Universal to buy BMG publishing
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Bertelsmann agrees to sell its BMG Music Publishing Group to Vivendi's Universal Music for 1.63m euros ($2.1m; Â£1.1m).
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Universal wants monthly deals to sell its music through Apple's iTunes rather than an annual one, a report says.
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NBC Universal said on Tuesday it has  agreed to buy Sparrowhawk Media, which owns the international  operations of the Hallmark Channel, confirming an earlier  Reuters report.
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German media giant Bertelsmann said it had agreed to sell its BMG Music Publishing arm to French group Vivendi for 1.63 billion euros (two billion dollars).
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Sony BMG will start selling music downloads in the copy-protection-free MP3 format later this month in North America, as even the last holdout among the major record labels crumbled to the growing trend.
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Houghton Mifflin Riverdeep Groupâs agreement to acquire the United States educational business of the Harcourt division of Reed Elsevier is the latest in a series of deals that have transformed educational publishing.
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Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N)  said on  Wednesday it has agreed a deal to sell its Famous Music  Publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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Universal Music, the world's largest  music company, is teaming up with advertising conglomerate WPP  Group to link bands and brands.
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Music industry giants have agreed on a deal that aims to boost developement of new music distribution methods in the US and Canada.
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Universal Music, the world's number one seller of recorded music, has said it was set to become the world's top music publisher thanks to a 1.63-billion-euro (2.0-billion-dollar) deal to buy Bertelsmann's BMG Music Publishing unit.
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Centenary Music Holdings Ltd, part of  the Universal Music Group, said on Friday it had agreed to buy  struggling British music company Sanctuary Group for around  44.5 million pounds ($87.7 million).
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A new online music service, Peer Impact, has signed deals with three major music labels -- Sony BMG, Universal and Warner. What sets Peer Impact apart is its use of a peer-to-peer distribution
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BERLIN -- 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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The EU launches a probe into Universal Music's proposed $2.1bn takeover of music publishing rival BMG.
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Struggling music label Sanctuary said Friday it has agreed to a takeover from Universal Music worth about 44.5 million pounds.
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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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Universal Music's publishing division  has overtaken EMI as the world's leading major music publisher,  according to market research on Monday.