{"id":5948,"date":"2026-06-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/universal-music-group-rejects-takeover-bid-legal-actions-filed\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:00:00","slug":"universal-music-group-rejects-takeover-bid-legal-actions-filed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/universal-music-group-rejects-takeover-bid-legal-actions-filed\/","title":{"rendered":"Universal Music Group Rejects Takeover Bid, Legal Actions Filed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Universal Music Group (UMG) officially rejected a $64 billion takeover bid from <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/universal-music-group-rejects-pershing-square-bid\/\">Pershing Square Capital Management<\/a>. 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