Rising Covid cases dampen hopes of recovery and leave investors wary

Dealers note a ‘lot of red on the screen’ as travel-related stocks in particular take a hit

Ackman rejigs Universal Music deal after SEC probes Spac plan

Hedge fund founder will invest directly in business after investors also balked at deal structure

European stocks end week on record high

Airlines under pressure as UK removes countries from green list

Web Summit co-founder branches out with new investment fund

Amaranthine managers David Kelly and Patrick Murphy plan $50m Semble Fund II

Claddagh records relaunched after deal with Universal Music Ireland

Label founded by Garech Browne in 1959 to remaster and digitise archive

Lego records fastest growth in 5 years on back of digital shift

Sets blending physical bricks with Super Mario games propel profits

Irish acts struggle to chart as K-pop becomes the world’s most lucrative music

BTS, Taylor Swift and Drake take the top three spots among this year’s sales-busters

Lego Vidiyo: Children will love this app so be prepared to lose your phone to it

App allows kids of all ages to create own music videos starring a line-up of colourful characters

'Queen of Latin Music' Shakira tunes in to trend of selling music rights

Colombian popstar becomes latest artist to sell back catalogue of songs

Barry Gibb and Friends: Greenfields review – Game approach but doesn’t match originals

Volume one of Gibb Brothers’ songbook with Nashville twist

Neil Young sells 50% of entire song catalogue rights to Hipgnosis

Deal comprises Young’s song catalogue of 1,180 compositions

Celebrity: Who had a good 2020 and who had a bad one?

2020 in Review: The year was good to some, and not so good to others

Christmas gifts at auction: The perfect trifle bowl, a gramaphone and Yeats prints

Signed David Bowie self-portrait and print by Bob Dylan perfect for music lovers

Vaccine puns, Bob Dylan’s lump sum and Ikea’s ‘emotional but rational’ move

Planet Business: The times they are a-changin’

The time’s they are a changin’: Dylan’s catalogue sold

Universal Music acquires rights in nine-figure deal

Taylor Swift says her master tapes sold for second time

Investment firm taking over record label with rights to singer’s first six albums

European shares fall for third consecutive day

Sterling climbs amid flicker of optimism on Brexit talks, sending FTSE 100 lower

Claddagh Records agrees licensing deal with Universal

Independent label’s back catalogue includes Chieftains and Seán Ó Riada

Hozier and Taylor Swift lift Universal Music Ireland’s sales to €20m in 2019

Growth in subscribers to legal streaming services led to 20.8% rise in revenue

Counselling for musicians whose incomes have ‘fallen off a cliff’

Minding Creative Minds to provide support for musicians financially hit by Covid-19

Warner revisits stock listing plans as lockdowns fuel streaming boom

Original IPO was shelved as pandemic triggered market crisis

Savills bolsters office team in Dublin with key personnel

McCaffrey and Cuddy appointed as senior surveyor and associate director respectively

Universal Music Ireland sees profit slip 50%

Irish arm of music giant sees sales rise almost 10% to €16.5m

Global trade worries continues to dampen mood of European traders

Markets report: London’s FTSE 100 closes sharply lower, its sixth session in the red

Vivendi in talks to sell stake in music group Universal to China’s Tencent

French media giant wants to break into Chinese music market

Sibéal – Sibéal review: Talented young artist plays it too safe on debut album

Meath Gaeltacht singer has a powerful voice but does not fully unleash it

European stocks rise amid record highs on Wall Street

Vodafone surge and US earnings lend support to equities in final session of week

Olympic victories, Brexit posing and the strange case of the Universal fire

Planet Business: The battle ‘for the very existence of Britain’ continues

Taylor Swift releases new song Me! featuring Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco

Video of Me! gets over 20m views in six hours

No room for squares: 80 years of Blue Note jazz

Coltrane, Davis, Monk: With its roster of geniuses the New York label defined an art form

Copyright case against One Direction struck out at High Court

Singer-songwriter had claimed Night Changes infringed his musical work

Irish tech companies get set for Mobile World Congress

Many of the leading players in the mobile sector will use event to launch new products

European shares advance on trade hopes and ECB talk of banks boost

Iseq extends rally as it edges upwards

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ now most-streamed 20th century song

The six-minute song overtook the likes of Nirvana’s ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’ and Guns N’ Roses’ ‘Sweet Child O’Mine’

European markets down as Brexit turmoil continues to take toll

Iseq bucks trend and closes marginally higher with CRH and Kingspan weaker

Vivendi shares surge as music business drives growth

Hits by rapper Drake contribute to growth at its Universal Music Group arm

Legal music streaming services help boost Universal’s Irish revenues

Music label returns to profit in Ireland as turnover jumps 37%

European shares reach six-week high as trade war fears retreat

Banks and property stocks a bright spot on Ireland’s benchmark index

EU-US trade war averted, Kerrygold lawsuit, and €40m for Hibernia Reit bosses

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Acquisition gives Sony catalogue of more than 2 million songs

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