Label lay-offs and Universal X Chord Music: Talking Trends

MBW's Talking Trends is back! On this episode, Music Business Worldwide founder, Tim Ingham, is joined by US-based industry expert, Charlie D'Atri, to discuss two specific topics that have made headlines in recent weeks: (1) A recent wave of lay-off announcements at major music companies, and (2) Universal Music Group's new $240 million investment into Chord Music.People and companies mentioned on this Talking Trends podcast include: Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, Robert Kyncl, Julie Greenwald, Chance The Rapper, Peter Mensch, Cliff Burnstein, Roc Nation, John Janick, Monte Lipman, Irving Azoff, Jeffrey Azoff,  Stephen Hendel, Sam Hendel, AWAL, In2une, Sir Lucian Grainge, Boyd Muir, Mubadala, Sony Corp, EMI Music Publishing, Golnar Khosrowshahi, Reservoir, Blackstone, KKR, and Hipgnosis.Music Business Worldwide's Podcasts are supported by Voly Entertainment (previously known as Voly Music).

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Music Business Worldwide (MBW) is the leading information and jobs service for the global music industry. It publishes two podcasts: The weekly series, Talking Trends – which dives behind the biggest headlines in the music industry – as well as The MBW Podcast, which sees us interview some of the leading figures in the global business.