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Universal Music Group’s (UMG’s) merchandise and brand management company, Bravado has announced a series of leadership appointments.Alyssa Tobias has been named Vice President, Head of Creative Services; Bill Ashton, Head of A&R; Keith…

The Age’s opinion section is rolling out a series of summer pieces on the theme of ‘My Best, My First, My Worst’. These stories, penned by Age writers, range from humorous to poignant and thought-provoking tales of love, loss and summer…

Merchandise rights for The Beatles across retail, licensing and e-commerce in North America have returned to Universal Music Group’s merchandise and brand management company, Bravado.The deal, between Apple Corps Ltd. and Bravado, reunites…

In January, gaming platform The Sandbox struck its first deal with a major music company, Warner Music Group, to create what it described at the time as “the first music-themed world” within The Sandbox gaming metaverse.Today (May 18), we…

Bravado, Universal Music Group’s merchandise and brand management company, has announced what it calls the “centralization” of both the Bravado and Epic Rights licensing rosters.The new structure will see Epic Rights’ SVP Global Licensing,…

Merchandise is big business again for the major music companies.According to its financial filings, Universal Music Group generated €363 million ($429m) from ‘Merch and Other’ in 2021, up 45.4% year-on-year.That bounce reflected a…

Two years ago, the major music companies were all splashing big money on growing their merchandising / apparel offering for artists.Warner Music Group had recently spent $180 million buying merch maker (and e-commerce store) EMP in Europe.…

New Delhi, July 14 Why? As thousands crowd into markets, public places and holiday destinations seemingly without thought for the devastating second wave India is barely out of or the…