Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square to Raise $1.4 Billion From Sale of 2.7% of Universal Music Group
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square expects to raise $1.4 billion from the sale of a 2.7% stake in Universal Music Group.
Pershing Square to Sell $1.5 Billion of Universal Music Group Shares
Pershing Square Holding will sell $1.5 billion worth of Universal Music Group shares on the Euronext Amsterdam exchange.
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Universal spent $1bn+ on investments in 2024… and 5 other things we learned on UMG’s latest earnings call
Universal Music Group published its Q4 and FY 2024 results on Thursday (March 6), posting overall revenues in FY 2024 (across recorded music, publishing, and more) of EUR €11.83 ...
Will the next wave of British music stars break through?
Slinky soul singer Olivia Dean and art-rock band The Last Dinner Party join the gathering convened by Universal Music Group boss Lucian Grainge of the label’s global chiefs, summoned to take a new ...
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‘I’ve spent every day since I’ve known Lola believing that it was going to happen.’
This time out, we talk to Lola Young’s manager Nick Shymansky about where the fast-rising UK star can go from here, plus what he learned during his time managing Amy Winehouse and much more. World’s ...
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Greed, gaslighting and NDAs: How record labels get rich while artists suffer
Record sales were at an all-time high in 2024, and Spotify paid out $10bn in royalties - but most of that money is going to ...
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Pershing Square Sells Roughly $1.5 Billion In UMG Shares Ahead of US Secondary Listing — But Ackman’s Still Very, Very Bullish
Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square has raked in roughly $1.5 billion in the sale of a 2.7% stake in Universal Music Group ahead of ...
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Behold the Arrival of ‘Streaming 2.0’! Just One Question: What’s ‘Streaming 2.0’?
As UMG mega-studs like Lucian Graine and Michael Nash plot out the master strategy behind ‘Streaming 2.0,’ a bevy of questions are swirling. What will this bold and daring future of music streaming ...
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The Bob Dylan catalog, a 60-year rock ‘n’ roll odyssey, is sold
his songs are timeless — whether they were written more than half a century ago or yesterday,” said Sir Lucian Grainge, CEO of Universal Music Group, in a prepared statement. Dylan’s songs ...