Warner Music

Warner strikes right note as profits jump 62% in Irish business

Sales by Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa and Kylie helped Irish arm of music giant record 8% rise in revenues

Tue Jul 30 2024 - 19:23

YouTube seeks record label deals for new AI music tools

Licensing negotiations come as music industry wrestles with legal and creative impact of artificial intelligence

Wed Jun 26 2024 - 15:50

Warner Music Ireland profits jump by a fifth

Irish arm of music giant boosted by likes of Ed Sheeran and Dua Lipa

Thu Jul 20 2023 - 16:11

Bruce Springsteen sells catalogue to Sony in $500m deal – report

US star becomes latest singer to monetise career’s work

Thu Dec 16 2021 - 09:15

Tolü Makay named best female artist at Black & Irish awards

Inaugural awards recognise black and mixed-race community in Ireland

Sun Dec 05 2021 - 06:00

Warner Music in talks to purchase David Bowie’s songwriting catalogue

Songbook being sold by star’s family is among the biggest on the market

Wed Nov 17 2021 - 17:02

Adele’s big comeback: Sony’s album campaign leaves nothing to chance

Record label goes all out in its first release from star who was long away from the limelight

Mon Oct 11 2021 - 16:24

Britain refers record label dominance to competition authority

‘Meagre’ returns from current system under spotlight

Wed Sept 22 2021 - 10:14

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

Tue Sept 21 2021 - 21:48

Dua Lipa sends profits soaring at Warner Music Ireland

Album was released at start of pandemic and helped firm’s revenue rise to €14m

Mon Jul 05 2021 - 18:08

Joni Mitchell: The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) review – Essential listening

Not many artists can successfully crack open the hard shell that protects them from themselves

Fri Jul 02 2021 - 00:00

Irish creative agency Rothco awarded Cannes Lions Grand Prix

Firm wins award for second time for playlist aimed at helping children with speech therapy

Tue Jun 22 2021 - 18:39

Warner Music joins with Apple Music, Rothco in child speech therapy initiative

‘Saylists’ are aimed at augmenting children’s speech therapy by helping with repetition

Thu Mar 25 2021 - 05:30

Snowflake completes largest-ever software IPO

Demand remains high on Wall Street for cloud computing sevice businesses

Wed Sept 16 2020 - 17:27

Spotify to push live streaming concerts in response to Covid-19

Music platform allows artists to list upcoming events

Tue Sept 15 2020 - 16:21

Music streaming turns up volume of pretax profit for Warner Music

Irish business of studio giant amplified by annual revenue rise of 7%

Thu Jul 23 2020 - 19:25

Warner Music lands $1.9bn share sale for owner Len Blavatnik

Listing breaks lull in big deals this year

Wed Jun 03 2020 - 17:16

Warner revisits stock listing plans as lockdowns fuel streaming boom

Original IPO was shelved as pandemic triggered market crisis

Tue May 26 2020 - 15:04

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

French media giant wants to break into Chinese music market

Tue Aug 06 2019 - 12:28

Music streaming income leads to profit surge at Warner Music’s Irish arm

Latest accounts show the company’s pre-tax profits almost doubled to €546,865

Wed Jul 17 2019 - 20:16

Death Cab for Cutie: Thank You for Today review – Nothing’s gonna spoil Ben Gibbard’s bad day

Thu Jan 17 2019 - 20:30

Tom Petty: An American Treasure – A few gems in this posthumous boxset

Fri Sept 07 2018 - 05:00

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

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Thu Jul 26 2018 - 06:30

Gig of the Week: Dua Lipa at the Olympia

Unlike brashy pop stars of the 90s, Lipa’s message of independence is more subdued

Sat Apr 07 2018 - 05:00

‘There are very few songs about the famine. It was skipped over’

Singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke mines the darkest corners of Irish history on his latest album

Mon Oct 30 2017 - 05:00

Warner Music Ireland pre-tax profit up 63%

Irish subsidiary of music giant credits online streaming for increase in turnover

Sat Sept 09 2017 - 06:15

Profits slimmer at Keith Duffy’s plus-size clothing store

KSG’s accumulated profits remain healthy at €216,000 despite €35,000 loss last year

Wed Jun 14 2017 - 14:00

Music industry starts to dance to streaming giant Spotify’s tune

John Gapper: Digital pirates’ stringholds are being retaken by legal streaming services

Wed Apr 05 2017 - 13:55

Prince’s music catalogue set for release on streaming services

Return of albums to digital sites to coincide with Grammy Awards this Sunday

Wed Feb 08 2017 - 16:31

Ed Sheeran facing $20 million lawsuit over ‘copied’ song

Singer accused of plagiarising song released by X Factor winner Matt Cardle

Thu Jun 09 2016 - 08:57

The music industry and Facebook are about to get closer: who’ll gain the most?

Timing is everything and the fact that Facebook has now come knocking on the industry’s door is fortuitous for all concerned

Thu May 19 2016 - 15:00

Sweet madness of a Prince ‘interview’: no pens, no past tense, no Irish

When the late singer was heading for Ireland in 2011 he agreed to talk to Brian Boyd. It wasn’t a run-of-the-mill encounter

Fri Apr 22 2016 - 13:20

Soak scoops Choice Music Prize at Vicar Street

Derry-born singer-songwriter wins prize for the best Irish album over the past year

Thu Mar 03 2016 - 22:50

Spotify rival Deezer looking to raise €300m in IPO

Music streaming service to list on Paris stock exchange at the end of October

Thu Oct 15 2015 - 09:40