Sting is the latest artist to sell the share of their songwriting catalog for hundreds of millions of dollars, with the singer reaching a deal with Universal Music Group for both his solo hits and the ones he penned for the Police. According to the New York Times, while financial …
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Universal Music Group, the world’s largest music company, has launched a paid internship program specifically for Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the company announced Thursday. UMG partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which represents publicly funded HBCUs across the country, calling itself the largest organization representing black colleges exclusively. …
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Universal Music Group has emerged victorious in a legal dispute over alleged damages sustained in a 2008 vault fire, with a judge dismissing a class action suit originally brought last year by several artists and estates including Soundgarden, the Tupac Shakur estate, Steve Earle and Hole. The decision, filed Monday …
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Universal Music Group outlined its plan to help artists, songwriters, and other members of the wider music community who have been hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. As the virus has spread in the United States, the music industry has been uniquely affected. First and foremost, the need to eliminate …
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