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Warner Music Group’s Q1 Earnings Show a Label in Transition: What You Need to Know


Warner Music Group's fiscal Q1 results for 2025 show total quarterly income, recorded music and streaming income fell, but cost-cuts freed up money.

Chief executive Robert Kyncl is trying to increase efficiency in legacy businesses and technology, while standardizing its sprawling global network, and striking more lucrative deals with streaming platforms. Nonetheless, physical revenue rose 7.8% thanks to the strength of releases by Linkin Park, Charli XCX, Teddy Swims, Mariya Takeuchi and Benson Boone. » Warner completed multi-year publishing and recorded music licensing deals with Amazon and Spotify over the past year, Kyncl said, though he declined to provide much detail.

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