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06.05.2024 | Universal allows artists back to TikTok under a new deal | Universal Music Group (UMG) will bring its artists back to short video platform TikTok via a new deal, the two companies said in a joint statement, three months after UMG-owned music was removed from TikTok due to the parties having failed ... |
03.05.2024 | Universal Music beats earnings forecasts after blockbuster Swift tour | - |
02.05.2024 | TikTok assina com Universal e volta a ter músicas na rede social | TikTok estava sem algumas músicas desde janeiro (Imagem: Vitor Pádua/Tecnoblog)
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O TikTok e a gravadora Universal Music Group (UMG) fecharam um acordo de licenciamento. Com isso,... |
02.05.2024 | TikTok gets Tay and Billie back with new UMG content licensing deal | TikTok — facing yet more threats of being banned in key markets — scored an important win today to beef up its content and profile with consumers. Users on TikTok can once again create music clips using tracks from UMG’s catalog, a list fea... |
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Universal Music Group and TikTok have signed a new licensing agreement, the companies announced on Thursday.
Why it matters: The deal will restore the label's music to the popular video app after thre... |
02.05.2024 | TikTok and Universal resolve feud, putting Taylor Swift, other artists back on video platform | Ariana Grande, Drake, Lady Gaga and Rihanna are just some of the artists returning to TikTok — where Taylor Swift's music recently reappeared — with Universal Music Group and TikTok announcing a licensing deal ending a months-long spat.
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02.05.2024 | TikTok Restores Access to UMG Artist Songs After Royalty Dispute Resolution | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 02 May 2024, 01:05 pm
TikTok users can once again feature music from top Universal Music Group (UMG) artists in their videos, following a resolution between the social media giant and the music label over royalty pa... |
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15.04.2024 | SAG-AFTRA Secures Multiyear Deal with Major Music Labels, Bolstering Artist Protections and AI Standards | Quincy Jon, Tech Times 15 April 2024, 02:04 pm
SAG-AFTRA, the union representing 160,000 actors, dancers, singers, recording artists, and others, as well as the three main music firms, negotiated a tentative multiyear deal.
The guild's exec... |
11.04.2024 | Taylor Swift’s music is back on TikTok, despite platform’s ongoing UMG dispute | After 10 weeks of being absent from the platform, Taylor Swift’s music has returned to TikTok — or at least her more recent songs and “Taylor’s Version” cuts, since she owns those masters.
Taylor Swift’s music, and music from all artists si... |
10.04.2024 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GREATER CHINA ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP WITH C-POP POWERHOUSE TF ENTERTAINMENT | Alliance to Propel C-Pop Sensations TFBOYS, Teens In Times and more acts to Global Audiences
BEIJING, April 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Universal Music Greater China (UMGC), a division of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-... |
06.04.2024 | Nigeria leads in musical hits; South Africa rakes in streaming cash | Before she bought her first iPhone, Deborah Obishai, who works as a secretary, used to download music from bootleg sites like Trendy Beatz and Flexy Music. One of her biggest disappointments when she made the phone switch was realising she ... |
02.04.2024 | Anghami and OSN+ Successfully Complete Milestone Transaction, Creating an Entertainment Powerhouse | The transaction has received all required regulatory approvals for successful closure
OSN Group's investment in Anghami gives it a majority stake at a valuation of $3.69 per share
ABU DHABI, UAE, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Anghami Inc. (... |
29.03.2024 | Google Podcasts is shutting down soon, users urged to move to YouTube Music | Google is shutting down its Podcasts app in the U.S. in a matter of days. The company has begun warning the app’s users they will need to migrate their subscriptions to YouTube Music by April 2 to follow and stream their favorite shows goin... |
25.03.2024 | Mastering Online Music Video Promotion: 4 Essential Steps | Learn how to promote your music videos effectively online with these essential steps.
To make your music videos stand out in the vast sea of online content, you need to master the art of promotion. Online Music Video Promotion is crucial fo... |
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21.03.2024 | UK, G7 Countries to Use AI to Boost Public Services | The Group of Seven nations have signed an agreement committing to explore how artificial intelligence can improve public services and boost economic growth.
The Ministerial Declaration, signed March 15, will see Canada, France, Germany, Ita... |
19.03.2024 | Tencent Music Entertainment Group Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2023 Unaudited Financial Results | Fourth quarter music paying users up 20.6% with monthly ARPPU increased by 20.2% year-over-year
Net adds of 18.2 million music paying users recorded in 2023, up from 12.3 million in 2022
SHENZHEN, China, March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tence... |
18.03.2024 | Letter to the editor: tick-tock for TikTok | I have been a “social media influencer” for the past four years, and there are some very interesting things happening in the industry right now.
I started my content creation journey in lockdown, as many others did, through TikTok. At that ... |
13.03.2024 | Spotify adds music videos in some countries | Spotify is adding music videos to its mobile and desktop apps in some markets. They are tightly integrated with the company’s music library as the streaming giant lets you seamlessly switch between audio and music videos in its mobile and d... |
13.03.2024 |
Celebrity agent Josh Flagg joins Compass | Beverly Hills celebrity agent Josh Flagg made the leap to Compass, the company announced on Tuesday. Since 2021, Flagg was affiliated with Douglas Elliman. He will now work from Compass’ Beverly Hills office.
“We’re excited to officially we... |
08.03.2024 | Instagram Surpasses TikTok in App Downloads, Riding High on Short-Form Video Trend | John Lopez, Tech Times 08 March 2024, 05:03 am
Instagram, the US-based photo-sharing platform Meta runs, has already surpassed its Chinese rival TikTok in app downloads last year. This landmark comes as Instagram capitalizes on the populari... |
05.03.2024 | X, Twitter Music Copyright Lawsuit Moves Forward, Green Light for NMPA’s Case | Isaiah Richard, Tech Times 05 March 2024, 10:03 pm
Twitter's music copyright lawsuit still applies for X, and the plaintiffs are now given the green light to move forward with their complaints against the company's violations. The massive c... |
27.02.2024 | TikTok loses even more songs over its dispute with Universal Music Group | TikTok is losing even more songs over its quarrel with Universal Music Group (UMG), as the social media network is starting to remove songs published by UMG, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Tuesday. The row between the two companies ... |
01.02.2024 | TikTok is facing a huge threat as it loses music from Taylor Swift and others. Here's what's going on behind the scenes. | Premium Media TikTok is facing a huge threat as it loses music from Taylor Swift and others. Here's what's going on behind the scenes.
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31.01.2024 | TikTok may lose Universal Music Group song catalog | Universal Music Group has warned it will pull its music from TikTok upon the expiry of the current deal which licenses content to the popular social media platform.
A dispute has emerged between the two companies with the Chinese-owned vide... |
31.01.2024 | Universal Music retira músicas do TikTok após empresas não chegarem em acordo | A Universal Music Group deixará de licenciar seu conteúdo para os serviços TikTok e TikTok Music. A gravadora anunciou na terça-feira (30) que seu acordo com a plataforma de mídia social não foi renovado.
Entre os artistas do catálogo da gr... |
31.01.2024 | TikTok vs. Universal Music: Songs by Top Artists Like Taylor Swift Will No Longer Be Available on TikTok | Jace Dela Cruz, Tech Times 31 January 2024, 05:01 am |
31.01.2024 | TikTok perderá Taylor Swift e vários artistas a partir de quinta-feira | O melhor da tecnologia está no nosso canal no WhatsApp
Entre Agora
A Universal Music Group (UMG), gravadora que representa alguns dos principais artistas da atualidade, comunicou a não renovação do contrato com o TikTok. Entre os motivos pa... |
31.01.2024 | TikTok's music fiasco: Industry giant UMG set to yank songs from app | Universal Music Group — the recording industry behemoth that controls about a third of the global music market — says it will yank its songs from TikTok after Wednesday.
Why it matters: TikTok's viral video algorithm relies heavily on sound... |
30.01.2024 | Universal Music Group plans to pull song catalog from TikTok | Universal Music Group (UMG), the label representing artists such as Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande, says that it’ll pull its music from TikTok tomorrow at midnight after failing to reach a deal with the platform’s parent comp... |
03.01.2024 | Tencent Music Entertainment Group and Universal Music Group Extend Multi-year Strategic Licensing Agreement | SHENZHEN, China, Jan. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Tencent Music Entertainment Group ("TME," or the "Company") (NYSE: TME and HKEX: 1698), the leading online music and audio entertainment platform in China, and Universal Musi... |
15.12.2023 | Fraudsters Use AI to Sell Fake Pirated Pre-Release Tracks, Universal Music Warns | Artificial intelligence has the potential to make our lives more efficient, entertaining, and productive.
On the flip side, it also presents several threats. This ranges from complex existential worries to concerns about AI-related copyrigh... |
06.12.2023 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCES STRATEGIC GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WITH KING OF MANDOPOP, JAY CHOU | IFPI's 2022 Global Album Sales Chart Topper Joins UMG's Artist Roster
Global Deal Includes Jay Chou's JVR Music Label, Extensive Catalogue, Upcoming Releases and Distribution Rights for Other JVR Artists
BEIJING, Dec. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -... |
03.12.2023 | COP28 Daily Digest: Everything You Need To Know in Food and Climate News – Days 3 & 4 | 7 Mins Read Welcome to Days 3 and 4 of #COP28. In the weekend edition of the Green Queen COP28 Daily Digest, our editorial team curates the must-reads, the must-bookmarks and the must-knows from around the interwebs to help you ‘skim the ov... |
30.08.2023 | Universal Music Group Buys Chabaka Music | Photo 1 (from left to right) taken at UMG’s London office: Patrick Boulos, CEO, MENA Region (UMG), Adam Granite, EVP, Market Development (UMG), JT Myers, Co-CEO (Virgin Music Group), Tarek Makki, Co-Founder (Chabaka), Ala’a Makki, Co-Founde... |
22.08.2023 | Queen fans are disappointed the band's beloved song 'Fat Bottomed Girls' will be left off a new greatest hits album after being deemed inappropriate for a children's platform | Entertainment Queen fans are disappointed the band's beloved song 'Fat Bottomed Girls' will be left off a new greatest hits album after being deemed inappropriate for a children's platform
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22.08.2023 | Universal keen to embrace and cash in on music AI | Universal Music, the biggest record label in the world, has set out plans to embrace music AI, and profit from it.
As fear mounts among some music artists, including Irish singer Hozier, over the future of the music industry, Universal has ... |
18.07.2023 | Goldman Sachs Tunes Up Culture With Music Streaming And A.I. In Focus | Listening to musicgetty |
14.07.2023 | Philippine’s Zack Tabudlo and South Africa’s Nasty C Team Up to Release New Single “Fallin’” With COKE STUDIO™ | Released today alongside new music from Sam Smith, Jessie Reyez, and Cat Burns as part of season two of Coca-Cola global COKE STUDIO™ program
“Fallin'” video to be available globally July 14th – but fans can find an exclusive preview today ... |
15.06.2023 | Além de ordem de despejo, Twitter enfrenta processo de US$ 250 milhões movido por editoras musicais | Uma coalizão de editoras musicais que inclui nomes importantes como Universal Music Corp., BMG, Warner Chapell e Sony Music Publishing está processando o Twitter por violação de direitos autorais, segundo o TechCrunch.
A National Music Publ... |
25.05.2023 | The AI playbook music lawyers are creating to protect artists, from pressuring streamers like Spotify to invoking the right of publicity | nadia_bormotova/iStock/Getty Images. This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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01.04.2023 | The CEO of the world's biggest record company just got a new contract with stock options worth as much as $100 million | Lucian Grainge, CEO of Universal Music Group, with Justin Bieber. David Livingston/Getty Images
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Universal Music's CEO could receive stock options worth up to $100 million under a new contract.
Lucian Grainge's payout will depend ... |
11.11.2022 | Rock Artist Scotty Austin Set to Launch His Latest Single ‘Money’ on Black Friday | Scotty Austin
Money will be released on Black Friday
'Money" will be released by Stryker Records and distributed by Ingrooves, a Universal Music Group Company LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, November 10, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/... |
28.09.2022 | Rock Artist Scotty Austin Set to Launch His Latest Single ‘Money’ Under his New Label Stryker Records | Scotty Austin
Money will be released on Black Friday
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'Money' is Set to Release to All Major Music Plat... |
22.09.2022 | YouTubers Lose Brains Over Night of The Living Dead Copyright Claims | One can only imagine the crew’s screams of pain when they discovered that a clerical error had robbed ‘Night of the Living Dead’ of its copyright protections.
George A. Romero’s masterpiece opened in 1968 to audiences largely unprepared for... |
25.08.2022 | What Does Audio Sound Like In Web3? | Conal Byrne, CEO iHeartMedia Digital Audio Group. |
27.06.2022 | A New Tide of LA Startups Is Tackling the National Childcare Crisis | The pandemic exacerbated a problem that has been long bubbling in the U.S.: the childcare crisis.
According to a survey of people in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) careers conducted by the city’s WiSTEM Los Angeles ... |
22.06.2022 | Can Releasing An Album Enhance A Brand’s Value? Mastercard’s About To Find Out | The Mastercard logo seen displayed on a smartphone SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images |
16.06.2022 | Sint Maarten Artist "Boni Faas" Signs with Universal Music Africa and return with "Bestie" | Boni Faas Signs to Universal Music Africa (UMA)
Sint Maarten Artist "Boni Faas" Signs with Universal Music Africa and return with "Bestie"
The singer-songwriter has been through his own trials and tribulations to get whe... |
12.04.2022 | Avatar technology startup Genies raises $150M at $1B valuation
Show your support for our mission by joining our Cube Club and Cube Event Community of experts. Join the community that includes Amazon ... | Startup Genies Inc., which provides technology for creating Web3 avatars, today announced that it has raised $150 million in funding at a $1 billion valuation.
Silver Lake led the Series C funding round. BOND, NEA and Tamarack Global partic... |
19.03.2022 | World’s Largest Label Universal Music Group Buys a Bored Ape NFT for $360k | Universal Music Group (UMG), the largest music label in the world, has purchased a Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) NFT for $360,817 through its web3 label, 10:22PM.
The NFT, named “Manager Noët All” is a female ape with white fur and sad eyes. ... |
12.11.2021 | An NFT collection of 3D apes will make music for the metaverse as a band called 'Kingship' | A Universal Music label is launching a band of NFT apes into the metaverse.
The band will be called Kingship and will allow fans to listen to music and enjoy virtual experiences.
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11.11.2021 | For Universal’s NFT Band, Music Is Second to Brand Identity | On Thursday, Universal Music Group (UMG) announced it had signed Kingship – not a musician, but a collection of four anthropomorphic non-fungible tokens (NFT).
Billed as a “metaverse group,” Kingship is a partnership between UMG and the NFT... |
20.09.2021 | Universal Music valued around $39 billion ahead of stock market debut | By Matthieu Protard and Gwénaëlle Barzic
PARIS/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Universal Music Group, the business behind singers such as Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, is valued at around 33.5 billion euros ($39.30 billion) ahead of the reco... |
20.09.2021 | Universal Music valued around $39 billion ahead of stock market debut | (Recasts with excepted market capitalization)
PARIS/AMSTERDAM, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Universal Music Group is valued at around 33.5 billion euros ($39.30 billion) ahead of the famed record label's spin-off from France's Vivendi and stock mark... |
20.09.2021 | Universal Music valued around $39 billion ahead of stock market debut | (Updates with details, background)
PARIS/AMSTERDAM, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Universal Music Group, the business behind singers such as Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and The Weeknd, is valued at around 33.5 billion euros ($39.30 billion) ahead of the ... |
15.09.2021 | Tencent : Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge locks eyes on $150m IPO pay out | Universal Music’s stock market debut next week it set to land its boss
Lucian Grainge an around $150m pay out, while he also cashes in on his Tencent investment.
The British record label mogul, who nearly died of Covid-19 last year, is to r... |
15.09.2021 | Universal Music boss Lucian Grainge locks eyes on $150m IPO pay out | Universal Music’s stock market debut next week it set to land its boss Lucian Grainge an around $150m pay out, while he also cashes in on his Tencent investment. |
14.09.2021 | Vivendi and Universal Music Group to split during €33bn Amsterdam IPO | Vivdendi’s Universal Music Group, the music company behind Lady Gaga and the Rolling Stones, will split up during its €33bn initial public offering (IPO) set to land next week. |
23.08.2021 | Aerosmith and Universal Music Group Announce Historic Strategic Global Alliance | |
23.08.2021 | Finnish startup Pibox raises funding for remote collaboration solution for audio content | Pibox is a centralized/all-in-one remote collaboration solution developed for working with creative collaboration. It is used daily by the head of a production, music producers, managers and sound engineers. Now, Pibox has raised € 150,000 ... |
28.06.2021 | Metaverse Weekly: Ralph Lauren Enters Esports Arena, Christian Louboutin Presents LoubiFuture, TikTok Stars Launch Virtual Beings, Beeple Launches WENEW And More | Metaverse-related news are not slowing down. getty |
24.06.2021 | Universal Music Group And Snap Inc. Announce Expansive Global Agreement That Spans Recorded Music And Augmented Reality Experiences | |
24.06.2021 | Snap makes a deal with Universal Music Group, adding its catalog to Sounds | Snap today announced a multi-year deal with Universal Music Group, one of the largest music companies in the world. From Queen to Justin Bieber, users can clip songs from the expansive UMG catalog to use in their Snaps and on Spotlight, the... |
20.05.2021 | Triller and Universal Music Group Announce Worldwide Licensing Agreements for Recorded Music & Publishing | |
20.05.2021 | Drake, Arianna Grande and Thousands of Others Are Back on Triller After Its Deal with Universal Music | About three and a half months after Universal Music Group pulled its extensive catalog from Triller amid a licensing negotiation spat, the two sides have reached a new agreement, the companies announced Thursday.
Triller users will now once... |
23.04.2021 | DOMO, INC.
DP21 Rewind: 4 Data Literacy Sessions Worth (Re)Watching | Now that I've shared not only what data agility means but what Domopalooza 2021 sessions on the topic are worth watching (or even re-watching), it's time to focus on the second of the three pillars that form the foundation of modern BI for ... |
17.03.2021 | Kiswe Powers Over Half a Billion Fan Engagements Around the Globe in 2020 | NEW PROVIDENCE, N.J. (PRWEB) March 17, 2021
Kiswe, the global technology powering the new digital fan experience, today announces record-breaking engagement numbers and overall company growth in 2020. Last year, 1.4 million viewers in nearl... |
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25.02.2021 | Licensing Platform Songtradr Expands To Help Brands Get In Tune With Music Solutions | Music licensing marketplace Songtradr is launching a brand solutions division.getty |
23.02.2021 | Vivendi : Big Hit Entertainment and Universal Music Group announce expanded strategic partnership | The Two Global Companies to Collaborate Across Multiple Projects and Technology Platforms Including Big Hit's Weverse and Venewlive to Help Enhance Artist Opportunities, Communication and Fan Experiences
Big Hit to Launch New JV Label With ... |
18.02.2021 | Universal Music Group Launches Virgin Music Label And Artist Services | |
08.02.2021 | TikTok And Universal Music Group Announce Expanded Global Alliance | |
28.01.2021 | What’s Behind The New Artist-Label ‘Matchmaking’ Service Based On Streaming Data | DistroKid's new Upstream service connects unsigned artists, labels around streaming data.NurPhoto via Getty Images |
18.12.2020 | Tencent Doubles Stake in Universal Music Group | A consortium including the Chinese-based music platform Tencent Music Entertainment announced Friday it has bought another 10% stake in Universal Music Group, which values the company at 30 billion euros. It bumps the consortium's total sta... |
20.08.2020 | Column: How Music Tech is Making it Easier — and Harder Than Ever — for Artists | For many musicians, the democratization of music production and distribution carried the promise of reaching multitudes of eager fans at the touch of an upload button.
Yet with over 40,000 new tracks being uploaded each day, creating a virt... |
14.08.2020 | Shania Twain's 'The Woman in Me: Diamond Edition' To Be Released October 2 | |
08.01.2020 | MassChallenge Israel Joins Universal Music Group’s Accelerator Network as First Accelerator in Israel | Jerusalem, Israel: MassChallenge Israel, part of MassChallenge's global network of zero-equity startup accelerators, has announced it has joined Universal Music Group’s Accelerator Network, an expanding organization consisting of prominent ... |
11.12.2019 | Berkeley SkyDeck becomes first Silicon Valley to join Universal Music Group (UMG) Accelerator Engagement Network to foster entrepreneurial innovation in the digital music industry | UC Berkeley’s premier accelerator, Berkeley SkyDeck, has joined efforts with Universal Music Group (UMG) in fostering entrepreneurial innovation in the digital music industry as the newest partner of the UMG Accelerator Engagement Network.
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17.10.2019 | Universal Music Group attracting new bidders after $33B valuation | More On: universal music group
Former Disney CEO Bob Iger enters the metaverse via Genies investment Neil Diamond sells entire song catalog to Universal Music Group Universal Music aims to make money in the metaverse with NFTs of its artist... |
06.11.2018 | Boomplay, Universal Music Group join forces on music distribution in Africa | Boomplay, Africa’s leading music streaming and download service and Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment today announced the signing of a landmark licensing agreement covering multiple markets within Af... |
26.03.2018 | AI-driven data could be the music industry’s best marketing instrument | The music industry is learning a new rhythm through the instrument of artificial intelligence. AI is revolutionizing insights and business strategies and fine-tuning the way we work, connect, learn, and play around the world. Expected to be... |
26.03.2018 | AI-driven data could be the music industry’s best marketing instrument | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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25.03.2018 | Is Now the Right Time for Facebook to Launch a Smart Display? | Is Now the Right Time for Facebook to Launch a Smart Display?
Bret Kinsella on March 25, 2018 at 8:32 pm
Facebook is in the news a lot right now. It is being plagued by claims of bias, fake news, enabling Russian interference in the U.S. pr... |
24.12.2017 | Facebook Strikes Deal With Universal Music Group So You Can Put Songs In Videos | Carl Velasco, Tech Times 24 December 2017, 07:12 am
It appears YouTube isn't the only company striking deals with high-profile music publishers. Facebook has agreed to a multi-year licensing agreement with Universal Music Group, which, amon... |
21.12.2017 | Facebook fecha acordo com Universal para permitir que usuários coloquem músicas em vídeos | O Facebook e a Universal Music Group fecharam um acordo bem peculiar nesta quinta-feira (21): com a parceria, os usuários poderão publicar músicas de artistas da gravadora sem receio de terem seus vídeos removidos da rede social por infraçã... |
10.10.2016 | StreetTeam locks down $10M to power ambassador programs for brands | Millennials hate advertising and don’t respect brands – so what is a self-respecting 21st century marketer to do? Callum Negus-Fancey and his company StreetTeam would have you leverage the power of the upwardly mobile ambitious twenty-somet... |
28.05.2016 | M&A roundup - week ending 5/28/16 | Facebook acquired Two Big Ears; Priceline bought Woomoo; Intel purchased Itseez
Facebook acquired spatial audio technology company Two Big Ears. No financial terms of the deal were disclosed.
The company will be hiring key members of the Tw... |
13.01.2016 | SoundCloud finally inks deal with Universal Music Group | Berlin-based audio sharing platform SoundCloud and Universal Music Group (UMG), have finally reached and announced an agreement.
The startup, which boasts 175 million users and more than 100 million tracks on its platform, will - and we quo... |
13.01.2016 | As SoundCloud Signs UMG, CEO Ljung Says Subscriptions Are Coming This Year | As free music streaming continues to grow in popularity, one of the bigger services has hit an important milestone in its bid to build a profitable business.
SoundCloud — the Berlin-based audio uploading and streaming site with some 175 mil... |
23.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 23, 2015 | Credit Karma scores $175M; Crosscut Ventures raised $75M; Jelli landed $21M
Venture capital firm CrossCut Ventures raised a new venture fund, its third overall, worth $75 million, it was announced on Tuesday. While CrossCut was originally t... |
18.03.2015 | Fradio’s New App Lets Anyone Be A DJ, Broadcast Live Radio To Friends And Fans | A new application called Fradio is officially launching today, offering a service that allows anyone to become a DJ, broadcasting their favorite tracks to their friends or fans, and even talking over the tunes with a push of a button in ord... |
11.05.2013 | Judge Tosses DMCA Defenses, Creating Unexpected Copyright Liability For Web Services In New York | Editor’s note: Sid Venkatesan is an IP partner specializing in high stakes IP disputes and IP counseling for technology companies in the Silicon Valley office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP. James Freedman is an associate in Orri... |
18.03.2013 | IMImobile powers ‘The Kleek’ - Universal Music Group’s pioneering Music Service for Africa | London, UK March 18th, 2013 – IMImobile, a leading global specialist provider of mobile services to telecom operators, enterprises and media companies, today announced it powers the Kleek, a new pioneering pan-African mobile music streaming... |
31.05.2012 | Sound Graffiti Takes Over New York With CNNCTD+100: An Interview With DJ Manero | If New York City had a voice, what would it say? Roman Grandinetti, aka DJ Manero, and his innovative creative agency CNNCTD+, aimed to find out. Together with his partner Bibi Cornejo Borthwick (daughter of fashion designer Maria Cornejo a... |
19.01.2012 | Anonymous hacks DOJ, record label sites over Megaupload case (updated) | Updated 6:24pm with statement from Anonymous.
Hacker collective Anonymous has hacked the Department of Justice and Universal Music‘s websites to protest the government’s decision to shut down the popular Megaupload file-sharing site.
The De... |
27.07.2011 | Universal Music Group launching its own Spotify playlist service? | Universal Music Group is launching its own music playlist service called Digster powered by Spotify’s free usage tier, reports Billboard.
Digster, which is scheduled to go live in the U.S. Wednesday, gets music editors to create playlists j... |
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31.10.2009 | Weekly Wrapup: The Web in 5 Years, Hulu’s Plans, Google Wave Use Cases, And More… | In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup – our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week – we analyze how Google CEO Eric Schmidt thinks the Web will evolve, review Hulu’s latest plans to make money, investigate use cases for Google Wa... |