Universal Music and Havas form partnership to mine consumer data

havasVivendi’s Universal Music Group and advertising group Havas have joined forces in the hope of boosting revenue from artists via data mining at a time of falling record and digital sales. The so-called Global Music Data Alliance aims to combine Paris-based Havas’s expertise in online consumer behaviour with Universal Music’s huge playbook of recording artists to market them more effectively.

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