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Universal Music Group
Type | Subsidiary |
Industry | Music & entertainment |
Founded | 1934 (as Decca Records USA) 1989 (MCA Music Entertainment Group formed) 1996 (first UMG incarnation from MCA) 1998 (second UMG incarnation from PolyGram) |
Headquarters | Santa Monica, California United States |
Key people | Lucian Grainge: Chairman & CEO Boyd Muir: CFO Max Hole: Chairman & CEO of UMG International |
Revenue | $6 billion (2010) |
Employees | 6,967 (2010) |
Parent | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (1990–2006) Universal Studios, Inc. (1996–2006) Vivendi SA (2000–present) |
Divisions | List of Universal Music Group labels |
Website | universalmusic.com |
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest music corporation in the world.[1] An American-based, French-owned multinational music corporation, it currently operates as a subsidiary of Paris-based media conglomerate Vivendi. UMG also owns Universal Music Publishing Group, which is the second largest music publishing company in the world. Universal Music Group's global corporate headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California.
Early history[edit]
Universal Music was once the music company attached to film studio Universal Pictures. Its origins go back to the formation of the American branch of Decca Records in 1934.[2] The Decca Corporation of England spun American Decca off in 1939.[3] MCA Inc. merged with American Decca in 1962. The present organization was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram and merged it with Universal Music Group in 1998. However, the name first appeared in 1996 when MCA Music Entertainment Group was renamed Universal Music Group. The PolyGram acquisition included Deutsche Grammophon which traces its ancestry to Berliner Gramophone making Deutsche Grammophon UMG's oldest unit. UMG's Canadian unit traces its ancestry to a Berliner Gramophone breakaway firm the Compo Company.
Acquisition by Vivendi[edit]
With the 2004 acquisition of Universal Studios by General Electric and merging with GE's NBC, Universal Music Group was cast under separate management from the eponymous film studio. This is the second time a music company has done so, the first being Time Warner and Warner Music Group completely separating from each other. In February 2006, the label became 100% owned by French media conglomerate Vivendi SA when Vivendi purchased the last 20% from Matsushita, the group's sole owner from 1990 to 1995 and co-owner from 1995 to 2006. On June 25, 2007, Vivendi completed its €1.63 billion ($2.4 billion) purchase of BMG Music Publishing, after receiving European Union regulatory approval, having announced the acquisition on September 6, 2006.[4][5]
2010s and EMI purchase[edit]
Doug Morris stepped down from his position as CEO on January 1, 2011. Former chairman/CEO of Universal Music International Lucian Grainge was promoted to CEO of the company. Grainge later replaced him as chairman on March 9, 2011.[6] Morris became the next chairman of Sony Music Entertainment on July 1, 2011.[7] With Grainge's appointment as CEO at UMG, Max Hole was promoted to COO of UMGI, effective July 1, 2010.[8] Starting in 2011 UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records will be signing contestants from American Idol/Idol series. On January 2011, UMG announced it was donating 200,000 master recordings from the 1920s to 1940s to the Library of Congress for preservation.[9]
In March 2011, Barry Weiss became chairman & CEO of The Island Def Jam Music Group & Universal Republic Records.[10] Both companies are in the process of restructuring under Weiss.[11] In December 2011, David Foster was named Chairman of Verve Music Group.
On 12 November 2011, it was announced that EMI would sell its recorded music operations to Universal Music Group for £1.2 billion ($1.9 billion) and its music publishing operations to a Sony-led consortium for $2.2 billion.[12] Among the other companies that had competed for the recorded music business was Warner Music Group which was reported to have made a $2 billion bid.[13] However, IMPALA has said that it would fight the merger.[14] In March 2012, the European Union opened an investigation into Universal's purchase of EMI's recorded music division[15] and has asked rivals and consumer groups whether the deal will result in higher prices and shut out competitors.[16] Coincidentally, UMG sister company StudioCanal has owned the EMI Films library for several years now.
On 21 September 2012, the sale of EMI to UMG was approved in both Europe and the United States by the European Commission and Federal Trade Commission respectively.[17] However, the European Commission approved the deal only under the condition that the merged company divest one third of its total operations to other companies with "a proven track record in the music industry". UMG divested Mute Records, Parlophone, Roxy Recordings, MPS Records, Cooperative Music, Now That's What I Call Music!, Jazzland, Universal Greece, Sanctuary Records, Chrysalis Records, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics and EMI's European regional labels in order to comply with this condition. The Beatles' recorded music library was allowed to remain with UMG despite being considered part of Parlophone and is now managed by UMG's reorganized Capitol Music Group worldwide.[18][19] Robbie Williams, who had previously recorded for Chrysalis, had his catalogue transferred to Universal's Island Records.
2012–present: After EMI acquisition[edit]
Universal Music Group completed their acquisition of EMI on September 28, 2012.[20]
In November 2012, Steve Barnett was appointed Chairman & CEO of Capitol Music Group. He formerly served as COO of Columbia Records.[21]
In compliance the conditions of the European Commission after purchase of EMI, Universal Music Group sold a German-based music rights company BMG the Mute catalogue on December 22, 2012.[22] Two months later, BMG acquired Sanctuary Records for close to 50 million euros.[23]
On February 8, 2013, UMG sold to Warner Music Group the Parlophone Music Group consisting of Parlophone Records, Chrysalis Records, EMI Classics, Virgin Classics and EMI Records' Belgian, Czech, Danish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Slovak and Swedish divisions, to a value of $765 million (£487 million).[24][25]
Play It Again Sam acquired Co-Operative Music for £500,000 in March 2013.[26] The previous month, Sony Music Entertainment acquired Universal's European share in Now That's What I Call Music for approximately $60 million.[27]
With EMI's absorption into Universal Music complete, its British operations will consist of five label units: Island, Polydor, Decca, Virgin EMI and Capitol.[28]
On April 2, 2013, the gospel music divisions of Motown Records and EMI merged to form a new label called Motown Gospel.[29]
On May 2013, Japanese company SoftBank offered 8.5 billion US dollars to Vivendi for the acquisition of UMG, but Vivendi rejected it.[30]
On November 14, 2013, Universal Music will now distribute Warner Music's releases in the Middle East as a result of the integration of EMI's branch in the said region.[31]
Multimedia content delivery[edit]
Universal Music Group co-developed Vevo, a site designed for music videos inspired by Hulu.com, which similarly, will allow for free, ad-supported streaming of music videos and other music content.[32]
Los Angeles metropolitan area[edit]
Santa Monica[edit]
The UMG main global headquarters are located at 2220 Colorado Avenue in Santa Monica. The Santa Monica headquarters oversees all of its legal obligations in the US and Canada such as Human Resources, and any legal issues surrounding the company. Interscope-Geffen-A&M and Verve Music Group are based at their LA headquarters with Jimmy Iovine heading Interscope-Geffen-A&M and David Foster heading Verve.[33] The Island Def Jam Music Group has some offices at the Santa Monica headquarters. The building is also home to Universal Music Enterprises (UME). UMG Chairman & CEO Lucian Grainge works out of the company's Santa Monica headquarters. Universal Music Publishing is headquartered at 2100 Colorado Avenue, which is down the block from UMG's offices.
The Capitol Music Group is headquartered at the Capitol Records Building in Hollywood.[34] Tom Cage was assigned to the record label in 2004 after a short outing with A&M Records.
Universal City[edit]
Universal Music Group Distribution is headquartered in Universal City, CA.
New York City[edit]
UMG has a major workforce in New York City. UMG's New York City headquarters deals mainly with Universal's marketing, Information Systems, and finance. It is also where several of UMG's labels are headquartered. The Island Def Jam Music Group, Republic Records, Decca Label Group, A&M/Octone and the newly re-launched Geffen Records and Kroszover Entertainment[citation needed] are all based in New York City.
Universal Music Group International (UMGI) is headquartered in High Street Kensington, London. UMGI manages UMG's offices in most countries outside of North America.
Other locations[edit]
Universal Music Latin Entertainment is headquartered in Woodland Hills, California while Universal Music Group Nashville is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Universal Music Group's parent company, Vivendi, is headquartered in Paris, France.
In May 2006, an investigation led by then New York attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, concluded with a determination that Universal Music Group bribed radio stations to play songs from Ashlee Simpson, Brian McKnight, Big Tymers, Nick Lachey, Lindsay Lohan and other performers under Universal labels. The company paid $12 million to the state in settlement.[35]
In May 2007, UMG was accused of abusing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in order to squelch criticism, by forcing YouTube to remove several videos that contain UMG's music in it. This has caused much anger and frustration to many YouTubers. One of the videos UMG took off is a Michelle Malkin video critical of singer Akon.[36][37] Eventually, UMG backed off its claims after being challenged by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.[38][39] In the same year, UMG was accused of using the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to indiscriminately remove content related to the artist Prince, most notably a twenty-nine second home video in which children danced to one of Prince's songs.[40]
In December 2007 UMG announced a deal with Imeem which allows users of the social network to listen to any track from Universal's catalogue for free with a portion of the advertising generated by the music being shared with the record label.[41] Two weeks after the deal was announced Michael Robertson speculated on the secret terms of the deal and argued that ultimately this was a bad deal for imeem. This speculation lead to a flame war on the Pho digital media email list as imeem representatives denied his claims and dismissed his theories as unfounded.[42] Imeem is a defunct website and all traffic was deferred to MySpace.
On December 9, 2011, Megaupload published a music video titled: "The Mega Song", showing artists including Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys and will.i.am endorsing the company.[43] The music video was also uploaded to YouTube, but was removed following a takedown request by UMG. Megaupload said that the video contained no infringing content, commenting: "we have signed agreements with every featured artist for this campaign".[44] Megaupload requested an apology from UMG, and filed a lawsuit against the company in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, on December 12, 2011.[45][46] UMG denied that the takedown was ordered under the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and said that the takedown was "pursuant to the UMG-YouTube agreement," which gives UMG "the right to block or remove user-posted videos through YouTube's CMS (Content Management System) based on a number of contractually specified criteria."[47] The video was subsequently returned to YouTube, with the reasons for the UMG takedown remaining unclear.[48] Lawyers for will.i.am initially claimed that he had never agreed to the project, but on December 12, he denied any involvement in the takedown notice.[49]
See also[edit]
- ^ http://www.universalmusic.com/company
- ^ "US Decca LP Labels". HeroInc.0Catch.com. Daniels, Frank. 2003. Retrieved March 20, 2008.
- ^ Rackmil, Milton R. (August 28, 1954). "Pioneers' Dream Becomes Reality With Decca". The Billboard. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ Adegoke, Yinka (May 25, 2007). "Universal Music closes on BMG". Thomson Reuters. Reuters. Retrieved November 20, 2008.
- ^ "Universal to buy BMG publishing". News.BBC.co.uk (BBC News). September 6, 2006. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
- ^ "Vivendi Appoints Lucian Grainge Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Group". Billboard.biz. March 9, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ Smith, Ethan (March 3, 2011). "Sony Music Recruits CEO". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Universal Music Group International promotes Max Hole to Chief Operating Officer". ifpi.org. March 15, 2010. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
- ^ "Pop & Hiss". Los Angeles Times. January 10, 2011.
- ^ Halperin, Shirley (March 17, 2011). "Barry Weiss Named Chairman/CEO of Island Def Jam And Universal Motown Republic Group". Billboard.biz. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ "Ethiopia Habtemariam Named Senior Vice President of Motown Records". Billboard.biz. August 10, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ "Citigroup Sells EMI in Parts for $4.1 Billion to Vivendi, Sony". Businessweek. 8 December 2009. Retrieved 16 November 2011.
- ^ Warner Music Group Wants Part Of EMI – Radio-Info.com (released 31 October 2011)
- ^ IMPALA raises red flag on Universal and Sony bids for EMI
- ^ EU opens investigation into Universal, EMI deal
- ^ Regulators probe Universal's EMI bid
- ^ Joshua R. Wueller, Mergers of Majors: Applying the Failing Firm Doctrine in the Recorded Music Industry, 7 Brook. J. Corp. Fin. & Com. L. 589, 602–04 (2013) (describing the antitrust scrutiny surrounding the sale of EMI's recorded music division to UMG).
- ^ "Universal's £1.2bn EMI takeover approved – with conditions". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ Ingham, Tim. "Universal's Capitol takes shape: Barnett in, Beatles on roster". Music Week. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
- ^ Universal Closes on EMI Deal, Becoming, by Far, Biggest of Remaining Big Three
- ^ Steve Barnett Named Chairman/CEO Of Capitol Music Group
- ^ Ingham, Tim (21 December 2012). "BMG buys Mute catalogue from Universal". Music Week. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
- ^ "Analysis: BMG Poised to Become a Top Indie Catalog Following Sanctuary Acquisition". Billboard. 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
- ^ "Warner Music Group Buys EMI Assets for $765 Million". The New York Times. 8 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ "Warner to buy the Parlophone Label Group". gramophone.co.uk. 2013-02-07. Retrieved 2013-02-28.
- ^ [PIAS]'s Co-op acquisition approved | CMU: Complete Music Update. Thecmuwebsite.com (2013-03-26). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
- ^ "Universal Music Sells Now! European Rights to Sony Music". Bloomberg.
- ^ Universal Music UK Announces Launch of Virgin EMI Records. Billboard (2013-03-18). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
- ^ Motown Records and EMI Gospel Announce Joint Venture: Motown Gospel | EURweb - Part 1. EURweb (2013-04-02). Retrieved on 2013-07-16.
- ^ Vivendi Declined SoftBank's Lucrative Offer for Universal
- ^ EMI Music Arabia 2013-11-14. Retrieved on 2013-12-01.
- ^ Exclaim News: Universal to Create Hulu-like Music Video Site
- ^ "It's Official: David Foster Named Chairman of Verve Music Group". Billboard.biz. December 15, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ Steve Barnett to lead Capitol Music Group
- ^ "Universal settles payola probe". USA Today. May 11, 2006. Retrieved December 10, 2011.
- ^ Malkin, Michelle (May 3, 2007). "Akon's record company abuses DMCA to stifle criticism on YouTube". michellemalkin.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ In 2007 music editor trendtraxx was released from the company after false accusations. Press Releases: May, 2007 | Electronic Frontier Foundation
- ^ "Universal Music Group Backs Off Claims to Michelle Malkin Video". Electronic Frontier Foundation. May 14, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ Malkin, Michelle (May 14, 2007). "UMG & YouTube retreat over Akon report". michellemalkin.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ Lenz v. Universal Music Corp.
- ^ [1] (Internet Archive of original link)
- ^ Barnett, Megan (December 21, 2007). "Digital Music War Gets Dirtier". Portfolio.com. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ RIAA Label Artists & A-List Stars Endorse Megaupload In New Song December 9, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ^ Universal Censors Megaupload Song, Gets Branded a "Rogue Label" December 10, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ^ Megaupload threatens to sue Universal over YouTube video The Guardian, December 13, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ^ Megaupload to Sue Universal, Joins Fight Against SOPA December 12, 2011. Retrieved December 13, 2011.
- ^ UMG claims "right to block or remove" YouTube videos it doesn't own Ars Technica, December 16, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ File-Sharing Company Sues Record Label, for a Change New York Times, December 13, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
- ^ UMG, MegaUpload Case Gets Even Stranger; Will.i.am Says He Didn't Authorize A Takedown Techdirt. December 15, 2011. Retrieved December 17, 2011.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- UMG Corporate Page
- UMG History page
- Universal Music Group's channel on YouTube
- Universal Music Group Career Opportunities listed on EntertainmentCareers.net
- Universal Music Group publishing catalog at MusicBrainz
- Universal Music Group
- Recording Industry Association of America
- Record label distributors
- Companies based in California
- Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
- Companies based in Santa Monica, California
- Santa Monica, California
- American record labels
- Vivendi subsidiaries
- Companies established in 1934
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#genvuu challenges will test your knowledge of the UU tier, battling skill, and teambuilding prowess. Each round you will be given a set of teambuilding guidelines that you must follow in order to compete. The rounds will last approximately two weeks, and whoever achieves the highest ladder rating at the end of each round will be declared winner. Whoever wins will receive a spot in the UnderUsed Hall of Fame where the names of the winners are displayed. You are encouraged to discuss these challenges in both IRC and this thread; they are meant to generate as much activity and discussion as possible. If you have any challenge that you would like to see happen, feel free to contact me on Smogon or IRC with suggestions. Also, make sure you join #genvuu on IRC, this is where most Senate meetings and discussions about the UU tier take place. Participating in these discussions is a great way to get more involved with the tier and UU community. #genvuu Challenge #4: Choice Items Due to popular demand, this challenge is back! For this challenge, each member of your team must be holding a Choice Band, Choice Specs, or Choice Scarf as their item. If you wish to compete, provide me with a NEW alt, which you can only use for challenge matches. The challenge will end on December 16th at approximately 11:59 PM EST, whoever has the highest ranking on the UU leaderboard at that time wins. Participants forum name -- ladder alt
Wow, this one will be truly exciting! I assume Trick is allowed, meaning that stuff like Dual Screens Trickband Bronzong is allowed? Maybe stuff like Scarf Darm, Specs Lure, CB Victini, CB Bronzong/Azelf, Specs Raikou, and Scarf Rotom-C all on the same team? In with alt SpecsHelios
Doing this, less because I think I'll win the challenge, but more because it seems fun, interesting and different. Alt is Proto
In as gogo slowbro, which I haven't used since the last ladder reset, so I guess it's alright, right? I'm thinking of using a similar core to the one exotic mentioned, probably with Scarf Ditto or Scarf Rotom-H for revenge killing purposes... Lack of a spinner will hurt though. Using Trick is not out of the question, right? Lol
I have a VolTurn team full of gimmicks, which works surprisingly well. To make up for the lack of a conventional spinner I've tried Trick+RS Claydol, which you may have heard me theorymonning about in the chat. Unfortunately it's a piece of junk and does nothing to alleviate some crucial weaknesses; thus, I've since swapped it out for CB Hitmontop which is amaaaaaaaaazing given that it beats all other variants of Hitmontop except for the BU variant, which gets trolled by Trick on my other Pokemon. Instead of Scarf Ditto, however, I chose to run the much less viable Transform Scarf Mew which is hilarious and takes hits like a boss. It also boasts good attack types in Aura Sphere+Psychic+U-turn and just adds to the general momentum of the team. I thought it'd be deadweight when this guy suggested it to me after a close match, but it's as close to a wall as you can get on a Choice team. I find that the aforementioned core is... uh... decent, but I'll stick with my SpecsLure+ScarfDarm and Specs Raikou+Scarf Rotom-M cores for the sheer firepower/revenge killing potential.
The way to go is obviously bulky offense, so I would not use more than one scarfer. Let's say that rain dance kingdra gets a free turn. You are swept with some sort of hyper offense whereas bulky ofdense can tank a hit and retaliate. This is why the core of slowbro+snorlax+crobat is amazing. It check a lot of pokemon in the tier. CB Crobat is amazing and it nets me 2 kills a match. It is fun to see a Chandelure getting ohkod by it. Also, he gets a lot of switches and hits so hard. It 2hkos so many things. The only problem is his Sr weakness and brave bird recoil. I think CB Crobat is better than the stallbreaker version.
in Alt: choicechoiceasdf Using an all Choice team hasn't been difficult at all for me, hax though can screw up a lot. At 1900ish so far at #14. Bulkier things are great choice users, as they are great for tanking hits and dishing out lots of damage. Don't really have much time to ladder right now, but progress has been good with this team EDIT: After being haxed so much in this last hour, I've practically given up. Hopefully I'll have better luck next challenge.
Bulky Offense...? Hm. Hadn't considered that, but that's probably viable too... I find that Fast Offense has less problems with momentum, though; and with a Choice team, that's obviously bad. Still, I'm not surprised that it could work. Transform CS Mew is just amazing for its troll value. I use it like Meloetta, except that this particular Meloetta copies all stats except for HP and will always outspeed the copied opponent. Here's a replay for the awesome: http://pokemonshowdown.com/replay/uu3838374 Basically I grab the guy's Nasty Plot Cofagrigus and beat his team up with it.
how can you switch between moves with your scarfmew after you transformed into cofagrigus? tangrowth seems very interesting
wow i didn't know i was already competing in this month's challenge!!! use slowbro guys. you won't regret it my alt will be cim-uu02
This is a public service announcement: The ladder will be put on pause (as in, rankings will be preserved but probably with a bit of decay) in order for the UU community to focus on UU Suspect Ladder. I'm not sure if RT is just going to move the challenge to the Suspect Ladder or pause it and keep it going once the main ladder re-appears. He'll tell you I guess!! PS. This is happening a few hours from this post.
Preliminary impressions. I'm currently in the upper 1700s / lower 1800s. I find that a mix of bulky, powerful attackers and a couple of quick, frail cleaners works best. Running full bulky offense with a choice team means that something like Togekiss, Mew, or Heracross can immediately threaten a clean sweep, whereas a team of frail offensive pokemon has problems with every speed boosting sweeper (sharpedo, kingdra, liligant) as well as things like OTR cofag. Having a mix of both protects you against either eventuality, but it also means you need to have a solid strategy before you ever leave the team preview screen. You absolutely need to plan for the long-term when using an all-choice team. Something like kingdra on the opposing team can easily turn a sure win into a resounding defeat if you let something get locked into the wrong move. You can't be lusting after the quick, obvious kills - remember that every kill costs you momentum (because your opponent can send out his best answer to your current pokemon and the move it is locked into for free). I've already had a few games where the best course of action was to use a weak move and allowing my opponent to destroy the Pokemon I currently have on the field instead of using the stronger move, getting the ko, and having a fresh, unharmed pokemon coming in the next turn to set up safely. And get used to being on the wrong side of information control. Your opponent will probably figure out your gimmick pretty quickly if he's any good at all, meaning you're going to be playing at a psychological disadvantage from mid-game onwards, if not earlier (i.e. if you have a really obvious account name). Edit: Goddamn it koko
I have no idea. Glitch? Obviously I was carrying the scarf as I tricked it to Umbreon, but I'm not sure how I swapped moves from Shadow Ball to Trick. *shrugs* Works for me.
The UU Suspect ladder is now up, so I will be putting this challenge on hold for now. As soon as the suspect test is resolved, I will unlock this thread and the challenge will continue. For now, enjoy the snow. :)

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