Universal Music and Major Publishing Group Reach Agreement Over Vevo, YouTube Royalties

There’s a lot of love in this photo! Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson celebrated his beautiful wife, Lauren Hashian‘s, 36th birthday with the sweetest post to Instagram. In the pic, posted on September 8th, Lauren and her beau, 48, posed-up in what appeared to be a recording studio. Both were clad in masks, following safety precautions after their recovery from coronavirus.

Michele Amabile Angermiller Universal Music Group (UMG) and Daddy Yankee have teamed for a strategic global partnership that encompasses music, film and television projects, the company announced today (Sept. 10).

Roman Reigns' surprise return at SummerSlam had the WWE Universe excited because not only did the wrestler go directly after the Universal Championship against Bray Wyatt aka The Fiend and Braun Strowman but also aligned with none other than Paul Heyman. The Big Dog is usually a babyface, much to the chagrin of wrestling fans, so to see him in a full-blown heel avatar is a welcome sight.

Variety Staff Follow Us on TwitterUniversal Music Group has named Eric Hutcherson, former EVP and chief human resources officer of the National Basketball Association to the newly created role of executive vice president and chief people and inclusion officer, which will see him working across the company’s record labels, publishing division and operating companies worldwide.Hutcherson, whose appointment is effective immediately, will serve on UMG’s Executive Management Board and report

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coronavirus restrictions. Cheerz, on the city's Exchange Street, has issued a statement saying that rules on not playing music had 'completely changed the atmosphere'.

According to a new report from Page Six, Heidi Klum and Seal, her ex-husband, have reportedly reached an agreement over the custody of their four kids together. This past week, the 47-year-old ex-supermodel filed an emergency motion claiming that Seal wouldn’t allow her to bring their kids to Europe while she worked on the next season of Next Top Model.

Heidi Klum and Seal are reaching an agreement.

Many changes are being witnessed as 2020 MTV Video Music Awards inches closer. Recently, it was reported that J Balvin and Roddy Ricch will no longer be performing at the 2020 MTV Video Music Awards.

Kelly Dodd, 44, proved she and fiance Rick Leventhal, 60, are enjoying the last weeks of summer with her latest eye-catching Instagram pic! The Real Housewives of Orange County star and the news anchor hunk were both laying on blue floats in the water and under the sun in the pic and she was wearing a black and tan bikini while he was showing off only blue shorts.

season 5 — but was it ultimately the devil himself who did the most damage? The Netflix drama returned for the first half of its fifth season on Friday, with star  pulling double duty — as Lucifer's twin, Michael, returned to Earth in his place, ready to shake up the mortal realm as well as his brother's family and friends. But that, of course, wasn't the only surprise in store for the fallen angel's inner circle.

The Second Circuit Appeals Court in the US has sided with Rick Ross in a five year old legal battle with 50 Cent, concluding that the latter rapper couldn’t sue the former for using an uncleared sample in a mixtape on publicity right grounds.50 Cent and Ross have, of course, a very long-running feud. As part of that, in late 2015, 50 Cent sued over a mixtape Ross had put out earlier that year to promote his then new album ‘Black Market’.

Rebecca Davis editorUniversal Music Group (UMG) has appointed Cindy Gu as head of Astralwerks Asia, the company’s label division focused on electronic and dance music in the region.The label also announced Tuesday its first Asian artist signing: the Indonesian EDM group Weird Genius.

NBC and the WGA East have laid down their swords over the shuttering of Peacock Productions earlier this year and the guild's subsequent claims of union-busting.

Rebecca Davis editorUniversal Music Group’s China division on Thursday announced the launch of “Magic Muses,” its first local label in over a decade.It will be focused solely on soundtracks and scores, seeking to work with local artists and composers to create tracks for Chinese film and TV projects.Veteran film marketing executive Kelvin Hou will be the Beijing-based label’s CEO. Hou is the founder and former CEO of Chinese film website Mtime.