EU to probe Universal-BMG music deal
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EU regulators on Friday opened an antitrust probe of Universal Music Group's plans to buy BMG Music Publishing for about $2.1 billion, saying the deal could damage "the already concentrated music publishing market."
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The European Commission will review the merger to determine whether the deal raised the price of recorded music.
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EMI Group PLC, the world&#39;s third-largest music company, on Friday said it and other music companies faced a New York probe into how music companies influence what songs are played on the radio.
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European Commission antitrust hearings over iTunes price concerns begin in late September.
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Vivendi's Universal Music has agreed to   buy BMG Music Publishing for 1.63 billion euros ($2.1 billion)   in a long-expected deal that makes the world's biggest seller   of recorded music also the largest in music publishing.
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The European Commission plans to open an in-depth, four-month probe of plans by Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc. to acquire joint control of U.S. ContentGuard Holdings Inc., a source close to the situation said on Tuesday.
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EMI Group PLC, the world's third-largest  music company, confirmed on Friday it faced a New York probe  into how music companies influence what songs are played on the  radio.
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Risking another trans-Atlantic tussle over Microsoft Corp., European Union antitrust regulators said Wednesday they were investigating whether the software giant&#39;s deal with media conglomerate Time Warner Inc.
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Unlaunched TotalMusic prompts price fixing concern Two major labels have been served notice of a fresh antitrust investigation, a music business newsletter reports today. MusicAlly's daily Bulletin suggests that the as-yet-unlaunched TotalMusic service, currently backed by Universal and Somy BMG, has prompted notices from the US Department of Justice. The report suggests all four major labels have been contacted.â¦
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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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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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InfoWorld - Apple and four of the biggest record companies have until Wednesday to submit their written response to&#160;antitrust charges that they restricted online sales of music&#160;in Europe.
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LONDON/NEW YORK  - EMI Group PLC EMI.L, the  world's third-largest music company, on Friday said it and  other music companies faced a New York probe into how music  companies influence what songs are played on the radio.
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The European Commission will probe its approval of a merger between the music businesses of Sony and Bertelsmann.
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The European Commission plans to open  an in-depth, four-month probe of plans by Microsoft Corp. and  Time Warner Inc. to acquire joint control of U.S. ContentGuard  Holdings Inc., a source close to the situation said on Tuesday.
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A European Union judge will weigh on Friday whether Microsoft should be forced to remove its music and video player from its Windows operating software
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BRUSSELS, Belgium -- European Union regulators said Monday they were investigating whether software giant Microsoft Inc. used its market dominance to squeeze out office software and Internet browser rivals.