| 9 Jun 2026 | Universal Music Group buys back 14.15m shares from Pershing Square for approximately €250m | Variety | business deal |
| 9 Jun 2026 | Universal Music Group said to be speaking to investors ahead of a possible €1bn two-part bond sale | MBW | business deal |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Universal Music Group rejects takeover offer from Bill Ackman's investment firm | BBC | business deal |
| 26 May 2026 | Universal Music Group and TikTok unveil new multiyear licensing deal | HR | business deal |
| 5 May 2026 | Universal Music Group reports €2.9bn revenue for Q1, flat year-on-year | PRNewswire | business deal |
| 14 Apr 2026 | Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital offers to buy Universal Music Group, shifting listing from Amsterdam to New York | BBC | business deal |
| 24 Mar 2026 | Universal Music Group enters beach club business via joint venture with IMI Group | EDMTunes | business deal |
| 10 Mar 2026 | Universal Music Group posts Q4 and full-year 2025 earnings with revenue up 5.7% | PRNewswire | feature |
| 24 Feb 2026 | Universal Music Group completes acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings into Virgin Music Group | MusicAlly | business deal |
| 24 Feb 2026 | EVEN announces new agreement with Universal Music Group | RotD | partnership |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Coalition led by Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group, and ABKCO Music filed copyright infringement lawsuit against Anthropic | — | legal |
| 13 Jan 2026 | Universal Music Group announces collaboration with NVIDIA on responsible AI for music | RotD | partnership |
| 6 Jan 2026 | Universal Music Group and Roblox announce strategic agreement for music experiences | — | partnership |
| 6 Jan 2026 | Universal Music Group partners with Splice to develop AI-powered music creation tools | — | partnership |
| 8 Dec 2025 | Warner, Universal and Sony sign licensing agreement with AI start-up KLAY | — | business deal |
| 1 Dec 2025 | UMG's $775m bid for Downtown Music Holdings faces EU antitrust concerns | — | business deal |
| 1 Dec 2025 | EU issues statement of objections on UMG's Downtown Music buyout | — | legal |
| 10 Nov 2025 | Irving Azoff and Music Artists Coalition respond to UMG-Udio partnership demanding clarity for creators | — | feature |
| 10 Nov 2025 | Universal Music Group and Udio settle copyright litigation and announce strategic agreement | — | business deal |
| 10 Nov 2025 | Universal Music Group and Stability AI announce strategic alliance for AI music creation tools | — | partnership |
| 13 Oct 2025 | Independent music leaders publish 100 Voices campaign to block Universal Music Group acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings | — | feature |
| 11 Aug 2025 | Universal Music Group reports Q2 revenue of €2.98bn, up 4.5% in constant currency | — | business deal |
| 12 May 2025 | Universal Music Group posts Q1 revenue of €2.9bn, up 11.8% year-on-year | — | feature |
| 12 May 2025 | NTS Radio enters financial agreement with Universal Music Group, pledging assets as collateral | — | business deal |
| 14 Apr 2025 | Universal Music Group's acquisition of Downtown Music faces EU scrutiny | — | business deal |
| 7 Apr 2025 | Universal Music Group publishes 2024 annual report | — | feature |
| 17 Mar 2025 | Universal Music Group posts 6.5% rise in 2024 revenue to $12.8bn | — | business deal |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Impala warns Universal Music Group could increase stranglehold via distribution acquisitions | — | feature |
| 24 Feb 2025 | Universal Music Group and Music Health Alliance launch mental health fund for music industry professionals | — | partnership |
| 3 Feb 2025 | Spotify agrees new deal with Universal Music Group resolving songwriter conflict | — | partnership |
| 13 Jan 2025 | Universal Music Group and Amazon Music announce expanded global relationship | — | partnership |
| 18 Nov 2024 | Believe pledges to fight Universal Music copyright suit | DMN | legal |
| 18 Nov 2024 | Universal Music Group's $500m copyright lawsuit against Believe and TuneCore moving forward | DMN | legal |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Universal Music Group Q3 revenue of €2.87bn, up 4.9% YoY | Billboard | business deal |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Universal Music Group, ABKCO and Concord Music Group file lawsuit against Believe and TuneCore seeking at least $500,000,000 in damages | Billboard | legal |
| 11 Nov 2024 | Universal Music Group reveals 'artist-centric' changes coming to YouTube Music | MusicAlly | feature |
| 21 Oct 2024 | [PIAS] founders Kenny Gates and Michel Lambot are to sell the remaining shares they hold in the company to Universal Music Group | RotD | business deal |
| 19 Aug 2024 | Meta and Universal Music Group announce expanded global, multi-year agreement | RotD | partnership |
| 14 May 2024 | Universal Music Group predicts 1 in 5 streamers will pay for super-premium tier | MBW | business deal |
| 7 May 2024 | TikTok and Universal Music Group reach deal to return songs and artists to the app | TechCrunch | partnership |
| 4 Mar 2024 | NTWRK acquires Complex media company with Universal Music Group as investor | RotD | business deal |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Universal Music Group music removed from TikTok amid licensing dispute | Guardian | legal |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Maarten Walraven analyzes TikTok vs Universal standoff power dynamics | Substack | feature |
| 12 Feb 2024 | Alison Wonderland, Metro Boomin respond to UMG TikTok music removal | EDM | feature |
| 5 Feb 2024 | UMG's Michael Nash talks AI, superfans and the journey to a billion subscribers | MusicAlly | interview |
| 22 Jan 2024 | Universal Music Group planning to cut hundreds of jobs in Q1 | Bloomberg | feature |
| 15 Jan 2024 | Tencent Music Entertainment Group and Universal Music Group extend multi-year strategic licensing agreement | RotD | business deal |
| 8 Jan 2024 | Universal Music Group and Supersocial launch Beat Galaxy on Roblox | RotD | partnership |
| 1 Jan 2024 | Universal Music Group and Supersocial launch Beat Galaxy music hub on Roblox | RotD | partnership |
| 25 Dec 2023 | UMG and Supersocial launch Beat Galaxy experience on Roblox platform | — | partnership |
| 11 Dec 2023 | Universal Music Group, Sony Music, and Warner Music Group establish Music Industry Climate Collective (MICC) to address climate challenges affecting the music sector | — | partnership |
| 6 Nov 2023 | Universal Music Group posted Q3 2023 financials with €2.75bn in constant currency revenue. Recorded Music subscription revenue was up 13% to €1.41bn | Hits | business deal |
| 6 Nov 2023 | Universal Music Group holds an approximate total investment of £5 million for a 25% stake in influential independent online radio outlet NTS Radio | FirstFloor | funding |
| 30 Oct 2023 | Universal Music Group, Concord Music Group and ABKCO are suing an AI platform called Anthropic for using copyrighted song lyrics to train its software. | Variety | legal |
| 30 Oct 2023 | Universal Music Group and BandLab Technologies announced plans for a relationship concentrated on AI. | RotD | partnership |
| 7 Aug 2023 | Universal Music Group reported Q2 revenue of €2.7bn, a 6.4% year-over-year increase (8.8% in constant currency), driven by growth in Recorded Music and Merchandising segments. | PRNewswire | business deal |
| 19 Jun 2023 | Universal Music Group and SoundCloud in talks on artist payment overhaul | Bloomberg | business |
| 5 Jun 2023 | Endel / Universal Music Group AI soundscapes partnership | RotD | partnership |
| 8 May 2023 | Universal Music Group Q1 2023: revenue up 9.3% to 2.451bn euros | Variety | financial |
| 13 Mar 2023 | Universal Music Group quarterly revenue from music streaming surpassed 1bn euro for first time, Q4 revenue rose 16.7% to 2.94bn euro, 2022 overall revenue 10.34bn euro | Variety | financial |
| 23 Jan 2023 | Lucian Grainge calls for streaming compensation model to evolve | Variety | feature |
| 12 Dec 2022 | Universal Music Group acquires 49% shareholding in PIAS | RotD | business deal |
| 7 Nov 2022 | Universal Music Group reports 13.3% revenue increase to €2.66bn | DMN | business deal |
| 8 Aug 2022 | Revenue of €4.73bn for half-year to 30 June, up 16.9% YoY. Recorded music revenue up 10.1%, subscription up 10%. Music Publishing revenue €851m, up 42.1% | — | business deal |
| 30 May 2022 | LimeWire strikes licensing deal with Universal Music Group for NFT marketplace | RotD | business deal |
| 16 May 2022 | Universal Music Group Q1 2022 revenue rises 21.6% to €2.2bn | Variety | business deal |
| 2 May 2022 | Mental Health Coalition releases climate anxiety road map with Universal Music Group | RotD | feature |
| 11 Apr 2022 | Universal Music Group to waive unpaid advances for legacy artists and songwriters | — | business deal |
| 21 Mar 2022 | Universal Music Group ceased operating in Russia | DMN | business deal |
| 14 Mar 2022 | Universal Music Group posted record $9.4bn revenue for 2021 (up 14.4%), recorded music revenues $7.52bn (up 14.3%), streaming $5bn (up 17%), physical revenue $1.24bn (up 18.6%), publishing $1.49bn (up 12.6%), eight of IFPI's top 10 global artists | PRNewswire | business deal |
| 28 Feb 2022 | Universal Music Group announced NFT platform Curio will serve as outlet for NFT projects | RotD | partnership |
| 15 Nov 2021 | Astralwerks and Domino partner with Bob Moses | Mixmag | partnership |
| 8 Nov 2021 | Universal Music Group posts 17.4% year-on-year revenue growth in Q3 2021 | Variety | feature |
| 13 Sept 2021 | Pershing Square Holdings acquires additional 2.9% of Universal Music Group for $1.149bn | https://hits.com | business deal |
| 23 Aug 2021 | Vivendi sells 7.1% of Universal Music Group to Pershing Square Holdings for $2.8bn | https://variety.com | business deal |
| 9 Aug 2021 | Universal Music Group revenues up 17.3% to €3.8bn | https://www.digitalmusicnews.com | business deal |
| 29 Jun 2021 | Bill Ackman, whose SPAC struck a deal to buy 10% of Universal Music Group last week, is exploring options to increase his stake | NYPost | investment |
| 21 Jun 2021 | [PIAS] and Universal Music Group have announced a strategic global alliance. UMG will have access to [PIAS]' international distribution network. [PIAS] will remain fully independent | RotD | business deal |
| 11 Jun 2021 | [PIAS] and Universal Music Group have announced a strategic global alliance. UMG will have access to [PIAS]' international distribution network. [PIAS] will remain fully independent | RotD | business deal |
| 21 May 2021 | Vivendi considering sale of additional 10% stake in Universal Music Group to US investor | HR | business deal |
| 17 May 2021 | Vivendi said that the equity of its Universal Music Group was worth EUR33bn. Vivendi outlined a deadline of Universal's IPO, setting 27 September for the listing in Amsterdam. Universal generated EBIT of EUR322m over the first three months of the year | Reuters | ipo |
| 30 Apr 2021 | Universal Music Group Q1 2021 revenue up 2.2% year-on-year, 9.4% at constant currency. Subscriptions and streaming revenues surpassed EUR1b, a 19.6% rise | Variety | earnings |
| 8 Mar 2021 | Facebook signs licensing agreement with Universal Music Group | — | business deal |
| 23 Oct 2020 | Vivendi confirms plans to take Universal Music Group public in 2022 | — | business deal |
| 24 Aug 2020 | Universal Music Group appoints Cindy Gu as Head of Astralwerks Asia | — | business deal |
| 17 Aug 2020 | Triller signs deal with 7digital for catalogue access | — | business deal |
| 10 Aug 2020 | Universal Music Group H1 revenues up 3.5% at constant currency | Billboard | feature |
| 13 Jan 2020 | Vivendi sells 10% stake in Universal Music Group to Tencent consortium | Guardian | business deal |
| 28 Oct 2019 | Vivendi's sale of 10% stake in Universal Music Group to Tencent near completion | — | business deal |
| 10 Jun 2019 | Universal Music Group and Super Hi-Fi launch AI tools for artists | — | partnership |
| 25 Feb 2019 | Universal Music Group reported 2018 recorded music revenue of €4.8bn (up 5.9%) and music publishing revenue of €941m (up 10.2%) | Billboard | business deal |
| 18 Feb 2019 | UMG agrees to acquire Ingrooves, building on strategic alignment and previous 25% stake | Billboard | business deal |
| 16 Nov 2018 | Universal Music Group reports €1.49bn Q3 revenue | — | business deal |
| 9 Nov 2018 | Universal Music Group licenses catalogue to Boomplay | — | business deal |
| 19 Oct 2018 | Mixcloud and Universal Music Group announce direct licensing deal | RotD | partnership |
| 3 Sept 2018 | Alesso signs exclusive global recording contract with Universal Music Group's 10:22 pm imprint | Billboard | business deal |
| 2 Apr 2018 | National Geographic partners with Zedd and Universal Music Group & Brands to create original composition for One Strange Rock | — | partnership |
| 8 Jan 2018 | Universal Music Group reaches global multi-year agreement with YouTube | — | business deal |
| 1 Jan 2018 | Universal Music Group reaches global multi-year agreement with YouTube | — | business deal |
| 25 Dec 2017 | Universal Music Group reaches global multi-year agreement with YouTube | — | business deal |