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Universal Music Australia is updating and improving its progressive agenda for the workplace and across its activities. The major music company today (16th December) expands its two-year-old…

The late, legendary artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu will be celebrated with several new releases via a freshly-struck deal with Decca Australia. Announced today (9th November), Gurrumul is signed…

Two of the most complicated things on earth are the inner workings of Kanye West’s mind and the drafting of record industry contracts. Those worlds collided when Kanye, pursuing his campaign to own…

First the U.S., now Universal is cleaning up on Australia’s albums chart.The major music company snags 8 of the Top 10 albums on the current ARIA Albums Chart, led by Metallica's new compilation S M2…

Universal Music Group has conquered the U.S. albums chart in record fashion by bagging nine of the top 10 albums. For the week ending 27th August, UMG-released LPs rule the top three on the Billboard…

Ingrooves Music Group is finding its Australasian groove with the appointment of Nina Rabe-Cairns as Country Manager for Australia and New Zealand. Rabe-Cairns joins Ingrooves, the music marketing…

The world is in lockdown, all gigs are off, and the path ahead is a tricky one. The enormous streaming business, however, should tick along just fine in the months ahead. That’s the upbeat line from…

Lucian Grainge, the most powerful man in the record business, has been hospitalised after contracting COVID-19, a respiratory illness caused by a new coronavirus. The Universal Music Group chairman…

As the Coronavirus outbreak continues to spread the globe, major music companies are grounding their artists and staff. Every day, a top-shelf touring artist reschedules or scraps tours that’re…

Robbie’s back. With a new album expected out in time for Christmas, chipper-lad Robbie Williams has signed a global administration with Universal Music Publishing Group, covering his existing…