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What UMG’s IPO Means for the Business of Music

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

14 Feb 2020

Access Industries

Bolloré Group

music as an asset class

Finishing 2019 on $6.4 billion, Universal Music is to go to IPO hot on the heels of Warner Music’s announcement to do the same. This of course also follows the Tencent-led agreement to acquire 10% of...

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WMG to IPO: Here’s What You Need to Know

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

7 Feb 2020

Access Industries

downtown music holdings

Len Blavatnik

Throughout the last decade more than $10 billion has been invested into music catalogues. UMG bookended the merger and acquisition (M&A) boom with the Tencent-led $3 billion stake in its business,...

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