Tag: lucian grainge

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...

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 a quote in Rolling Stone’s article...

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. It’s the fourth time round...

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 Puyfontaine isn’t biting,...

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 Doug Morris on one side,...

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 is as non-negotiable...

Big changes are afoot in UMG’s digital business, with news yesterday that its president of global digital business Rob Wells is leaving the company. Wells has been at Universal since 2000, but took up his global role in...

It’s not the most surprising quote you’ll read today, granted, but Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge has re-emphasised his desire for services like Spotify and Beats Music to persuade more people to pay for streaming...

We’re not sure whether it was mischief or good luck that saw the WSJD conference feature back-to-back interviews with Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge and SoundCloud CEO Alexander Ljung yesterday. With no licensing deal...

The LA Times has run an interesting feature on Lucian Grainge and if, as the head of Universal Music Group, he can “save the music business”

The latest major-indie distribution deal will see Universal Music Group distributing the catalogue of indie Glassnote Entertainment Group globally, apart from Australia

Universal Music Group has announced that its digital boss Rob Wells will now serve on its executive board too.