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Coverage dated April 6, 2026

Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Offers To Buy Universal Music Group For $65 Billion

Headline from Forbes

Ackman’s proposal would move Universal Music Group’s primary stock listing from Amsterdam to New York.

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  1. Forbes

    Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Offers To Buy Universal Music Group For $65 Billion (opens Forbes)

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    Ackman’s proposal would move Universal Music Group’s primary stock listing from Amsterdam to New York.

  2. Digital Journal

    US fund Pershing Square launches takeover bid for Universal Music (opens Digital Journal)

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    American hedge fund Pershing Square, led by the activist investor Bill Ackman, announced Tuesday that it had offered to buy Universal Music Group in a

  3. Al Jazeera

    Billionaire investor Ackman makes $64bn bid for Universal Music Group (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Universal Music, the label behind superstars Taylor Swift and Bad Bunny, is expected to list in NY from Amsterdam.

  4. Deadline

    Universal Music Receives Bid From Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square (opens Deadline)

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    Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square submitted a bid to buy Universal Music Group in a cash and stock deal worth $64.4 billion.

  5. Los Angeles Times

    Billionaire investor launches $65-billion Universal Music takeover bid (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Pershing Square's Bill Ackman is offering over $65 billion to purchase one of music's largest labels, Universal Music Group. The label represents Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar and Bad Bunny.

  6. The Guardian

    Universal Music, home to Taylor Swift and Drake, receives €55bn takeover offer (opens The Guardian)

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    Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square claims world’s biggest music company has suffered due to delay of US listing

  7. CNN

    Bill Ackman’s fund wants to buy Universal Music (opens CNN)

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    Pershing Square Capital Management, founded by billionaire Bill Ackman, has offered to buy Universal Music Group, the record company behind Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar and Sabrina Carpenter among other artists.

  8. The Hollywood Reporter

    Universal Music Group Gets $63.5 Billion Takeover Offer From Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square (opens The Hollywood Reporter)

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    Bill Ackman's Pershing Square offered to buy Universal Music Group for more than $63 billion, citing its stock underperformance.

  9. CBS News

    Universal Music targeted in takeover bid by hedge fund Pershing Square (opens CBS News)

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    American hedge fund Pershing Square announced it's offered to buy Universal Music Group in a merger, saying it believed the world's biggest music label was undervalued by stock markets.

  10. Variety

    Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Unveils Takeover Bid for Universal Music Group (opens Variety)

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    Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital has unveiled a takeover bid for Universal Music Group, saying the stock has 'languished'

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