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Music’s Most Powerful Executive Hospitalized for Coronavirus

Universal Music CEO Lucien Grainge at UCLA Medical Center
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By Lucas Shaw

March 16, 2020 at 1:34 AM UTC

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March 16, 2020 at 3:32 AM UTC

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Lucian Grainge, chief executive officer of Universal Music Group Inc., has been hospitalized after testing positive for Covid-19, according to a person familiar with the matter.