The probe into the Universal Music-Downtown deal was paused by the European Commission because relevant documents had not been submitted.| Billboard
UMG’s Downtown deal sparked forceful memos and open letters from Virgin Records co-CEOs and, now, hundreds ofindie music executives.| Billboard
Downtown CEO Pieter van Rijn has blasted controversy around the company's Virgin acquisition in a new open letter.| Billboard
As lead analyst, Glenn has covered the business side of music for Billboard for 12 years. He focuses on financial topics, closely covers public companies’ earnings reports and pores over annual reports and other financial disclosures. He also covers startups and new technologies, catalog acquisitions, global trends, the streaming business and market research in the music business. As the number of publicly traded music companies exploded, Glenn created the Billboard Global Music Index that ...| Billboard