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UMG will welcome EU’s narrowing of Downtown deal concerns (update*)

By Andrew Boyce ( November 24, 2025, 16:40 GMT | Comment) -- Universal Music Group has good reason to cheer, despite an EU statement of objections against its takeover of Downtown Music. The charge sheet shows the European Commission narrowing its concerns about the deal, which now center solely on the idea that the world’s largest recorded music company could use data held by Downtown’s royalties-collection platform, Curve, to hinder competition.Universal Music Group has good reason to cheer, despite an EU statement of objections against its takeover of Downtown Music....

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