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  "slug": "downtown-music",
  "type": "company",
  "name_jp": "ダウンタウン・ミュージック",
  "name_en": "Downtown Music Holdings",
  "aliases": [
    "Downtown Music",
    "Downtown Music Holdings",
    "Downtown Music Publishing",
    "DMP",
    "ダウンタウン・ミュージック",
    "Downtown"
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  "also_known_as": [],
  "website": "https://downtownmusic.com/",
  "summary": "音楽の出版管理・ディストリビューション大手（2007 年創業、本社ニューヨーク）。Downtown Music Publishing・CD Baby・FUGA・Songtrust を擁し、145 か国・5,000 超の法人クライアント・400 万超のクリエイターにサービスを提供する。2026 年 2 月、UMG 傘下の Virgin Music Group が約 7.75 億ドルで買収を完了した（EU は Curve Royalty Systems の分離売却を条件に承認）。",
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    "founded_year": 2007,
    "headquarters": "米国ニューヨーク",
    "parent": "universal-music-group"
  },
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    {
      "label": "買収額（UMG/Virgin Music Group）",
      "value": "$775M",
      "delta_dir": "neu",
      "period": "2026-02 完了",
      "source": {
        "status": "disclosed",
        "ref": "Variety: Universal and Virgin Music Complete $775 Million Acquisition of Downtown",
        "url": "https://variety.com/2026/music/news/universal-virgin-music-complete-775-million-acquisition-downtown-1236668336/"
      }
    }
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      "slug": "downtown-music-biz-markie-nil-rights",
      "title_jp": "Downtown Music、故 Biz Markie の楽曲とNIL権を包括管理 — 死後IPを『垂直統合パッケージ』化、その親はUMG",
      "title_en": "Downtown Music Takes On Biz Markie's Catalog and NIL Rights — Vertically Packaging a Late Artist's IP, Now Under UMG's Roof",
      "category": "strategy",
      "published_at": "2026-05-31T00:00:00.000Z",
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