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Salt-N-Pepa are currently in the fight of their career in hopes of getting their masters reverted to them from Universal ...
Cent files a lawsuit against his ex, UMG hits back at Salt-N-Pepa, Sean Kingston's mom wants leniency and more in this music ...
By Jameelah Mullen Universal Music Group (UMG) asked the court to dismiss the lawsuit by Salt-N-Pepa, filed in May, seeking control of their masters.
UMG said it's filed for 15 patents through the partnership already, including one related to AI threat protection.
Two cases around consolidation and market control may drastically alter the music landscape, and the indies are making their ...
Universal Music Group has already been issued with two patents related to AI technologies, but it has big ambitions to swell ...
The European Commission is launching an ‘in-depth investigation’ into Universal Music Group’s planned acquisition of Downtown ...
UMG's Downtown deal has hit another snag, as the European Commission announced it would launch a bigger investigation into ...
Drake initially filed his lawsuit against UMG in January 2025, accusing the music giant of knowingly defaming him. His ...
Universal Music Group unit Virgin Music Group's $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music may hinder competition and remove ...
Salt-N-Pepa are battling UMG for their master recordings, but the label claims the rap duo never actually held the copyrights ...
As previously reported by MBW, the UMG-Downtown deal did not meet the EU’s standard turnover thresholds that would typically ...