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| 12/17/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION LAUNCHES NEW AND IMPROVED BUSINESS TO BUSINESS EXTRANET WEBSITE SERVING MERCHANTS, MARKETERS, MEDIA, AND MUSIC INDUSTRY ALLIES |
| 12/14/2001 | JIM CAPARRO ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION AS CHAIRMAN OF THE ISLAND DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP |
| 11/6/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ESTABLISHES THE MOTOWNUNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP FUND TO SUPPORT FORMER ARTISTS |
| 11/1/2001 | ONLINE YAHOO CHARITY AUCTION FEATURES AUTOGRAPHED, RARE SHEET MUSIC BY TOP ARTISTS, SONGWRITERS & COMPOSERS |
| 10/29/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP’s “THE VIEWING LOUNGE” LURES PROMINENT ADVERTISING PARTNERS |
| 10/12/2001 | EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR. RECEIVES CITY OF HOPE “SPIRIT OF LIFE” AWARD; FUNDRAISING DINNER BREAKS ALL PREVIOUS RECORDS |
| 10/4/2001 | SHERYL CROW AND GWEN STEFANI JOIN ALL-STAR LINE UP TO HONOR EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR. AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF HOPE |
| 10/1/2001 | TOP ARTISTS COME TOGETHER TO HONOR EDGAR BRONFMAN, JR. AND RAISE FUNDS FOR THE CITY OF HOPE - Artists To Perform Classic Motown Music |
| 9/6/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP DOMINATES CHARTS, CAPTURING SIX OF THE TOP 10 ALBUMS |
| 8/29/2001 | VIVENDI UNIVERSAL COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF MP3.COM |
| 8/22/2001 | JOHN ECHEVARRIA NAMED PRESIDENT, UNIVERSAL MUSIC LATINO |
| 8/3/2001 | JIM WEATHERSON APPOINTED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT UNIVERSAL MUSIC AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION |
| 7/19/2001 | PRESSPLAY TAPS MP3.COM FOR BACK-END TECHNOLOGY TO POWER ONLINE MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE |
| 7/12/2001 | MICROSOFT AND PRESSPLAY TEAM TO DELIVER COBRANDED MSN MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE |
| 6/25/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ACQUIRES RMM RECORDS’ ASSETS |
| 6/14/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP COMPLETES ACQUISTION OF EMUSIC.COM, INC. |
| 6/11/2001 | PRESSPLAY TO BE OFFICIAL NAME FOR NEW SUBSCRIPTION MUSIC SERVICE CREATED BY SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT AND UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP |
| 6/4/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCES CLOSE OF THE SUBSEQUENT OFFERING PERIOD IN ITS CASH TENDER OFFER FOR EMUSIC.COM |
| 5/20/2001 | VIVENDI UNIVERSAL ACQUIRES MP3.COM IN MOVE TO STRENGTHEN DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION CAPACITY AND WEB AUDIENCE |
| 5/18/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP ANNOUNCES CLOSE OF SUCCESSFUL INITIAL OFFERING PERIOD AND PROVIDES FOR SUBSEQUENT OFFERING PERIOD IN ITS CASH TENDER OFFER FOR EMUSIC.COM |
| 4/25/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP TAKES FULL OWNERSHIP OF GETMUSIC |
| 4/20/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC MOVING TO BERLIN |
| 4/18/2001 | UNIVISION LAUNCHES ‘UNIVISION MUSIC GROUP’ |
| 4/5/2001 | YAHOO! AND DUET ANNOUNCE AN ALLIANCE TO PRESENT AND MARKET THE ON-DEMAND MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE CREATED BY SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT AND UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP |
| 3/21/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC AND VIDEO DISTRIBUTION NAMED DISTRIBUTOR OF THE YEAR BY NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RECORD MERCHANDISERS (NARM) |
| 3/20/2001 | UMI AND BBC WORLDWIDE PEN MAJOR ALLIANCE FOR CHILDREN'S RECORD LABEL |
| 1/31/2001 | UNIVERSAL MUSIC INTERNATIONAL LINKS UP WITH LEGO COMPANY |