Universal Music’s £119m CEO pay offer may provoke shareholder revolt
Advisory firm urges shareholders to reject ‘excessive’ payout to Lucian Grainge, while Renault may also face backlash
September 2021
Universal Music Group shares surge in £110m bonus for Lucian Grainge
Listing puts record label’s British-born boss in line for one of biggest corporate payouts in history
February 2015
Universal chief Lucian Grainge tops 2015 Billboard Power 100 list
Breakout Universal artists such Iggy Azalea, along with Grainge’s hard stance on digital copyright help him knock Jay Z and Beyoncé off list
January 2014
Jay Z and Beyoncé top Billboard's Music Power 100 list
US magazine's list concentrates on the old guard of the record industry – with label bosses dominating top places
January 2013
Media blog
Openness, crises and mischief – what makes being a journalist worth it
Dan Sabbagh
Universal promotes Max Hole to chief of global operations
September 2012
Universal chief: EMI sell-offs won't halt £100m cost savings
Lucian Grainge remains bullish after music giant gets green light for £1.2bn takeover, despite EC's demand for divestments. By Mark Sweney
July 2012
Behind the music
Universal's EMI takeover: the great rock'n'roll swindle?
Helienne Lindvall: 'Assets' displaced by Universal's takeover of EMI are being offered for sale to independent labels – is it a good deal?
March 2012
Media blog
BBC's The Voice is an attack on the Simon Cowell juggernaut
Dan Sabbagh
Universal's takeover of EMI poses threat to musical diversity
Helienne Lindvall
May 2011
The music power 100
Lucian Grainge and David Joseph | No 2
Together, they are the UK music industry's most powerful and influential pair
November 2010
Universal Music chief plans cost-cutting drive to rescue troubled US operation
Lucian Grainge pledges to overhaul business after fall in earnings due to plummeting physical music sales. By Mark Sweney
July 2010
MediaGuardian 100 2010 1-100
23. Lucian Grainge
Job: co-chief executive, Universal Music Group Age: 50 Industry: music, digital media Turnover: €4.363bn Staff: 7,524 2009 ranking: 33
June 2010
Media Monkey
Universal Group's Lucian Grainge bids farewell to UK
Media Monkey: Bob Geldof turns the air blue as the great and the good gather to bid adieu to Lucian Grainge en route to New York
August 2009
Mandelson web cutoff plan 'potentially illegal'
Privacy campaigners, internet service providers and Labour MPs attack plan as unworkable
July 2009
MediaGuardian 100 2009 (1-100)
33. Lucian Grainge
Job: chairman and chief executive, Universal Music Group International Age: 49 Industry: music, digital media Turnover: €4.6bn (worldwide, including North America) Staff: 7,800 2008 ranking: 64
July 2008
64. Lucian Grainge
Job: chairman and chief executive, Universal Music Group International Age: 48 Industry: music Turnover: €4.9bn (£3.9bn) (including north America) Staff: 7,900 (worldwide) New entry
February 2005
Learning to smell success
Jane Martinson talks to Lucian Grainge, chairman of Universal Music UK.
May 2002
'Nobody's forcing people to buy Will Young'
Universal chairman Lucian Grainge could claim to be the most powerful figure in British music. He tells Caroline Sullivan why he's desperate to sign Simon Cowell and Robbie Williams.
