The EU is launching a full-scale antitrust investigation into Universal Music Group’s planned $775mn acquisition of Downtown Music, the independent music-services company, amid claims the deal will ...

Universal Music Group’s $775 million bid for Downtown Music Holdings faces a full-scale investigation by European Union watchdogs over concerns the deal could stifle the market for services to artists ...

Older musicians, songwriters and session performers are set for a financial windfall after a UK government-backed group of record labels agreed to a range of proposals to improve pay for some of the ...