The new publishing agreement establishes a direct license between Spotify and Universal Music Publishing Group.

Spotify is probably the worst thing that has happened to musicians.” Despite new agreements between the world’s largest music ...

Spotify and Universal Music Group have struck a new multi-year agreement for recorded music and music publishing “focused on ...

while working together to protect the work of artists, songwriters and publishers." Universal Music Group exists to shape culture through the power of artistry. UMG is the world leader in music ...

Last March, for example, Roland and UMG published the Principles for Music Creation with AI, a manifesto for the responsible ...

Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group—the world’s three largest recorded-music companies—canceled their Grammys-related parties in the run-up to the Feb. 2 ceremony at ...

Drake has newly sued Universal Music Group, his own label, for defamation and harassment, in a New York federal court.

Drake is not quite done with his rap beef with Kendrick Lamar and is now threatening legal action against his own label, Universal Music Group. The rapper has sued UMG for defamation, claiming the ...

Universal Music Group has been a leading advocate for the protection of artists’ rights and copyrights amid the rise of AI ...

On Tuesday, January 14, Drake withdrew his legal action accusing Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) of artificially boosting streams of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us.” A day later ...

A hip-hop superstar beef was cranked up another notch Wednesday when Drake sued Universal Music Group for defamation over rival Kendrick Lamar’s diss track Not Like Us. The lawsuit, filed in ...