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Warner Music Group (WMG) earned $1.059 billion from recorded music during 2021’s initial three months – a figure that represents a 17 percent uptick from the same stretch in 2020. The Big Three record label ... Read More...
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Warner Music Group is asking a judge to dismiss the Dwight Yoakam copyright ownership dispute. Yoakam's lawsuit against WMG seeks to reclaim the rights to his debut album. However, WMG says the singer doesn'... Read More...

Warner Music Announces New Pan-Asian Dance Label, Whet Records

Marsha Silva
April 15, 2021
Warner Music Asia is now popping the champagne corks on Whet Records, their first Pan-Asian dance label. Envisioned by Jonathan Serbin, CEO of Warner Music Greater China, Whet Records will collaborate with ... Read More...
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Warner Music Group, Spotify Ink ‘Innovative Podcast Development Deal’

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Warner Music Group (WMG) and Spotify have agreed to an “innovative podcast development deal” that will see them jointly create “a series of original podcasts built around WMG’s vast and diverse artists’ and s... Read More...
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Warner Music Group has acquired Zhara Music and renamed the Moscow-based indie label Atlantic Records Russia. Warner Music Group unveiled the buyout in a formal release this morning, and Zhara Music announce... Read More...
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Tencent Music, Warner Music Group Ink Massive, Multi-Year Licensing Agreement

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Warner Music Group and Tencent Music have inked a “multi-year strategic licensing agreement” and established a jointly owned record label in China. Warner Music Group (WMG) and Tencent Music, which operates ... Read More...
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Warner Music Group Leads $52.5 Million Investment Round In Overwolf

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March 18, 2021
Warner Music Group leads a Series C funding round for $52.5 million for Overwolf, a game mod marketplace. Overwolf was founded in 2010 as one of the first in-game app overlays for gamers. It has now evolved ... Read More...
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Warner Music Group (WMG) has announced that it will begin paying a $61.7 million quarterly dividend. The Big Three record label unveiled its multimillion-dollar quarterly dividend, consisting of a $0.12 paym... Read More...

Dwight Yoakam Sues Warner Music Group for Refusing to Hand Back His Masters

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Country star Dwight Yoakam has filed a lawsuit against Warner Music Group (WMG) over the Big Three label’s alleged failure to hand back his master recordings. “A Thousand Miles from Nowhere” creator Dwight Y... Read More...
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Morgan Wallen's recently-released Dangerous: The Double Album enjoyed a record-breaking week despite the singer's mass-cancellation by the music industry. After getting canceled by every major radio station ... Read More...

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