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
Dan is the director of business news at Billboard, overseeing all coverage of the music business, from record labels to publishers to touring to radio and digital service providers. He has closely covered the music industry for more than a decade, including five years as the lead beat reporter covering the record-label business for Billboard, and has written cover stories on Eminem, Lil Wayne, Pusha T, the Marley family, Lucian Grainge and the estate of Whitney Houston. Dan has also written e...| Billboard