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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

Vivendi fights on against Liberty damages award

A New York judge in June tells the French media and telecom company to pay $1 billion plus interest in relation to its $10.3 billion purchase of USA Networks over a decade ago. Continue reading

Posted on January 10, 2013 10:29 AM

Hard to hang up on SFR

With the potential merger of its Internet business with Iliad and a sale of the operations to former co-owner Vodafone now both apparently off the agenda, Vivendi's options for its largest unit are narrowing. Continue reading

Posted on January 3, 2013 2:08 PM

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

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

EMI deal threatens digital sales, consumer groups warn

The Consumer Federation of America and Public Knowledge say the transaction with Universal Music Publishing Group would give the merged company incentive and ability to delay or distort new digital distribution business models. Continue reading

Posted on June 15, 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

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

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