In case you haven’t noticed, Music Week has just turned 60. This week’s special 60th Anniversary edition hit desks across the international music industry yesterday; a host of top ...
My own Music Week moment arrived in April 1997. My appointment as editor of a different weekly music publication was covered by the many trade papers around in those days, ...
Digital music pioneer and senior Universal Music Group executive Jay Frank passed away on Sunday (October 13) at the age of 47. The cause of death was cancer, his family ...
Sir Lucian Grainge is excited. Investors certainly seem happy, with Vivendi's share price up in Paris after the announcement. Those who were starting to believe the slow-moving Universal Music ...
Vivendi has finally silenced the speculation – and some doubters – about the sale of a stake in Universal Music Group. A year after the process was first announced, ...
The furore over the 2008 fire at Universal Music’s archive vault in California, housed at the non-UMG owned Universal Studios, much like the blaze itself, is showing few signs ...
Sir Lucian Grainge, Universal Music Group CEO/chairman, has written to staff at the major about the historic fire that destroyed master recordings.
It follows extensive reporting by New York ...
The new issue of Music Week is out now, featuring Island US president Darcus Beese on the cover to commemorate the iconic exec receiving the coveted Strat Award at the Music Week ...
Universal Music Group (UMG) has hired Apple Music's JJ Corsini (pictured right) and Chris Hovsepian (left) as SVPs, artist development.
The pair, who both served on Apple's global artists ...
The plan to sell up to a 50% stake in Universal Music Group was announced way back in July 2018. The major’s stunning performance since then has made it an ...
