And although Universal and Warner Music, two of the world’s largest music companies, were able to claw back some percentages in their recent licensing negotiations with Spotify, neither party ...

In a legal filing Monday, an LLC owned by Drake called Frozen Moments alleged that Universal Music Group and Spotify worked together to make "Not Like Us" — a viral diss track Kendrick Lamar ...

By Etan Vlessing Canada Bureau Chief Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge ... music streaming platforms like Amazon, Apple and Spotify. “Where they go, we go with them, hand in hand ...

On Sunday, Jan. 26, the Spotify bundling issue was brought back into the headlines when Universal Music Group announced a new direct deal with Spotify which included changes both to the recorded ...

Late last month (Jan. 26), Spotify and Universal Music Group struck a new deal on recorded music and publishing royalty rates that included a first-ever direct agreement between Spotify and ...

Then there's "shrewd viral marketing" by Island Records. Carpenter's label is part of Universal Music, which owns shares in Spotify. Tencent, an online advertising company, owns shares in ...