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Warner Music Group

Company · Media & publishing · HQ: United States · Transparency Register entry

As of 7 November 2026, Warner Music Group appears in 13 declared MEP meetings (10 different MEPs), most often with European People's Party.

13
declared meetings
with current MEPs
10
MEPs met
€100k/yr
declared lobbying spend
self-reported to the register
0.2
lobbyists
full time equivalent

In their own words

“Warner Music Group (WMG) brings together artists, songwriters, and entrepreneurs who are moving entertainment culture across the globe. Operating in more than 70 countries, WMG’s Recorded Music division includes renowned labels such as 300 Entertainment, Asylum, Atlantic, Big Beat, Canvasback, Elektra, Erato, First Night, Fueled by Ramen, Nonesuch, Parlophone, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Sire, Spinnin’, Warner Records, Warner Classics, and Warner Music Nashville.”

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“WMG’s music publishing arm, Warner Chappell Music, has a catalog of over one million copyrights spanning every musical genre, from the standards of the Great American Songbook to the biggest hits of the 21st century. Warner Music Group is also home to ADA, the independent artist and label services company – as well as next gen artist services division WMX, which includes Songkick, the live music app; EMP, the merchandise e-tailer; UPROXX, the youth culture destination; and HipHopDX, the hip-hop music news site.”

Stated goals from the organisation's own Transparency Register filing.

Who they meet, and when

Which groups they meet

Share of this organisation's 13 declared meetings, by the meeting MEP's political group.

European People's Party646%
Socialists & Democrats538%
European Conservatives & Reformists18%
Renew Europe18%

Meetings by year

Declared meetings per calendar year, 2024–2026. Bar length is relative to its busiest year (5 in 2024). Hatched: 2026 is a part-year - the record runs to 6 Nov 2026.

2024
5
2025
5
2026
3

Group is each MEP's current political group, not necessarily the one they sat with at the time. Shares are rounded to whole percent.

The MEPs they meet most

Hannes Heide
2 meetings · S&D
Maria Guzenina
2 meetings · S&D
Axel Voss
2 meetings · EPP
Jörgen Warborn
1 meeting · EPP
Laurence Farreng
1 meeting · Renew

The 13 most recent declared meetings

DateMEPSubject
20 Oct 2026Aura SallaAI and the music industry
15 Apr 2026Maria GuzeninaExchange of views
14 Apr 2026Hannes HeideExchange of views on cultural policy
6 Nov 2025Laurence FarrengIA générative et musique
8 Oct 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
22 Sep 2025Jörgen WarbornAI and copyright
22 Sep 2025Maria GuzeninaCurrent affairs in the music industry
1 Sep 2025Axel VossCopyright and generative AI
9 Oct 2024Hannes HeideExchange of views of cultural policy
8 Oct 2024Marco SquartaIntroduction meeting and general discussion about AI act and copyright directive
26 Sep 2024Joanna Scheuring-WielgusPriorities for the musical sector
26 Sep 2024Sunčana GlavakMeeting on EU policies impacting the music industry
10 Sep 2024Zala Černilec TomašičWarner Music + IFPI music recording industry

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