Universal Music Group N.V. operates as a music company worldwide. It operates through Recorded Music, Music Publishing, and Merchandising & Other segments. The Recorded Music segment discovers and develops recording artists, as well as markets and promotes their music across various formats and platforms; and engages in the live events, sponsorship, film, and television operations. The Music Publishing segment discovers and develops songwriters, as well as owns and administers the copyright for musical compositions used in recordings, public performances, and related uses, such as films and advertisements. The Merchandising & Other segment produces and sells artist and other branded products through various sales channels, including fashion retail, concert touring, and internet, as well as offers brand rights management services. The company has approximately 3 million recordings, 4 million owned and administered titles, and 250 artists/brands, as well as owns approximately 50 labels covering various music genres. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is headquartered in Hilversum, the Netherlands.

Universal Music Group N.V.

Universal Music Group is a music company that operates in the recording, publishing, and merchandising sectors of the music industry.

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Universal Music Group (UMG) is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content in more than 60 countries. Featuring the most comprehensive catalog of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. 

Universal Music Group's labels include A&M Records, Astralwerks, Blue Note Records, Capitol Christian Music Group, Capitol Records, Capitol Records Nashville, Caroline, Decca, Def Jam Recordings, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, Emarcy, EMI Records Nashville, Fonovisa, Geffen Records, Harvest, Interscope Records, Island Records, Machete Music, MCA Nashville, Mercury Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Polydor Records, Republic Records, Universal Music Latino, Verve Label Group, Virgin Records, Virgin EMI Records, as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world. UMG's catalog is marketed through two distinct divisions, Universal Music Enterprises (in the U.S.) and Universal Strategic Marketing (outside the U.S.). 

UMG also includes Universal Music Publishing Group, one of the industry's premier music publishing operations worldwide and Bravado, the leading provider of consumer, lifestyle and branding services to recording artists and entertainment brands around the world.  Universal Music Group is a Vivendi company. 

Find out more at: http://www.universalmusic.com.

View our current career opportunities at: http://www.umusiccareers.com

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Meta and Universal Music Group today announced an expanded global, multi-year agreement that will further evolve the creative and commercial opportunities for UMG artists and Universal Music Publishing Group songwriters across Meta’s global network of platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Horizon, Threads and, for the first time, WhatsApp.

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"He was an amazing musician in New York who used to light up venues in a most unusual way for a jazz artist, he was magnetic. Once signed, he was immediately a priority for us." Dahlia Ambach Caplin, Verve Label Group

Ahead of tomorrow’s Santa Barbara Bowl stop for Jon Batiste on the next leg of his 2024 Uneasy Tour, in support of acclaimed 7th studio album World Music Radio, read an exclusive #GlobalMusicReport case study on the US singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer & activist.

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UMG announced today its support for the ‘NO FAKES Act,’ a landmark bill to address deepfakes and voice clones.

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“We’re finding that music can play an important role in health and well-being, and in ways we never knew it could.” - Susan Mazo, EVP of Global Communications, Universal Music Group

From fitness, relaxation and meditation to helping with the treatment of everything from dementia to stroke recovery, discover how Universal Music Group are exploring and advancing music's role in physical and mental health in this Global Music Report case study https://lnkd.in/dAZXk5jU

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	Dec '18	Dec '19	Dec '20	Dec '21	Dec '22	Dec '23
net income	821M -	1.04B 26.55%	1.22B 17.52%	1.40B 14.58%	1.60B 14.37%	1.26B 21.31%
depreciation and amortization	126M -	202M 60.32%	236M 16.83%	277M 17.37%	377M 36.10%	382M 1.33%
deferred income tax		-5M -	-10M 100%	-79M 690%	-128M 62.03%
stock based compensation		5M -	10M 100%	79M 690%	128M 62.03%
change in working capital	179M -	83M 53.63%	287M 245.78%	85M 70.38%	74M 12.94%	164M 121.62%
accounts receivables			-133M -	-126M 5.26%	-203M 61.11%
inventory	-14M -	-4M 71.43%	6M 250%	-17M 383.33%	-62M 264.71%
accounts payables			133M -		203M -
other working capital	193M -	87M 54.92%	281M 222.99%	228M 18.86%	136M 40.35%
other non cash items	-379M -	-639M 68.60%	-1.75B 173.40%	-621M 64.45%	-319M 48.63%	10M 103.13%
net cash provided by operating activities	747M -	685M 8.30%	-3M 100.44%	1.14B 38,100%	1.73B 51.93%	1.81B 4.79%
investments in property plant and equipment	-110M -	-75M 31.82%	-66M 12%	-61M 7.58%	-93M 52.46%	-299M 221.51%
acquisitions net	-11M -	-52M 372.73%	6M 111.54%	78M 1,200%	-44M 156.41%	-96M 118.18%
purchases of investments	-12M -	-13M 8.33%	-3M 76.92%	-431M 14,266.67%	-395M 8.35%	-235M 40.51%
sales maturities of investments	19M -	6M 68.42%	15M 150%	14M 6.67%	9M 35.71%	1M 88.89%
other investing activites	3M -	5M 66.67%	2M 60%	9M 350%	3M 66.67%
net cash used for investing activites	-111M -	-129M 16.22%	-46M 64.34%	-391M 750%	-520M 32.99%	-629M 20.96%
debt repayment	-57M -	-2M 96.49%	-625M 31,150%	-3.62B 479.84%	-6.36B 75.47%	-168M 97.36%
common stock issued	2.44B -	-2M 100.08%	-625M 31,150%	3.87B 718.40%
common stock repurchased	-2.40B -	-1.00B 58.16%	-294M 70.66%	-785M 167.01%
dividends paid	-981M -	-1.00B 2.14%	-283M 71.76%	-785M 177.39%	-798M 1.66%	-929M 16.42%
other financing activites	-1.39B -	932M 167.05%	2.04B 119.31%	-8M 100.39%	5.81B 72,725%	-106M 101.82%
net cash used provided by financing activities	-2.39B -	-1.08B 54.92%	217M 120.17%	-1.34B 716.13%	-1.35B 0.75%	-1.20B 10.69%
effect of forex changes on cash	-19M -	-8M 57.89%	-35M 337.50%	32M 191.43%	1M 96.88%
net change in cash	-1.77B -	-528M 70.17%	133M 125.19%	-556M 518.05%	-134M 75.90%	-17M 87.31%
cash at beginning of period	3.31B -	1.54B 53.54%	1.01B 34.38%	1.14B 13.19%	572M 49.87%	439M 23.25%
cash at end of period	1.54B -	1.01B 34.38%	1.14B 13.19%	585M 48.73%	438M 25.13%	422M 3.65%
operating cash flow	747M -	685M 8.30%	-3M 100.44%	1.14B 38,100%	1.73B 51.93%	1.81B 4.79%
capital expenditure	-110M -	-75M 31.82%	-66M 12%	-61M 7.58%	-93M 52.46%	-299M 221.51%
free cash flow	637M -	610M 4.24%	-69M 111.31%	1.08B 1,663.77%	1.64B 51.90%	1.52B 7.50%

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