Warner Music Group and Bain Capital are launching a joint venture to allow for the purchase of up to $1.2 billion in music catalogs across both recorded music and music publishing. The partnership ...

Ac cording to Warner Music Japan, its re-issued 12-inch single also broke the country’s top ten sales chart for the first time.

Taisuke “manages a number of artists on Warner Music’s label in Japan,” according to Bronfman said at a conference. Shares in Warner Music closed up 8 cents to $10.95 in afternoon trading.

Warner Music Japan has announced vinyl albums including music from the first Super Mario Bros. games, as well as arrangement tracks of many of the classic tunes.

Warner Music Group (WMG), led by CEO Robert Kyncl, said on Thursday that it has acquired a controlling stake in Tempo Music Investments, an investment platform for premium music rights, from ...