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	Universal Music Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Universal Music Group (UMG), formerly MCA Music Entertainment (see Music Corporation of America), is the largest business group and family of record labels in the record industry.
		In February 2006, the group became 100% owned by French media conglomerate Vivendi SA when Vivendi purchased the last 20% from Matsushita, the group's sole owner from 1990 to 1995 and co-owner from 1995 to 2006.
		"Universal Music" was originally the music company attached to film studio Universal Pictures; its history is long and complex [1], but the present organisation was formed when its parent company Seagram purchased PolyGram and merged it with UMG in 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Universal_Music_Group (316 words)

	Universal Music Group Acquires Rondor Music, International Publishing Company Owned By Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		UMPG is part of the Universal Music Group, the world’s leading music company with wholly-owned record operations or licensees in 63 countries around the world.
		The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and UM3 (outside the U.S.).
		Universal Music Group is a unit of The Seagram Company Ltd., a global entertainment and spirits and wine company.
	www.umusic.com /static/press/08022000.htm (852 words)

	Warner Music Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Warner Music Group is one of the four major record labels.
		Its printed music operation, Warner Bros. Publications, was sold to Alfred Publishing on December 16, 2004.
		In the 2004 transition to independent ownership, WMG hired record industry heavyweight Lyor Cohen from Universal Music Group to attempt to reduce cost and increase performance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warner_Music_Group (291 words)

	Lost Highway label finds route to Grammy glory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		NASHVILLE (Billboard) - As Lost Highway Records marks its fifth anniversary this year, it is also celebrating a remarkable Grammy Awards achievement.
		The Universal Music-owned label‘s diversity is reflected in its Grammy victories.
		Luke Lewis, co-chairman of Universal Music Group Nashville and president of Lost Highway, says the label is still endeavoring to "shatter that alt-country image that we started with." He has even considered signing some hip-hop artists that company executives consider "genius songwriters."
	www.localnewsleader.com /olberlin/stories/index.php?action=fullnews&id=136516 (472 words)

	Outspoken Toby Keith shakes up music's business side
		NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- He has tangled with Peter Jennings and the Dixie Chicks over his music, criticized the media for its coverage of the Iraq war, tweaked the Country Music Association over awards snubs and threatened to flee his record label.
		Toby Keith was at the Country Music Television offices last week to promote "Honkytonk University," his new CD out this week, the same week he was up for the Academy of Country Music's Entertainer of the Year award (Kenny Chesney won it).
		Universal Music Group Nashville declined to comment, but Billboard magazine reported that, at the March radio-industry conference where Keith made his remarks, UMGN co-chairman Luke Lewis said, "To (Keith) I say, 'Good luck.' The track record of artists running record labels is not that good."
	www.courier-journal.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050520/SCENE04/505200320/1011/SCENE (917 words)

	Universal Music Group
		Universal Music Classics Group controls the world’s leading Broadway catalog and contemporary and classic cast albums under the Decca Broadway label with such titles as Wicked, Mamma Mia, The Boy From Oz, Cats, Evita, Les Miserables, Man From La Mancha, Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, and Sunset Boulevard.
		Universal Classics is also responsible for the success of numerous original Soundtracks including The Aviator, Gladiator, and King Kong, as well as such Oscar-winning scores as Elliot Goldenthal’s Frida, and James Horner’s Braveheart.
		Universal Music Mobile (UMM) is the first significant commitment by a major music company to capitalize upon the convergence of the mobile phone market with the worldwide demand for music and entertainment content on portable devices.
	new.umusic.com /overview.aspx (1178 words)

	Universal Music Publishing Group Acquires Forerunner Music Catalogue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		December 6, 2000 -- Universal Music Publishing Group has acquired the Forerunner Music Catalogue, one of contemporary country music’s classic catalogues, it was announced today by David Renzer, Worldwide President, Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG) and Pat Higdon, Senior Vice President, Universal Music Publishing Group Nashville.
		Universal Music Publishing Group’s Nashville operation boasts some of Nashville's most elite songwriting talent including Matraca Berg, Gary Burr, Mark Sanders, Gordon Kennedy, and the legendary Bob McDill.
		With over 43 offices in 37 countries worldwide, Universal Music Publishing Group is part of the Universal Music Group and is one of the industry's largest global music publishing operations.
	www.polygram.com /static/press/12062000.htm (413 words)

	New artists lifting country music from last year's doldrums \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Last summer, country music's hottest act, the Dixie Chicks, was in a meltdown.
		This year, the mood is sunnier on Music Row, with country sales up 11.2 percent and a strong lineup of late-year releases on deck.
		But she continued to say she had the right to criticize Bush and his policies, and the group has yet to regain favor with country listeners.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040716/news_1c16country.html (493 words)

	Universal Music Group Nashville Captures #1, #2 and #3 SoundScan Positions, Marking Historic Sales Week
		The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Strategic Marketing & Commercial Affairs (outside the U.S.).
		Universal Music Group also includes eLabs, a new media and technologies division.
		Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi Universal, a global media and communications company.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-18-2004/0002463874&EDATE= (523 words)

	Dreamworks Nashville Assimilated! - SFCommunity Message Board
		Universal Music Group has merged DreamWorks Records with two of its other Nashville labels, resulting in about half a dozen staff cuts and some management changes.
		DreamWorks, formerly a stand-alone label of Universal Music Group, joins Mercury and MCA under the same umbrella, the company said.
		At Universal, two senior executives are exiting the company while their DreamWorks counterparts absorb their duties.
	www.songwriterforums.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=2404 (417 words)

	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP PRIVACY POLICY
		If you choose to visit any of the Universal Music Group web sites, your visit is subject to this privacy policy, and you agree to the terms of it.
		Universal Music Group does not run those areas of our sites.
		Personal information collected at those areas is not shared with Universal Music Group without the purchasers' consent.
	privacypolicy.umusic.com (1717 words)

	Universal Music Publishing Group - The World's Leading Music Publisher
		As its first major deal, Universal Christian Music Publishing has concluded an exclusive joint venture agreement with Final Four Music and its owner, industry veteran Michael Puryear.
		He was also involved in the catalog acquisitions of Sparrow Music, and Reunion Records.
		PICTURED AT THE SIGNING IN NASHVILLE ARE (L to R): Front row (seated): David Renzer, Worldwide President, Universal Music Publishing Group; Michael Puryear; and Pat Higdon, Sr.
	www.umusicpub.com /news_readmore.aspx?ID=1718 (438 words)

	Boston.com / A&E / Music / New artists help Country music sales jump (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Last summer, country music's hottest act, the Dixie Chicks, was in a meltdown.
		NASHVILLE, Tenn. --Last summer, country music's hottest act, the Dixie Chicks, was in a meltdown.
		This year the mood is sunnier on Music Row, with country sales up 11.2 percent, a strong lineup of late-year releases on deck and CBS set to air a two-hour country music special Wednesday.
	www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/07/13/new_artists_help_country_music_sales_jump?mode=PF (833 words)

	'Shania Twain Greatest Hits' Secures.... - ShaniaLounge.com
		group places records #1, #2 and #3 on the charts, it's an amazing achievement...
		Nashville, Mercury Records, Philips, Polydor, Universal Music Latino, Universal Motown Records Group, and Verve Music Group as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world.
		Universal Music Group is a unit of Vivendi Universal, a global media and
	lounge.teamshania.com /showthread.php?t=5544 (694 words)

	Sugarland takes different path to top of country charts
		Their grass-roots ascent is more typical of rock groups than country singers.
		The group's latest single, "Something More," is at No. 3 on the charts.
		Hall, 42, was a singer/songwriter who had recorded a few solo albums; Nettles, 30, fronted popular local bands Soul Miner's Daughter and the Jennifer Nettles Band; and Bush, 34, was half of the major-label folk-rock duo Billy Pilgrim.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/music/articles/0709sugarland.html (566 words)

	Toby Keith shakes up business side of music - COUNTRY MUSIC - MSNBC.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Last year Dreamworks was acquired by Universal Music Group Nashville, which has Mercury under its umbrella.
		He wanted "As Good As I Once Was" to be the first one for radio; the folks at Universal, he says, thought it was too risky and chose the title cut.
		Universal Music Group Nashville declined to comment Monday, but Billboard magazine reported that at the March radio industry conference where Keith made his remarks, UMGN co-chairman Luke Lewis said, "To (Keith) I say, 'Good luck.' The track record of artists running record labels is not that good."
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6448213/did/7874861/page/2 (613 words)

	Universal Music Group - Label Profile - Stylus Magazine
		A long-running and frightfully successful experiment in growth and efficiency, Universal Music (Interscope/Geffen/AandM, Island Def Jam Music Group, MCA Nashville, MCA Records, Universal Classics, Universal Motown Records, Universal Music Enterprises, and Verve Music Group) is the most successful music manufacturing entity on the planet.
		But as parental and overseeing as Universal seems, the company is really just a child, the bouncing, gurgling bastard result of the 1998 marriage between Seagram’s and Philips, two companies that know a thing or two about good light bulbs.
		Unrestrained by integrity or musical knowledge of any kind, UMG is poised to strengthen their grasp on the music industry, dictating your idiot cousin’s taste in music for years to come.
	www.stylusmagazine.com /feature.php?ID=170 (472 words)

	hip online: artist: Julia Roberts
		After moving to Nashville and graduating from Belmont University, Roberts took a job at Mercury Records to support herself while pursuing her goal of becoming a country singer.
		Lewis was immediately sold on the music of Roberts -- an appealing blend of country and blues that both embraces country's heritage and reveals a fresh, contemporary sound.
		Her love of the blues was sparked during her early teens, when she sang with a group of men in their 60’s and 70’s.
	www.hiponline.com /artist/music/r/roberts_julie (1186 words)

	USATODAY.com - Songwriter Hall splits from Sugarland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		NASHVILLE (AP) — Kristen Hall of the country music trio Sugarland is leaving the group to spend more time writing songs.
		A spokesman for Universal Music Group Nashville, which includes the band's Mercury label, said Wednesday that Sugarland would continue as a group and will open for Kenny Chesney on his tour beginning March 23 in Dayton, Ohio.
		Sugarland was one of country music's bright spots last year, selling about 2 million copies of its album and producing the hit singles Baby Girl and Something More.
	www.usatoday.com /life/music/news/2006-01-19-sugarland_x.htm (231 words)

	Sign of the Apocalypse II--Willie Nelson to release REGGAE allbum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		NASHVILLE (AP) — Willie Nelson is so prolific that sometimes even he forgets he has another record coming out.
		Universal Music Group Nashville is substituting palm trees for the marijuana leaves on CDs sold at the retail chain Wal-Mart, a huge outlet for country music that's also sensitive about lyrics and packaging.
		After a stint in the U.S. Air Force, he moved his family from his native Texas to Nashville and tried to break through as a singer in the early 1960s.
	www.prince.org /msg/8/152749 (1049 words)

	NPT - Nashville Public Television
		But shutting off the financial tap has NPT facing a $1.1 million revenue shortfall this fiscal year that may put the station in the red for a while before it can be replaced.
		To Bass, a respected public television executive who came to Nashville from the Boston area in November 1998, divestment from government means freedom from the bureaucracy that once inhibited station progress in everything from technology to programming choices.
		The country music legend's story was available to the nearly 350 public television stations nationwide that are members of the Public Broadcasting Service.
	www.wnpt.net /about/news/july04.html (897 words)

	UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP RELEASING DVD-AUDIO TITLES BEGINNING SEPTEMBER 2003
		Santa Monica, California, August 4, 2003 - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world's leading music company, today announced its first DVD-Audio titles to be released in the United States beginning on September 23, 2003.
		Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company with wholly-owned record operations or licensees in 71 countries.
		The Universal Music Group owns the most extensive catalog of music in the industry, which is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Strategic Marketing and Commercial Affairs (outside the U.S.).
	consumers.umusic.com /press/dvda080403.html (394 words)

	Universal Music Group Nashville Captures No1, No2 and No3 SoundScan positions, marking historic sales week @ ...
		(Universal Music Group Nashville/ www.mercurynashville.com) - For the first time in history, Universal Music Group Nashville (UMGN) sweeps the No 1, No 2 and No 3 spots on SoundScan's Top Current Country Albums Chart.
		Universal Music Group is the world's largest music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 71 countries.
		Its businesses also include Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's largest global music publishing operations.
	top40-charts.com /news.php?nid=11285&string=Sounds (588 words)

	Universal Music Group
		Universal Music Group is the largest music company in the world.
		Universal Music Group is currently seeking an Accounting Manager for the East Coast division of the Central Accounting Services department.
		Universal has always been part of your entertainment experience.
	www.showbizjobs.com /dsp_currentjob.cfm?jobid=11814 (334 words)

	Universal Project Music - Favorite Songs - Lyrics From (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I wrote "Universal Soldier" in the basement of The Purple Onion coffee house in Toronto in the early sixties.
		Music is the best source of information about DJ Dara, including ringtones, bio, radio, discography, similar artists, reviews, groups, fans, and more...
		Universal Music Group later this week will launch a service offering digital music for download over the Internet, according to sources close to the project.
	www.lyricsfrom.com /artists/u/Universal-Project.html (1434 words)

	www.myspace.com/anthonysmithmusic
		Born in eastern Tennessee, this Anthony Smith was in love with music from an early age.
		He was exposed to a variety of music, ranging from country artists such as Johnny Paycheck and Johnny Cash to '70s rock groups such as Aerosmith, ZZ Top, and Led Zeppelin.
		Telling everyone that this was a stepping stone to Nashville, he moved to Nashville a few years later.
	www.myspace.com /anthonysmithmusic (1013 words)

	New blood gives needed boost to country music (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		NASHVILLE -- Last summer, country music's hottest act, the Dixie Chicks, suffered a meltdown.
		''That was a big surprise, and it represents a couple of million units that nobody thought was going to be there,'' said John Grady, president of Sony Music Nashville, Wilson's record label.
		One reason for the country scene's improvement, says Joe Galante, chairman of RCA Label Group/Nashville, is the state of pop music.
	www.suntimes.com /output/music/sho-sunday-country18.html (528 words)

	Life
		NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The most anticipated country album this fall might not be by Kenny Chesney or Big & Rich, but by a shy 22-year-old Oklahoma woman who says she's terrified of public speaking and kind of a dud at parties.
		Underwood, who has a big, full voice like one of her country music heroes, Martina McBride, released a pop single in June, "Inside Your Heaven," that was chosen for her -- or for whomever won for that matter -- by "American Idol" producers.
		Born and raised on a farm in Checotah, Okla., Underwood, the youngest of three girls, began singing in church and later in school musicals and talent shows.
	www.floridatoday.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051113/LIFE/511130303/1005 (802 words)

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