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April 24, 2012
Report: UMG Finds 'Interest' In Its Music Publishing Assets
UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP has reportedly "received interest from companies including PROVIDENCE EQUITY PARTNERS and BERTELSMANN AG for music-publishing catalogs it's selling," reports BLOOMBERG, citing "three people familiar with the … more »
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September 9, 2011
Antitrust Suit Against Equity Firms Now Encompasses Clear Channel, Univision Buyouts
The expansion by a federal judge of the scope of an antitrust suit against 11 private equity firms is bringing the buyouts of CLEAR CHANNEL and UNIVISION under scrutiny. The NEW YORK TIMES' DEALBOOK reports that the suit accuses the firms of a … more »
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February 7, 2011
Would Another Private Equity Firm Make A Go At EMI?
As the music and financial worlds attempt to figure out the future of EMI, JOSH KOSMAN in THE NEW YORK POST writes it isn't easy out there for private equity firms looking to make a go of taking over large companies. "As CITIGROUP starts to market … more »
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January 25, 2011
Fitch Ratings: Four Possible Warner Scenarios
With the news last week (NET NEWS 1/21) that WARNER MUSIC GROUP had hired the investment bank GOLDMAN SACHS to seek out potential buyers for the company, many rumors regarding WMG and EMI began swirling. Now, FITCH RATINGS, an international ratings … more »
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November 2, 2010
Santa's 2010 Big Christmas Music List
The holidays have come early to a number of markets this year, with ARTISTIC MEDIA PARTNERS Oldies WSMM (OLDIES 102.3 THE STREAM)/SOUTH BEND being the first -- flipping to all CHRISTMAS music on OCTOBER 19th. Here's the list of all the stations who've … more »
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October 26, 2009
Powell To Serve On AOL Inc. Board
Former FCC Chairman MICHAEL POWELL is one of nine members of a new Board of Directors being appointed for AOL INC. when the company is spun off from TIME WARNER INC. POWELL, who served as FCC Chairman in 2001-05 and has been working for PROVIDENCE … more »
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October 17, 2008
Report: Investment Plan for Myspace Music On Back-Burner
Potential plans by NEWS CORPORATION to bring in private-equity investments in MYSPACE MUSIC have been put on the back-burner, writes THE NEW YORK TIMES, based on a PAIDCONTENT.COM report. Earlier this year, MYSPACE announced that it would turn its … more »
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December 3, 2007
Apax Tipped As Favorite To Acquire Emap
U.K. broadcaster EMAP will TODAY come a step closer to disappearing as bidders submit their second round offers for the media group's divisions, with private equity firm APAX understood to be the front-runner for its business-to-business publishing … more »
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August 9, 2007
Lawsuit Filed Against Univision Over 'Bribery Scheme'
A LOS ANGELES-based Latino record label has sued UNIVISION MUSIC for more than $10 million, claiming the Spanish-language company tried to financially crush the music firm after it spurned an alleged scheme to bribe radio stations into prominently airing … more »
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August 8, 2007
Update: WMG Stock Rises After Reports Of Going Private
It seems that WARNER MUSIC has found a way to raise the price of its stock -- spread rumors that its principal owners are considering taking the company private ... again. BLOOMBERG reports that shares of WMG stock surged as much as 21% after … more »