Tag archive: Warner Music

China's leading search engine Baidu has inked a deal with three of the four major music labels—Sony Music, Warner Music, and Universal Music—to launch a new digital music service in China. One-Stop China will be operated as a joint venture between the companies, and the three labels will be licensing their catalogs and new releases—including material in Cantonese and Mandarin—as well as international tracks. And… Read More

Google may be interested in partnering with established streaming service Spotify, but Apple may have just one-upped any progress it was making with its cloud-based music application. CNET is reporting that Apple has officially signed an agreement with Warner Music Group, giving its coming product rights to the label’s entire music library. And so the race heats up. Google Music has allegedly been held back only by exactly what has gone in… Read More

The head of Warner Music Group expressed hope on Tuesday that the recent “fracas” over the price of e-books would help give content creators such as his company more pricing power over device makers. CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. made the comments as the No. 3 recording company reported a net loss for its fiscal first quarter, as a slight uptick in digital revenue failed to make up for falling CD sales. Amazon.com Inc. was pitted in a… Read More

Late last year, Warner Music demanded all its music videos be removed from the video sharing service YouTube in a licensing spat: although Warner was one of the first big content providers to partner up with YouTube—dating back to before the site's acquisition by Internet titan Google, the company wasn't happy with the revenue arrangements. But now they're back: Warner Music Group is bringing its artists and video back to… Read More