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Tag: Lucian Grainge

Universal Music Group
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UMG boss talks DSPs: ‘We’re 80 to 85% of their retention’

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge September 13, 2022May 11, 2023

Universal Music Group’s chairman and CEO Sir Lucian Grainge has been talking at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference 2022.

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UMG ups its licensing efforts in social, fitness and gaming

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge December 18, 2020May 11, 2023

Sir Lucian Grainge has sent his annual end-of-year email to staff at Universal Music Group. It is largely a roundup of the company’s accomplishments in 2020, plus praise for how […]

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Today’s positive coronavirus-related industry stories (7 April)

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge April 7, 2020May 11, 2023

We wondered if we’d need to quietly retire this regular feature after a few days. Nope. Which at least shows there is plenty of positive news to write about amid […]

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Live music affected by latest coronavirus event restrictions

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge March 16, 2020May 11, 2023

Having said last week that we’re going to try not to stoke your anxiety over the novel-coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak with long, scary stories, this morning we can’t ignore the latest […]

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UMG boss on smart speakers: ‘Have the title in the chorus’

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge February 27, 2019May 11, 2023

We reported yesterday on UMG boss Sir Lucian Grainge’s keynote at the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona. Now more details are emerging about what he talked about, including non-mobile […]

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UMG boss excited by mobile potential for streaming growth

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge February 26, 2019May 11, 2023

Universal Music chief Sir Lucian Grainge keynoted the Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona this week, stressing the excitement his company feels about the mobile industry globally. “In some regions of the […]

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UMG boss hails ‘best financial performance in 15 years’

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge January 3, 2018May 11, 2023

Universal Music Group enjoyed a stonking 2017 according to chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge’s year-end memo to staff.

“The dramatic worldwide increase in streaming has been the single most important catalyst in returning UMG – and the music industry at large – to growth,” wrote Grainge.

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RCA avoids UMG-style ‘ultimatum’ over streaming exclusives

Avatar photo by Music Ally October 10, 2016May 11, 2023

Lucian Grainge’s recent internal memo announcing that Universal Music no longer wants to take part in streaming exclusives has been seen in some quarters as an ultimatum. Fun context for […]

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UMG to co-host US showcase for UK tech startups

by Music Ally Blog March 30, 2015May 11, 2023

Universal Music is one of the organisers of a Los Angeles-based event called Technology Innovators Forum (TIF-IN) that will see a selection of British tech startups showing off their services. […]

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Vivendi boss says music is ’at the heart of our strategy’

by Music Ally Blog March 18, 2015May 11, 2023

There have been persistent rumours of companies wanting to buy Universal Music Group, fuelled by parent company Vivendi’s recent flurry of divestments in other areas. However, Vivendi CEO Arnaud de […]

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Indies ride to freemium streaming’s defence

by Music Ally Blog March 14, 2015May 11, 2023

The battle lines are being drawn up in 2015’s debate about the effectiveness of free, on-demand streaming as a funnel towards paid subscriptions. Lucian Grainge, Jimmy Iovine, Lohan Presencer and […]

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Lucian Grainge: ‘We take YouTube at their word’ over subscriptions

by Music Ally Blog March 11, 2015May 11, 2023

Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge’s recent comments about free, on-demand streaming have sparked questions about what this means for his company’s support for YouTube Music Key – whose free tier […]

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