Mediagazer: Warner Music Group sells Uproxx, HipHopDX, and other assets to a new company, Uproxx Studios, formed by Jarret Myer, Rich Antoniello, and will.i.am (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)

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Alex Barinka / Bloomberg:

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M.G. Siegler / Spyglass:
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
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Murray Stassen / Music Business Worldwide:

Warner Music Group sells Uproxx, HipHopDX, and other assets to a new company, Uproxx Studios, formed by Jarret Myer, Rich Antoniello, and will.i.am — In February, Robert Kyncl - CEO of Warner Music Group - confirmed that WMG was in active discussions to sell its ‘owned and operated’ media properties UPROXX and HipHopDX.

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Will Sommer / Washington Post:

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Manish Singh / TechCrunch:

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E. Alex Jung / New York Magazine:

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