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Music business shrinks from KKR

The buyout firm will likely exit BMG Rights Management because the big industry targets are gone. Continue reading

Posted on February 26, 2013 8:15 AM

Warner Music wins Parlophone with $765M offer

The EC-mandated auction yields a price above what industry watchers expected for the label group. Continue reading

Posted on February 8, 2013 9:34 AM

EC clears Universal's purchase of EMI business

The regulator orders two-thirds of the assets the companies must sell to be shed in one block, raising the prospect of a tussle between Sony Entertainment and Warner Music. Continue reading

Posted on September 21, 2012 12:23 PM

Branson considers Virgin Records bid

British entrepreneur Richard Branson founded Virgin Records in the days when records were made of vinyl and his less ambitious contemporaries could get high and spend hours watching them go round and round.Now he, too, has come full circle. If... Continue reading

Posted on July 17, 2012 3:01 PM

Universal Music, EMI defend fusion before skeptical senators

Executives argue that digital technology has transformed market dynamics, giving more power than ever before to consumers. Continue reading

Posted on June 22, 2012 9:00 AM

EC approves $2.2B Sony-EMI transaction

Regulators wave the $2.2 billion deal through after the Japanese electronics and media giant agreed to sell global publishing rights to four music catalogs. Continue reading

Posted on April 19, 2012 4:32 PM

UMG argues down its market share

The sale of EMI has raised antitrust concerns, particularly after Universal Music scooped up the recorded-music assets. Continue reading

Posted on March 30, 2012 12:00 PM

EC opens extended probe of UTC's Goodrich purchase

The $16.5 billion takeover could create competition issues in AC power generation, engine controls and aviation spares, regulators warn Continue reading

Posted on March 27, 2012 9:52 AM

The Who sell out

Pegasus-backed Spirit Music acquires a catalog of rock anthems from Pete Townshend Continue reading

Posted on January 25, 2012 9:07 AM

Q&A with Edgar Bronfman Jr.

In the new Deal magazine, the former Seagram scion and Warner Music chairman reviews his considerable deal history in the first interview since selling the label. Continue reading

Posted on January 23, 2012 1:08 PM

Guy Hands' request regarding EMI denied

A British court has rejected a call by the Terra Firma chairman for an explanation of why EMI was taken out of his hands by Citigroup and insolvency administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers Continue reading

Posted on January 11, 2012 2:59 PM

Guy Hands, the 'King of Securitization'

In an interview in his sunny Guernsey office, Terra Firma's Hands expresses no regrets about EMI and sees a future as an 18th-century merchant trader in 21st-century China. Continue reading

Posted on December 29, 2011 8:56 AM

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