Sir Lucian Grainge In The News Analysis News From Universal’s TikTok deal to Blackstone’s bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days… Analysis News Universal Music Group generated $2.8 billion in Q1 – up 7.9% YoY UMG, which trades on the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, has published its Q1 results (for the three months to end of March) News Sir Lucian Grainge confirms ‘greater compensation’ is coming from TikTok for UMG artists and songwriters MBW obtains memo from Sir Lucian Grainge to his employees, detailing new agreement with TikTok Analysis News Universal Music and TikTok strike new licensing deal – including ‘improved remuneration’ for UMG artists and songwriters The announcement brings to an end a long-running licensing dispute between the two companies. Interviews ‘The TikTok era is over. Artists aren’t being signed based on one thing going viral anymore.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Michele Harrison, founder of management company, MPH Collective News Victoria Oakley appointed CEO of IFPI Oakley will join IFPI in June from global strategic communications and advocacy consultancy, Portland Analysis Taylor Swift has a laudable history of standing up to Big Tech in the name of artist compensation. By embracing TikTok in 2024, she’s broken ranks with that narrative. When Swift grappled with Apple in 2015, she noted that the fight was "not about me" – it was about other artists. The TikTok situation is the exact opposite. News IMPALA sides with UMG in TikTok dispute, calls on Spotify, Apple, Deezer to address ‘negative consequences’ of royalty changes Europe’s trade association for indie labels says there is “an urgent need to secure fair revenues” from services like TikTok Prev 1 2 3 … 79 Next
Analysis News From Universal’s TikTok deal to Blackstone’s bid for Hipgnosis Songs Fund… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-Up The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days…
Analysis News Universal Music Group generated $2.8 billion in Q1 – up 7.9% YoY UMG, which trades on the Euronext stock exchange in Amsterdam, has published its Q1 results (for the three months to end of March)
News Sir Lucian Grainge confirms ‘greater compensation’ is coming from TikTok for UMG artists and songwriters MBW obtains memo from Sir Lucian Grainge to his employees, detailing new agreement with TikTok
Analysis News Universal Music and TikTok strike new licensing deal – including ‘improved remuneration’ for UMG artists and songwriters The announcement brings to an end a long-running licensing dispute between the two companies.
Interviews ‘The TikTok era is over. Artists aren’t being signed based on one thing going viral anymore.’ MBW's Inspiring Women series meets Michele Harrison, founder of management company, MPH Collective
News Victoria Oakley appointed CEO of IFPI Oakley will join IFPI in June from global strategic communications and advocacy consultancy, Portland
Analysis Taylor Swift has a laudable history of standing up to Big Tech in the name of artist compensation. By embracing TikTok in 2024, she’s broken ranks with that narrative. When Swift grappled with Apple in 2015, she noted that the fight was "not about me" – it was about other artists. The TikTok situation is the exact opposite.
News IMPALA sides with UMG in TikTok dispute, calls on Spotify, Apple, Deezer to address ‘negative consequences’ of royalty changes Europe’s trade association for indie labels says there is “an urgent need to secure fair revenues” from services like TikTok