Universal Music Group
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WMG loss masks strength...it the resources to take another run in its decade-long pursuit of EMI. On a margin basis, WMG is significantly outperforming industry leader Universal Music Group. WMG had a 14 percent profit margin for the quarter. By contrast, UMG made a... In this article: Warner Music Group, Revenue, Universal Music Group, EMI, Edgar Bronfman, Kid Rock, and Green Day |
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PR Newswire | 3 days ago
MOG All Access, the All-You-Can-Eat and On-Demand Music Service, to Go Live December 2
...for music fans. Building on that powerful platform, the company is launching premium digital music service MOG All Access with the support of Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, and EMI Music. Built by music...
In this article: MOG, Addicted to Noise, MTV, Rick Rubin, and Gracenote
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Independent.co.uk - Gadgets & Tech | October 22, 2009
Google 'to launch music service'
Major recording companies - including Vivendi's Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Group - pitched the idea to Google a year ago and are cooperating with the project, according to one person. They...
In this article: Google, Lala, Ilike, Revenue, Itunes, Vivendi, MySpace, News Corp, and Apple
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Yahoo! News | October 20, 2009
Music Industry Signs Online Distribution Agreement With EU (PC World)
...and Apple, Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia, royalty rights collecting societies, consumer groups and the record labels EMI and Universal Music Group struck the deal with E.U. Commissioner for competition Neelie Kroes. The agreement...
In this article: European Union, Apple, EMI, Itunes, Amazon.com, Yahoo, Nokia, and Neelie Kroes
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South Bend Tribune | October 19, 2009
Tech Bits
...before Thanksgiving. The new service includes partnerships with the four major music labels - Universal Music Group, EMI Music, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment - along with thousands of independent labels. The catalog will...
In this article: AT&T Inc., Napster, Verizon Wireless, Nokia, Microsoft Corp., Sprint Nextel Corp., Iphone, Zune Pass, and BlackBerry
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New York Post | October 21, 2009
Google to sell songs on search pages
...its main page. The search giant has struck deals with the major record companies - Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Group - for the music offering, according to several reports. Users will be...
In this article: Google, Revenue, Itunes, Amazon.com, Ilike, Apple, Warner Music Group, EMI Group, and Sony Music Entertainment
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CNN | October 22, 2009
Google's music foray
...to launch next week. All four major record labels -- Warner Music Group (WMG), EMI Group, Sony Music Entertainment (SNE) and Universal Music Group -- have licensed their music to Google for the music search results. Google is not expected...
In this article: Google, Amazon.com, AAPL, Warner Music Group, Microsoft Windows, Revenue, Cnnmoney.com, Itunes Store, Nasdaq, and SNE
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Description from Wikipedia:
Universal Music Group
(UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. It is the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations. Universal Music Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of international French media conglomerate Vivendi.
Universal Music Group owns a music publisher, Universal Music Publishing Group, which became the world's largest following the acquisition of BMG Music Publishing in May 2007.
Vivendi's headquarters are in Paris, France. The UMG global headquarters are located New York City. Other major offices are located in Universal City and Santa Monica, along with Universal Music Group Nashville in Nashville; in the UK the group has a number of offices in London and Romford.
- Name:
- Universal Music Group
- Type:
- Subsidiary of Vivendi
- Location:
- New York City, NY, United States
- Founded:
- 1990 (MCA Music Entertainment Group formed)
- Industry:
- Music entertainment
- Key People:
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- Doug Morris: Chairman and CEO
- Lucian Grainge: Chairman and CEO
- Revenue:
- $6.14 billion (2007)
- Parent Company:
- Vivendi (100%)
- Subsidiaries:
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- Universal South Records
- Decca Label Group
- Fontana Distribution
- Universal Music Latin Entertainment
- Island Def Jam Music Group
- Universal Motown Republic Group
- Universal Music Group Nashville
- Sanctuary Group
- V2/Co-operative Music
- Interscope-Geffen-A&M
- Universal Music Publishing Group
- Universal Music Enterprises
- Verve Music Group
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