Madonna Brings Entire Catalog to Warner Music Group

Michele Amabile Angermiller Fender Guitars and Mattel are marking the release of the Netflix movie “Barbie: Big City, Big Dreams” with a new signature Barbie Collection of song lessons on its online learning app.Created to inspire future musicians, the lessons show young guitarists how to play songs from the movie while building guitar skills and playing techniques.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAs next month’s Universal Music Group public listing moves closer, parent company Vivendi announced early Tuesday that billionaire Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Holdings is acquiring another 2.9% of the company for just under $1.5 billion, based on a valuation of €35 billion, or around $41.3 billion.This follows Pershing Square’s acquisition of 7.1% of UMG for $2.8 billion, fulfilling Ackman’s stated goal of racking up 10% of UMG’s share capital.Earlier this year,

Jana Kramer is opening up about some recent photos that surfaced online, which appeared to show her ex-husband, Mike Caussin, "canoodling" with a new woman during a Mexico getaway. The singer and actress, 37, who officially divorced the former NFL tight end, 34, last month after six years of marriage, addressed the photos which were made public on social media by the Instagram account Cocktails and Gossip last week.

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William Earl Kristen Burke has been named president of Warner Music Canada, succeeding Steve Kane who has been with the Warner Music Group company since 2004. Burke arrives from Universal Music Canada, where she spent 20 years and was named EVP and general manager in 2018.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAerosmith and Universal Music Group have announced a new global partnership that will bring the long-running American rock band’s entire discography, merchandise and audio-video projects to the company.UMG will also be the home of future music projects, and will work with the band to develop, produce and distribute new film, television and other audio-visual content projects celebrating Aerosmith’s history and significant cultural impact.

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Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorWith outdoor performances just about the only saving grace this summer, two of L.A.’s top venues are taking different but delicious approaches to feeding music lovers. At The Ford theater, where upcoming shows include Rodrigo y Gabriela and Patti Smith with Jackson Smith and Tony Shanahan, Jocelyn Ramirez recently introduced Todo Verde, featuring plant-based Mexican dishes.

Madonna has announced a new deal with Warner Music that will see the major in charge of her entire catalogue, recordings and songs.The deal reunites Madonna with what was her long-time label from the 1980s to the 2000s.

ViacomCBS has clinched a sale of the CBS Building known as Black Rock for $760 million to real estate investment and management firm Harbor Group International

Madonna has just announced a “milestone, career spanning global partnership” with Warner Music Group!

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMadonna, the top-selling female artist of all time, will bring her entire catalog of recorded music under the Warner Music umbrella as part of a career-spanning global partnership announced Monday.

Eugene Ashe’s romance drama Sylvie’s Love is a love letter to jazz, Motown music, and 1950s and 1960s Doris Day-like cinema. It is also Emmy-nominated for Outstanding Television Movie after it made its world premiere at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

The cast of  has never been afraid to focus on the tough subjects through the lens of college students, from unexpected pregnancies to the school-to-prison pipeline. But there's a particular weight that comes with shifting the focus from a wild jaunt in Mexico to the long-time fight against police brutality, white fragility and the countless battles waged by the Black Lives Movement.

Naman Ramachandran Warner Music Entertainment, the film and television division of Warner Music Group (WMG), and London and Los Angeles based television and film production company Lightbox, have signed a partnership deal to co-produce, co-develop and co-finance non-fiction film and TV projects.The deal gives Lightbox, founded by double Oscar winner Simon Chinn (“Searching For Sugar Man,” “Man on Wire,” “Tina”) and double Emmy winner Jonathan Chinn (“LA 92,” “American High,” “Whitney”), access

Warner Music Entertainment, the film and television division of Warner Music Group, is partnering with Tina producers Lightbox to develop, produce and finance non-fiction film and TV projects.

EXCLUSIVE: After co-writing Despicable Me and the Apple TV+ musical series Schmigadoon!, Cinco Paul will team with Imagine Kids+Family and Warner Music Group on Winter Wonderland. Paul has created and written a live-action and stop-motion animated family film anchored by the classic holiday song, and featuring original songs written by Paul. Imagine Kids+Family and WMG (the song is controlled by Warner Chappell Music) will co-produce and co-finance the film.