Music Publishers Sign &#36;1.7 Bln Deal on Web Radio
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Music publishers and U.S. commercial radio station owners said on Monday they had agreed to a new &#36;1.7 billion deal to cover licensing rights for music played over radio airwaves or via radio station Web sites.
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By David Lieberman  NEW YORK -- Vivendi's Universal Music Group put itself in line to become the world's No.1 music-publishing company on Wednesday after its $2.1 billion offer won a widely watched bidding war for Bertelsmann's BMG Music Publishing Group.
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Internet portal Yahoo Inc. said Tuesday that it agreed to buy Web-based digital music and software provider Musicmatch Inc. for &#36;160 million in cash, in a deal which will supplement the offerings of Launch, Yahoo's digital music site.
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SpiralFrog, a new online music   service, said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with EMI   Music Publishing to authorize SpiralFrog's use of EMI's music   catalog for legal downloading in the United States via   SpiralFrog's advertising-supported service.
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Record labels say no deal has been finalised with site which promised legal downloads of over 25m tracks
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Viacom Inc.   said on Wednesday it will sell its Famous Music publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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Classic FM owner GWR and Capital Radio are to merge in a deal creating a company with a 36% share of the UK commercial radio audience.
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Internet radio broadcasters and the music industry appeared to be moving closer Monday to resolving a dispute over a new system mandating higher royalty fees for streaming music online.
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Two of the World&#39;s largest Record companies have formed an alliance on new digital products. EMI and Sony BMG, which between them control more than 30% of the global music market, said the ground-breaking
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Digital music, distributed online or by mobile networks, accounted for $2.9 billion in sales worldwide, up from $2.1 billion a year earlier, the industryâs international trade group said.
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German media company Bertelsmann AG has signed a "definitive agreement" to sell BMG Music Publishing Group to Vivendi for $2.09 billion, the companies announced Wednesday.
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By From news reports  Vivendi's Universal Music Group unit said Wednesday that it would acquire BMG Music Publishing from Bertelsmann for about $2.1 billion, making Universal the world's largest music publisher, with a catalog that includes performers of the standing of Elton John and B.B.
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Vivendi SA is close to an agreement to  buy Bertelsmann's BMG Music Publishing unit for about 1.6  billion euros ($2.1 billion), a source familiar with the deal  said.
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German media group Bertelsmann agrees to sell its BMG Music Publishing Group to Vivendi's Universal Music for 1.63bn euros.
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Capital Radio, the largest commercial radio broadcaster in Britain, agreed Wednesday to buy GWR Group for Â£341 million in shares to reduce costs and increase advertising revenue.
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Music companies Sony BMG and EMI Music Publishing have entered into an alliance to introduce new digital products in the US and Canada.
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Three major recording companies have agreed to make their music available to be shared and sold over a new online file-swapping service.