Spotify, Warner Music Group Strike Multi-Year Recorded Music, Publishing Deal
The agreement delivers new benefits for artists, songwriters and fans, while unlocking "further collaboration that expands the music ecosystem," WMG CEO Robert Kyncl says ...
Music Industry Moves: Warner Music Group and Audiomack Expand Licensing Deal to Reach 49 More Countries
Warner Music Group and Audiomack have expanded their pre-existing licensing deal to allow 49 countries access to the WMG ...
Grammy Winners 2025: Kendrick Lamar Leads With Five Wins for ‘Not Like Us,’ Beyoncé and Charli XCX Take Home Three Each
The music industry’s biggest night is underway Sunday, as the 2025 Grammys award some of the world’s biggest artists. Beyoncé ...
Grammy Winners 2025 List (Updating Live)
The music industry’s biggest night is underway Sunday, as the 2025 Grammys award some of the world’s biggest artists. Beyoncé ...
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Warner Bros. Discovery strikes JV with Cutting Edge to co-own vast catalog of film and TV music, in deal worth $1bn+
Big news from the world of Hollywood film and TV music rights: Entertainment giant Warner Bros. Discovery has struck a deal with UK-based Cutting Edge Group to create a JV through ...
Warner Bros. Discovery and Cutting Edge Group form JV to own and manage WBD's iconic music rights portfolio
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. (NASDAQ: WBD) and Cutting Edge Group ("CEG"), the leading specialist investor in and manager of ...
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Drake's 'Not Like Us' lawsuit: Rapper's claims, from house shooting to devalued music
Universal Music Publishing Group controls music publishing rights for both Drake and Lamar. Interscope "had every incentive to prove it could maximize Lamar’s sales after only recently ...
Variety Scores Two 2025 GLAAD Media Award Nominations for Outstanding Print Article and Magazine Overall Coverage
GLAAD has unveiled the nominees for its 36th annual GLAAD Media Awards, with Variety securing two noms for outstanding print article (senior entertainment writer Adam B. Vary’s piece on Joe Locke) and ...
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Drake Defamation Case 'Likely to Fail' Against Universal: Expert
Drake might not be successful in his ongoing legal battle with Universal Music Group (UMG ... escalated last year when the pair released a series of 'diss tracks' targeting each other.
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Drake sues Universal Music for defamation related to Kendrick Lamar diss track 'Not Like Us'
After dropping a legal petition made against his own label, Universal Music Group (UMG), and Spotify over Kendrick Lamar’s record-smashing diss track ‘Not Like Us’, Drake has cranked it up a ...
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Aaliyah joins Barbie's Music Collector Series with stunning new doll
Available starting Thursday, January 16, on what would have been her 46th birthday, this highly anticipated addition to the Barbie Music Collector Series celebrates the enduring legacy of who many ...
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Reuniting country music group’s new gig has some fans upset
Fans of Rascal Flatts were stoked back in October when the popular country music group announced it was reuniting. The reaction to the latest announcement, however, has not been quite as unanimous.