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Universal Music Group Launches TV & Film Division Mercury Studios, Led By Alice Webb

03.12.2020 - 20:16

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Universal Music Group has launched a new TV and film studio and has set a former BBC executive to run it.The record label behind groups such as Nirvana and Sonic Youth has established Mercury Studios with Alice Webb as CEO.

Webb joined UMG-owned Eagle Rock Entertainment last year as CEO and she will now run the new division, which will produce music-based factual, scripted and audio series.The new division will subsume Eagle Rock Entertainment, which is responsible for titles such as Miles Davis: Birth of The Cool and ZZ Top doc That Little Ol’ Band from Texas.Mercury Studios will have offices in London and Los Angeles.Webb said, “Music is a passion – it touches every part of our lives, which is why Mercury Studios is such an exciting

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