The Beatles’ Apple Corps, Universal Music Strike Global e-Commerce, Merchandise Partnership for the Fab Four
The partnership news comes ahead of the release of ‘The Beatles – A Four Film Cinematic Event’ in 2028.
The Beatles Ink Licensing and Merch Deal With Universal Music Ahead of Biopics
The Beatles rights-holding company Apple Corps has come together with Universal Music Group to ink a wide-ranging licensing and merch deal for all things related to the fab four. It…
Universal Responds to ‘The Odyssey’ Leaks on Social Media
Following the Christopher Nolan-directed film’s release on July 17, pirated films have been circulating across X.
Jody Gerson, Universal Music Publishing CEO, on Leadership, Mentorship, Signing Kendrick Lamar, and Publishing’s Rise to a Frontline Business
As the highest-ranking female executive in the music industry, the first female chairman of a global music company and the first woman to be named CEO of a major music…
AI and the rise of the universal entertainment app
Over the past decade, streaming platforms competed by dominating individual formats like music, video, podcasts, or audiobooks. Now, as AI makes it easier to create, organize, and recommend content, those…
You Don’t Need to Vote for Socialists to Get Universal Health Care
The Trump administration is implementing the most sweeping rollback of social spending in American history. Millions of Americans are being thrown off Medicaid. The president and his Republican allies in…
How Universal Made a 8,800lb Trojan Horse for ‘The Odyssey’ World Premiere
With almost the full cast in attendance, last week’s “The Odyssey” world premiere in London offered more star power than any other event seen in Leicester Square this year. And…
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" and the universal pull towards home
“Take Me Home, Country Roads,” a song about a longing for home (co-written by a songwriter who had never even been in West Virginia), has been embraced by the Mountain…
The universal nostalgia for "Take Me Home, Country Roads"
A song about a longing for home, John Denver’s first hit in 1971 has been embraced by West Virginia in a big way, and has been appropriated by singers around…















