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The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into Universal Music Group’s $775 million takeover of U.S. label ...
Universal Music Group has formed a strategic partnership with IP asset management, investment and advisory firm Liquidax ...
Universal Music Group unit Virgin Music Group's $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music may hinder competition and remove ...
As previously reported by MBW, the UMG-Downtown deal did not meet the EU’s standard turnover thresholds that would typically ...
UMG took the next step toward a U.S. stock listing with a new SEC filing that puts it on track to list certain Pershing shares on a U.S. exchange.
Drake initially filed his lawsuit against UMG in January 2025, accusing the music giant of knowingly defaming him. His ...
A s the evidence collection process gets underway in Drake ’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group (UMG) over the ...
In its initial disclosures, UMG has a shorter list of potential witnesses, with Kendrick Lamar named as “likely to have ...
In a strategic move, Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's largest music label, has confidentially filed for a U.S.
Both parties have issued their lists of people who could potentially be hit with subpoenas to testify in the ongoing case ...
Two cases around consolidation and market control may drastically alter the music landscape, and the indies are making their thoughts known ...
Salt-N-Pepa’s raps that made millions dance in the 1980s and 1990s and a bunch of little girls screaming, “Ooh baby, baby,” have become the center […] ...