Will Universal Music’s Downtown Deal Face EU Scrutiny? Indie Music Groups Sure Hope So

Will Universal Music’s Downtown Deal Face EU Scrutiny? Indie Music Groups Sure Hope So

Will the planned Universal Music deal for Downtown Music face EU competition scrutiny? Independent label groups IMPALA and AIM hope so.

Ruth Barlow of AIM and Beggars Group on UMG, Downtown and why she believes ‘regulators must act’

This MBW op/ed comes from Ruth Barlow, Chair of the UK's AIM, and Director of Live Licensing at Beggars Group Source

Universal Music Group N.V. deal to buy Downtown referred to EU regulators

The indie label community has welcomed the news that the Dutch competition regulator has asked European Union officials to review Universal Music’s controversial acquisition of Downtown Music. The move comes as the UK’s Association Of Independent Music encourages the Competition And Markets Authority to also review the impact of the deal, which will significantly increase the major’s hold over record industry infrastructure and its dominant posi…

Universal’s Downtown Music acquisition faces EU scrutiny - IMPALA welcomes referral by national competition authority

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