Music Industry Moves: Verve Records Announces 70th Anniversary Albums and Events; Concord Expands Partnership With Irving Azoff’s Giant Records

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Universal Music’s $775 Million Acquisition of Downtown Likely to Be Approved by European Commission, Sources Say
#Variety #News #DowntownMusic #UniversalMusicGroup

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Universal's $775 Million Acquisition of Downtown Likely to Be Approved

Universal Music's $775 million acquisition of music-services giant Downtown is likely to be approved soon by the European Commission, sources say.

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Music Industry Moves: Universal Music and NetEase Announce Multi-Year Licensing Deal for China
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https://variety.com/2026/music/news/universal-music-netease-announce-licensing-deal-for-china-1236636087/

Universal Music and NetEase Announce Licensing Deal for China

Universal Music and NetEase announce licensing deal for China; YeaH1 Group and Sony Music launch SYE Holdings joint venture in Vietnam.

Variety

Music Industry Moves: Sony Publishing Acquires Big Yellow Dog Music; Big Loud Records Names Stacy Blythe and Jordan Pettit Co-Presidents

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Music Industry Moves: Sony Publishing Acquires Big Yellow Dog Music; Big Loud Records Names Stacy Blythe and Jordan Pettit Co-Presidents
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https://variety.com/2026/music/news/sony-publishing-acquires-big-yellow-dog-music-1236630584/

Sony Publishing Acquires Big Yellow Dog Music

Sony Publishing acquires Big Yellow Dog Music; Big Loud Records names Stacy Blythe and Jordan Pettit co-presidents; Merlin welcomes new board members.

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Guter Einblick in die Musikbranche: KI-Kennzeichnung, mögliche Übernahme von Downtown, Idee von Kooperationen mit Klay, #Udio und #StabilityAI werden thematisiert - außerdem sagt der Europa-Chef von Universal Music im Interview mit der FAZ:

"Unser Deal mit der Firma Soundpatrol geht genau in diese Richtung: deren Technologie ist in der Lage, KI generierte Musik von menschlichen Kreationen zu unterscheiden."

#Soundpatrol #Musik #KI #Universal #UniversalMusicGroup

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„Wer Musik nutzen möchte, muss eine Lizenz dafür haben, ganz einfach“: Universal-Music-Chef Frank Briegmann

Die Musikindustrie kämpft gegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen und hofft zugleich auf neue Einnahmen durch Deals mit KI-Anbietern. Der Europachef des Marktführers, Frank Briegmann, erklärt, wie sie aussehen sollen und was er von Spotify und Co. erwartet.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
„Wer Musik nutzen möchte, muss eine Lizenz dafür haben, ganz einfach“: Universal-Music-Chef Frank Briegmann

Die Musikindustrie kämpft gegen Urheberrechtsverletzungen und hofft zugleich auf neue Einnahmen durch Deals mit KI-Anbietern. Der Europachef des Marktführers, Frank Briegmann, erklärt, wie sie aussehen sollen und was er von Spotify und Co. erwartet.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
"Scars to Your Beautiful" is a song recorded by Canadian singer-songwriter #AlessiaCara. #DefJamRecordings and #UniversalMusicGroup serviced it to #contemporaryHitRadio on July 26, 2016, as the third single from her debut studio album, #KnowItAll (2015). A #synthpop ballad, the song was recorded in 2015 at Glenwood Place Studios, based in #BurbankCalifornia, and was written by Cara herself, alongside the song's producers, #PopAndOak, #SebastianKole.
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Alessia Cara - Scars To Your Beautiful (Live At The MTV VMAs / 2017)

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Judge Dismisses Salt-N-Pepa’s Lawsuit Against Universal Music Group: A US federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by legendary hip-hop duo Salt-N-Pepa against Universal Music Group (UMG), bringing an end, for now, to their bid to reclaim ownership of their master recordings. Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton had sued UMG in May after the company rejected their attempt to invoke “termination […] http://dlvr.it/TQFJfm #Entertainment #Celebrities #SaltNPepa #UniversalMusicGroup