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   Justin Bieber Manager Scooter Braun, Universal Music's Lucian Grainge Team Up for Label, Consultancy Deal

   4:30 pm 5/15/2012

   • by Shirley Halperin

   "Lucian doesn’t just look at the business as a music business, but as a worldwide multimedia business," says Braun, who currently boasts three hit singles on the Billboard Hot 100.Read more

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   Katy Perry at NARM Music Awards: 'Long Live EMI!'

   6:35 pm 5/11/2012

   • by Billboard staff

   During her Artist of the Year acceptance speech, the pop star commented on the impending Universal-EMI merger.Read more

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   Verve Music Group Appoints Robert Smith as General Manager

   11:30 pm 5/3/2012

   • by Dan Rys, Billboard

   The veteran A&R executive, who held previous stints at Concord Music Group and Geffen Records, will report to label chairman David Foster.Read more

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   Madonna's 'MDNA' is No. 1: Guy Oseary, Jimmy Iovine on the Art of the Album Roll-Out

   2:30 am 4/4/2012

   • by Shirley Halperin

   The pop queen's longtime manager and brand new label head reflect on the road taken straight to the top of the charts and answer a nagging question: three decades in, is Madonna still selling scandal? Read more

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   The Temptations Join Chorus of Lawsuits Over iTunes Royalties (Exclusive)

   1:03 pm 3/15/2012

   • by Eriq Gardner

   In what might be the biggest legal action on this front yet -- 13 plaintiffs' lawyers! -- Universal Music is being sued for allegedly cheating musicians out of income generated from iTunes and elsewhere.Read more

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   Turntable.FM Signs Licensing Deals With All Four Major Labels

   1:13 pm 3/13/2012

   • by Andrew Hampp, Billboard

   The social DJing site can now legally stream music by Warner, Universal, EMI and Sony artists. Founders Billy Chasen and Seth Goldstein made the announcement at South By Southwest.Read more

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   What's Behind Nashville's Label Shuffle

   3:23 pm 2/29/2012

   • by Chris Willman

   Capitol's Mike Dungan is named chairman and CEO of Universal Music Nashville Entertainment as Luke Lewis steps aside. Is Music Row bracing for a showdown or a reunion?Read more

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   Universal Music May Have Inadvertently Exposed a Flaw in the YouTube Takedown Process

   9:00 am 1/27/2012

   • by Eriq Gardner

   One rap artist speaks out against UMG, YouTube, and SOPA.Read more

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   Megaupload Drops Lawsuit Against Universal Music Over Viral Video (Exclusive)

   8:00 am 1/21/2012

   • by Eriq Gardner

   Amid a criminal case that forced the shutdown of Megaupload, the company has dismissed UMG from a lawsuit over a video that showed many stars endorsing the site. But that doesn't mean the case is over. Instead, Megaupload might be preparing to pick a fight with Google.Read more

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    Bob Marley Family Settles Royalty Dispute With Universal Music

    8:27 am 1/7/2012

    • by Eriq Gardner

    Agreement puts an end to dispute over whether UMG underpaid by millions of dollars of revenue from the digital downloading of Marley's 1970s classics.Read more

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