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Warner Music CEO Robert Kyncl’s Compensation Is Getting a Performance-Based Tweak — With WMG’s Saggy Stock a Big Focus
02 Dec 2025 11:46 GMT
Photo Credit: Robert Kyncl, WMG CEO
WMG confirmed the retooled compensation framework in a regulatory filing today, weeks after revealing its financials for the fiscal fourth quarter (July, August, and September 2025). As of the prior fiscal year, Kyncl …
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In Memoriam 2025: Music
19 Dec 2025 05:45 GMT
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Mike Borchetta
Longtime music exec
Music industry executive Mike Borchetta passed away June …
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Dominica-born music industry executive, Chester Wilkins, awarded honorary doctoral degree
27 Nov 2025 01:40 GMT
Dr. Chester WilkinsOn Saturday, November 22, 2025, Chester “Massive” Wilkins, a music technology expert and creative leader born in Dominica, was honored by Upper Room Theological University in Fayetteville, North Carolina, with an honorary Doctor of Music …
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Jelly Roll gets pardon from Tennessee governor for robbery, drugs
18 Dec 2025 20:42 GMT
… friends, civic leaders and numerous music industry executives, including Live Nation Entertainment CEO …
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Billy Joel Symposium heads to the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame
17 Dec 2025 17:12 GMT
… more than 130 musicians and music industry executives, and offers education programs, scholarships …
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Lorde’s New Tour Is Unlike Anything I’ve Seen Before
16 Dec 2025 22:07 GMT
… seven-year relationship with a music industry executive 17 years her senior. But …
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‘Groundless and Indeed Ridiculous’: Universal Music CEO Hits Back at Drake’s ‘Not Like Us’ Lawsuit
16 Aug 2025 02:40 GMT
Image: Taylor Hill/FilmMagic; Cole Burston/Getty Images
The CEO of Universal Music Group, Lucian Grainge, has released his first response to Drake’s lawsuit against the music giant for allegedly playing part in the release of Kendrick Lamar’s hit …
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Universal Music CEO breaks silence on Drake's lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar's Not Like Us: ‘Makes no sense’
15 Aug 2025 22:16 GMT
Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge has slammed Drake for his lawsuit against the company. The Canadian artist sued the music corporation in January over the release of Kendrick Lamar's popular diss track, Not Like Us. He accused the label of …
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Universal Music CEO Lucian Grainge Has Had Enough of Drake’s ‘Ridiculous’ ‘Not Like Us’ Lawsuit
15 Aug 2025 17:59 GMT
In new legal filings, the top executive has made his first public statements on the rapper's unprecedented lawsuit against his own label
Lucian Grainge, the CEO of Universal Music Group, has issued his first public response (and it’s a fiery one) to …
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Tour a Music Industry Executive’s Character-Filled Hollywood Hills Home
28 May 2025 21:24 GMT
Two extraneous Nakashima dining chairs made their way to the casita, which sits in the rear of the property, down a ficus-tickled path. What was once a run-of-the-mill pool house is now an office for Naftaly. It serves to blend: He can take calls or …