Vivendi Condemns 'Indecent' Apple Contract
Along with NBC, Vivendi is one of many large media companies that are trying to challenge Apple’s grip on the digital entertainment market and obtain more control over pricing, Reuters reports in a new article about the companies’ esteemed music publishing unit, Universal Music Group (UMG). The publisher said it was in talks with rival distributors.
“The split between Apple and (music) producers is indecent … Our contracts give too good a share to Apple,” Vivendi Chief Executive Jean-Bernard Levy told reporters at a gathering on Monday organized by the association of media journalists in France, Reuters said in the report.
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