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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$6.8B
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Recorded Music Production
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NAICS Code Offices of Other Holding Companies: 551112
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TuneCore’s Universal Alliance
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Report: GE, Vivendi at least $1B off on value of NBC stake
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Universal Music Group UMG Partners With Guvera Limited for 2010 Launch of Guvera.com Guvera Offers...
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Twisted Metallica Comedy Film Cameos- The Who Super Bowl- Glee Geeks To Sing Van Halen/John...
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Google, labels partner on music search: sources
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MOG Announces Premium Digital Music Service Coming Soon THE WORLD'S LEADING DESTINATION FOR MUSIC INFORMATION...
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'GnR' accused of plagiarism
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Allman Brothers Battling Universal in Royalty Lawsuit
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Vevo Now In Talks With TV Networks
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Warner Music Still Negotiating With YouTube
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MOD Systems Brings Digital Album and Single Track Music Sales to Retail Stores
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Guvera Gets UMG To Buy In To Its Dream Of Ad-Supported Music Downloads
PaidContent
- 2009-11-18
Next year is shaping up to be an interesting one in terms of digital music. We’ll be able to see how much traction music video site Vevo ultimately gains, whether Google’s music search becomes ubiquitous, and possibly see Spotify launch here in the U.S. There will also be two...
Universal Music's Grainge To Succeed Morris As CEO
PaidContent
- 2009-11-03
Universal Music CEO Doug Morris will be succeeded by international chief Lucian Grainge next year, BusinessWeek reports (The Times Online also calls Grainge Morris’ “annointed successor” in a piece today). BusinessWeek says that Morris—who has overseen Universal Music’s operations for the last 15 years—plans to step down as CEO...
Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music
PaidContent
- 2009-08-26
Chris Stephenson, who has overseen global marketing for Microsoft’s Zune music player since its debut in 2006, is leaving Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) to join Universal Music, the WSJ reports. Stephenson confirms he is leaving to the WSJ. At Universal, he will lead marketing for Interscope Geffen A & M...
Apple joins with labels to promote album sales – Rumour
Strategy Eye
- 2009-07-26
Apple and the four major record labels are reportedly collaborating on a project to boost album sales on iTunes. The move is an attempt to reinvigorate the album format, which has seen steadily decreasing sales since digital downloads took off. ...
Vevo in talks to bring indie labels on board
Strategy Eye
- 2009-06-08
Vevo, the music video joint venture between Universal and YouTube, is in talks with a consortium of independent records labels, A2IM, to bring additional music content to the site. A deal would be a crucial boost to the Vevo project, which is trying to establish itself as a key...
iTunes to offer more DRM-free tracks - Rumour
Strategy Eye
- 2008-11-20
Apple is rumoured to be in talks with three of the four major music labels about offering DRM-free tracks on its iTunes music service. Citing "two music industry sources", CNET says Apple is in preliminary talks with Universal, Warner and...
World Digital Media Group And Universal Music Enterprises Sign Multi-Year, Multi-Album Deal To Drive Independent Music And Big-Name Artists To Retailers; First album under deal, Waylon Sings Hank Williams, makes its major-label debut this week
- 2006-08-30
DALLAS -- World Digital Media Group, L.L.C. WDMG and Universal Music Enterprises UMe today announced a long-term agreement during which WDMG will produce 45 albums for distribution via UMe. WDMG's label, YMC Records, will produce a great deal of original content such as the first album from Ali Lohan, younger...
FullAudio Scores Universal Music Licensing Deal
BNET
- 2001-10-11
The article refers to music licensing. FullAudio, headquartered in Chicago, is one of many start-ups vying for market share of the post-Napster digital music download business and the Universal Music pact is the third with a 'Big Five' record label. The company also has distribution rights from EMI Publishing Group...
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