact covers recordings and publishing...
Warner Music GroupTikTokByteDanceUMGTencentSpotifyMorgan Stanley
Date: 12/18/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Sir Lucian Grainge issued the following year-end message to his company's troops.
Date: 12/02/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
Dua Lipa’s Studio 2054 livestream took in more than $5m, selling 280,000+ tickets worldwide and reaching in excess of five million viewers. The red-hot property will thus remain available through Sunday.
Dua LipaStudio 2054livestream
Date: 10/28/2020   Section: Blighty Beat
Tencent has purchased a minority stake in U.K.-based data-driven A&R platform, Instrumental. The investment will allow the company to expand its business in China and grow its label and publishing services. As part of the deal, Tencent Holdings and Tencent Music Entertainment Group will both ...
Date: 10/21/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
A Universal Music Group IPO will take place in 2022, Vivendi announced Tuesday. UMG continues to be the jewel in the crown of the French company, as revenue rose 5.1% for the first nine months of 2020 and was up 3% in the third quarter, to $2.2b.
Universal Music GroupIPOVivendiTencent
Date: 08/17/2020   Section: Rumor Mill
On Trump's reign of terror and error, the Bible's Oktoberfest, Clickbaitgate and Jay Penske's increasing velocity.
BillboardTrumpTencentTikTokMadonnaclickbaitJay PenskeShirley Halperin
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