February, 2025

Downtown Music boss speaks out on UMG deal: ‘The debate must be honest. It must be about facts, not agendas.’
UMG’s Virgin Music Group revealed in December that it had agreed to buy Downtown LLC in a $775m deal, which is currently under Phase II investigation by the European Commission. Source...

On… The China Paradox
This article originally appeared in Tim Ingham’s latest MBW+ Review email, issued exclusively to MBW+ subscribers. Source...

Jordi Tello named Managing Director of Iberia for Sony Music Publishing
Tello steps in at SMP Iberia, backed by a decade-plus of music industry success Source...

Symphonic expands in Puerto Rico, partnering with High Ground Music, and hiring Victor Roque in LATAM role
The partnership brings Symphonic's distribution platform together with HGM's 'creative vision, fast-release strategy, and artist-first development model' Source...

Warner Chappell renews global publishing deal with superstar Kacey Musgraves
Eight-time Grammy winner Musgraves has had a relationship with Warner Chappell since she began writing songs for the publisher at the age of 21 Source...

EU pauses probe into Universal’s $775m Downtown deal
EC has reportedly 'stopped the clock' on the investigation as it awaits requested information Source...

Cindy Gu appointed General Manager of Southeast Asia for Virgin Music Group
Gu comes to Virgin from Fabled Records and has a long portfolio of hits counting billions of streams Source...

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