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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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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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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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Vevo Gets its Investor: Abu Dhabi Media Joins "Hulu for Music Videos" [MediaMemo]
Vevo, the music industry's version of Hulu, now has its own version of Providence Equity, the outside investor that took a flyer on the Web TV and movie joint venture: Abu Dhabi Media Company has purchased a stake in the company from owners Universal Music and Sony SNE. Terms of...
Vevo seeks funding at USD300m valuation
Music video service Vevo is seeking funding at a USD300m valuation to support its launch later this year. Sony, Universal and YouTube are behind the project and seek to capitalise on the popularity of music videos, with YouTube providing the infrastructure and network for the joint venture. Vevo will show music videos from Universal...
Vevo in talks to bring indie labels on board
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...
Sony joins YouTube-Universal music venture
Sony Music Entertainment is joining Vevo, the music video joint venture formed by YouTube and Universal Music Group. Sony will provide backing for the project in the form of an undisclosed equity stake alongside access to its music catalogue. Universal’s...
Universal and YouTube to launch premium music site
Universal Music and YouTube are set to launch a premium music video and entertainment site after the pair agreed new content licensing terms. Vevo, which will launch in the coming months, marks a concerted effort by Google to boost ad revenues for its music content. ...
YouTube and Universal plan music video site
YouTube and Universal Music are in talks to set up a standalone music video site, tentatively named Vevo. The premium music portal could include content from Universal and all three other major labels, according to people close to the discussions. ...
YouTube to sell games and music in Europe
YouTube will start selling games and music in Europe "soon", Google's director of video partnerships in EMEA, Patrick Walker, tells StrategyEye. YouTube introduced 'click-to-buy' links below music and games clips in the US last month, in partnership with EMI, Universal and Electronic Arts, and is now working to expand...
YouTube and an e-mail take Gregorian Chant into 21st Century
VIENNA AFP — All it took was an e-mail, and a group of 15 monks from a 12th-century Austrian monastery secured a recording contract with Universal Music, the label for pop stars such as Amy Winehouse and Eminem. The monks -- from the Cistercian monastery of Heiligenkreuz (The Holy...
Austrian monks land recording contract via YouTube
VIENNA AFP — A group of monks from a 12th century monastery just outside Vienna have secured a lucrative recording contract with Universal Music, the label for pop stars such as Amy Winehouse and Eminem, a record executive said Wednesday. The monks -- from the Cistercian monastery of Heiligenkreuz...
Dancing toddler video yanked from website triggers lawsuit
SAN FRANCISCO, United States AFP — A mother is suing Universal Music Publishing Group for insisting a video of her toddler dancing to music by pop star Prince be yanked from YouTube on copyright violation grounds. Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyers said they filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a San...
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