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When business partners fall out over who should take credit for past success

The dispute around Web Summit is detailed in a 31-page Superior Court of California filing whose contents are disputed

Britain refers record label dominance to competition authority

‘Meagre’ returns from current system under spotlight

Universal Music shares hit the high notes on their trading debut

Streaming boom sees record company valued at €45.5bn, with $140m payday for CEO

European shares soar after slump on Evergrande worries

Music label Universal Music Group soared 38 per cent in its stock market debut

YouTube music services hit 50m subscribers in race to catch Spotify

After a slow start, YouTube’s music services are gaining subscribers from rivals

European stocks end lower on virus and policy jitters

Travel stocks slide on coronavirus woes while investors fret over US monetary policy

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

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