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EU Ruling Will Not Affect Bertelsmann Publishing
July 18, 2006 at 12:33 PM (PT)
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BERTELSMANN told REUTERS (7/18) that the recent ruling by the EU Court that killed the 2004 approval of SONY BMG merger (NET NEWS 7/13) "would have no implications for the ongoing auction of its music publishing business" as a second round of bidding is underway.
Additionally, a BERTELSMANN spokesperson "declined to comment on a newspaper report that independent record labels, who successfully challenged the SONY BMG deal, plan to oppose the sale of the music publishing arm to one of the major music companies." Check out the NEW YORK POST's report concerning IMPALA's planned attempt to dissuade BERTELSMANN from selling BMG PUBLISHING to one of the remaining major music companies by clicking here.

