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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
Recent Events
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UMG Luncheon At CRS 2010 To Feature Expanded Lineup Of Talent Seek Irony Release "Tech...
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Guvera Signs EMI, IODA to Ad-Supported Download Service
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Guvera partners with EMI, IODA
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Video Site Vevo Adds EMI On Eve Of Launch
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Q3 Earnings: Industry Financial Snapshot
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Universal Music Group/Aigne Records Introduce Mikey Jay New Record "Stupid Fresh"
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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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30-SECOND SPOT / DISPATCHES FROM THE WORLD OF MEDIA AND ADVERTISING
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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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Warner Music Still Negotiating With YouTube
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Vevo's Caraeff: 'We Have To Establish Credibility'
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- 2009-12-14
The glitzy opening at a trendy club in Tribeca—followed by a crashing site when millions of would-be music video viewers tried to sign on and a night of instant scaling—was just the beginning for Vevo. But CEO Rio Caereff is careful not to jump too many chapters ahead when...
Vevo Not Global Until 2010, Strains On First Day
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- 2009-12-09
Music labels’ YouTube-powered music video site Vevo may have had a glitzy launch in New York on Tuesday - but on Wednesday many who hit the site for the first time found it crashing under traffic weight, and everyone outside the U.S. and Canada who hits Vevo.com is getting...
Fair Do's? A Million Spotify Streams Earned Gaga $167
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- 2009-11-23
How much money do artists really make from Spotify? According to Swedish paper Expressen, 2009’s standout breakthrough artist Lady Gaga and her songwriter Redone made just SEK1150 (£100.76; $166.56) in songwriting royalties from one million Spotify plays of her hit Poker Face in Sweden in the first five months...
Guvera Gets UMG To Buy In To Its Dream Of Ad-Supported Music Downloads
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- 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...
Vivendi Profits Rise On Acti-Blizz Games Success: Call Of Duty 'Biggest Entertainment Launch Ever'
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- 2009-11-12
Activision’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 grossed more than $300 million in sales in its first 24 hours just in the US and the UK, making it not just the biggest video game launch of the year, but the biggest entertainment launch, in any medium, ever. That most...
Universal Music's Grainge To Succeed Morris As CEO
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- 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...
@ Google's Discover Music: MySpace Will Power Google's Music Search Results
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- 2009-10-28
At the famed Capitol Records building in Hollywood, Google officially unveiled its OneBox music search service. First news tidbit to emerge is that MySpace will be powering the streaming music, videos and track purchases—not it’s new acquisition iLike. Google’s Marissa Mayer demoed what the new music search results would...
Industry Moves: Nokia's Kohl To Head Up Ad Sales At Vevo
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- 2009-09-23
Former Nokia interactive ad sales vet David Kohl has joined Vevo, the music video site that labels like UMG and Sony are hoping will be “the next Hulu.” As EVP of of customer sales and operations, Kohl will lead Vevo’s efforts to secure big brand sponsorships, reporting to CEO...
Earnings: Vivendi H1 Up On Games, Digital Music Growth
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- 2009-09-01
Fast growing digital music sales and the ongoing popularity of online multiplayer video games helped Vivendi (EPA: VIV) to a recession-beating 15 percent year-on-year revenue growth in the first half of 2009.—Activision Blizzard: The games division continued to power on - revenues up 300 percent from last year to...
Top Microsoft Zune Marketing Executive Leaves For Universal Music
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- 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...
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