2001

• Dec 17 UMVD LAUNCHES NEW AND IMPROVED BUSINESS TO BUSINESS EXTRANET WEBSITE SERVING MERCHANTS, MARKETERS, MEDIA,AND INDUSTRY ALLIES
• Dec 14 JIM CAPARRO ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP
• Nov 06 UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ESTABLISHES THE MOTOWNUNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP FUND TO SUPPORT FORMER ARTISTS
• Nov 01 ONLINE YAHOO CHARITY AUCTION FEATURES AUTOGRAPHED, RARE SHEET MUSIC BY TOP ARTISTS, SONGWRITERS & COMPOSERS
• Oct 29 UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP’s “THE VIEWING LOUNGE” LURES PROMINENT ADVERTISING PARTNERS
• Oct 12 EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR. RECEIVES CITY OF HOPE “SPIRIT OF LIFE” AWARD; FUNDRAISING DINNER BREAKS ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS
• Oct 04 SHERYL CROW AND GWEN STEFANI JOIN ALL-STAR LINE UP TO HONOR EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR. AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF HOPE
• Oct 01 TOP ARTISTS COME TOGETHER TO HONOR EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR. AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF HOPE
• Sep 06 UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DOMINATES CHARTS, CAPTURING SIX OF THE TOP 10 ALBUMS
• Aug 29 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF MP3.COM
• Aug 22 JOHN ECHEVARRIA NAMED PRESIDENT, UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO
• Aug 03 JIM WEATHERSON APPOINTED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT UNIVERSAL MUSIC AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION
• Jul 19 PRESSPLAY TAPS MP3.COM FOR BACK-END TECHNOLOGY TO POWER ONLINE MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
• Jul 12 MICROSOFT AND PRESSPLAY TEAM TO DELIVER COBRANDED MSN MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE
• Jun 25 UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ACQUIRES RMM RECORDS’ ASSETS
• Jun 14 UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP COMPLETES ACQUISTION OF EMUSIC.COM, INC.
• Jun 11 PRESSPLAY TO BE OFFICIAL NAME FOR NEW SUBSCRIPTION MUSIC SERVICE CREATED BY SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT AND UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP
• Jun 04 UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCES CLOSE OF THE SUBSEQUENT OFFERING PERIOD IN ITS CASH TENDER OFFER FOR EMUSIC.COM
• May 20 VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ACQUIRES MP3.COM IN MOVE TO STRENGTHEN DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY AND WEB AUDIENCE
• May 18 UMG ANNOUNCES CLOSE OF SUCCESSFUL INITIAL OFFERING PERIOD AND PROVIDES FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFERING PERIOD IN ITS CASH TENDER OFFER
• Apr 25 UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP TAKES FULL OWNERSHIP OF GETMUSIC
• Apr 20 UNIVERSAL MUSIC MOVING TO BERLIN
• Apr 18 UNIVISION LAUNCHES ‘UNIVISION MUSIC GROUP’
• Apr 05 YAHOO! AND DUET ANNOUNCE AN ALLIANCE TO PRESENT AND MARKET THE ON-DEMAND MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE CREATED BY SME AND UMG
• Mar 21 UNIVERSAL MUSIC AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION NAMED DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RECORD MERCHANDISERS (NARM)
• Mar 20 UNIVERSAL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL AND BBC WORLDWIDEPEN MAJOR ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN’S RECORD LABEL
• Jan 31 UNIVERSAL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LINKS UP WITH LEGO COMPANY