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Liam Payne dro🔯pped by record label days before his death as he struggled as a solo artist: report
October 18, 2024 | 12:37am"Liam's advance was massive and he did𒁃n't recoup [it]," one source told the outlet. "Out of all the One Direction boys, Liam was on the wrong path musically."
Limp Bizkit sues Universal Music Group for $200 million, alleg🤪ing years of unpaid royalties
October 10, 2024 | 2:58pmIn a lawsuit filed on Tuesday in Los Angeles, the band accused Universal Music Group of wit♉hholding money from them.
ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ Universal Music Group strikes Meta deal to license🦋 Taylor Swift, more artists on WhatsApp
August 12, 2024 | 1:58pmPop stars including Taylor Swift, Adele, Billie Eilish and Elton John will soon have their music played and shared acღross WhatsApp.
Universal Musiꦅc Group loses $16B in market value, plunging 💝24% after weak streaming reveal
July 25, 2024 | 1:14pmUniversal Music Group's stock plunged 24%, erasin🧜g more than $16 billion in market value after it revealed its revenue growth✅ fell below expectations.
Sony, Universal, Warner🤡 sue AI startu♎ps, claiming copyright infringement in training models
June 24, 2024 | 12:39pmThe lawsuits are the first to target music-generating AI following several cases brought by authors, news outlets and others over the alleged misuse of t♛heir work to train text-based AI... ꦬ
Taylor Swift's songs returning to TikTok after Universal Music licensing deal
May 2, 2024 | 11:24amUniversal an𒐪d TikTok said they were working "expeditiously" to return music by the label's artists to TikTok.
🐠 Taylor Swift songs return to TikTok after being yanked because of licensing spat༺
April 11, 2024 | 4:10pm🌸 Taylor Swift's tunes were back on TikTok after a 10-week hiatus amid a licensing spat between the🔴 Chinese-owned video-sharing app and the pop superstar's record label Universal Music, the Financial...
TikTo🧸k users lose access to Taylor Swift, Universal catalogue after talks collapse
February 1, 2024 | 4:51pmMonths of negotiations failed to yield a new agreement with the world's largest music company. TikTok has beg🍸un muting short videos featuring the label's artists.
Taylor Swift's label Universal Music Group threatens to pull songs from TikTok
January 31, 2024 | 11:03amUniversal Music Group -- which owns the rights to superstars including Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, Billie Eilish an😼d Drake -- threatened to revoke TikTok's license on Wednesday after the two...
Taylor Swift fans 'scammed' by pop star's merchandise store, blame Universal Music Group
January 24, 2024 | 12:50pmThe Post spoke with multiple customers who cla✃im they waited months for goods from the site -- which promises many items "ship in 1 week" -- with little to no...
Universal Music, home 𒐪to Taylor Swift, to cut hundreds of jobs: report
January 12, 2024 | 2:21pm♌ As of 2022, the company had nearly 10,000 employees globally, as stated in that year's annual report.
McDonaꦦld’s debuts 12 Squishmallow Happy Meal toys — with a hi-tech twist
December 22, 2023 | 9:56amThe Happy Meal is𝔍 about to get squishy.
Taylor Swift continues to be a👍 moneymaker for Universal Music in Q3
October 26, 2023 | 12:16pmThe top sellers for 🦂the quarter included Swift, 𒊎Seventeen, Morgan Wallen, Olivia Rodrigo and King & Prince.
A new 'Era': Taylor Swift merchandising sales boost Universal Music's results
July 26, 2023 | 2:42pmUniversal Music's merchandising💧 revenue grew 12% to $173.77 million, more than offsetting a decline in touring revenue.
Why Taylor Swift's new vinyl albums feature 'creepy' mystery music
July 13, 2023 | 9:08am"At first, I thought maybe the vinyl had a secret message from Taylor," said one Swiftie who received the new "Speak Now (T🍌aylor's Version)" album.
Fake Drake and The Weeknd song with AI-generated vocals pulled from streaming s𓄧ervices
April 18, 2023 | 2:17pmUniversal Mꦫusic Group pulled the viral AI-generated song from str🌱eaming services such as Spotify and YouTube.
ꦍ ♏ Universal Music CEO calls for new streaming model after strong Q4
March 2, 2023 | 3:27pmThe world's largest record label s💜aid it is in discussions with other major global platforms, including short-form video, an apparent reference to TikTok.
Capitol Records severs ties with 'virtual rapper' after N-word controversy
August 24, 2022 | 12:07pm“We cannot let r꧃obots say n—-a in any form,” the diss track goes. “If we let robots say n—-a, that’s how robotic racism’s born.”
Woke employee who refused to work while 'mourning' Roe v. Wade fired
July 4, 2022 | 10:09amMichael Lopez, a p🏅roduction coordinator at Universal Music Enterpr🥀ises, posted a lengthy note on LinkedIn that went viral last week.
Universal Music Group acquires Frank Zappa's catalog of music
June 30, 2022 | 2:27pmUniversal Music Group on Thursday announced an agreement to acquire rock guitarist and composer Frank Zappa's catalog of music, recordings 🥃and film ♏archive for an undisclosed fee.