Sony BMG Begins to Cut Work Force
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Sony BMG Tuesday offered either early retirement or voluntary severance to all eligible employees at the newly formed music giant, warning that future layoffs may not be accompanied by such generous terms.
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British music company EMI is to axe up  to 2,000 jobs in a restructuring plan by its new private-equity  owners to save up to 200 million pounds ($392 million) a year  and recast itself for the digital age.
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Sony has released the first of its digital audio players to support the popular MP3 format, marking a significant shift in its music strategy.
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Sony's U.S. video-game unit is cutting jobs to become more competitive, the company said Thursday, as the PlayStation 3 machine struggles against rival offerings from Microsoft and Nintendo.
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TOKYO -- Just when Sony appears to have turned around its electronics business, another part of its sprawling empire _ video games _ is dragging down profits.
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The record label EMI is planning to cut as many as 2,000 jobs worldwide as part of a restructuring plan.
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Sony Corp&#39;s music unit is abandoning its CDs that use built-in technology that limits copying them, after pushing the program for two years.
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TOKYO -- 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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Sony BMG Music Entertainment on Wednesday named two top Sony executives to management posts in the newly merged company.
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Its proprietary audio technology was a flop, says Sony, as it announces at a Berlin consumer electronics trade fair it will shutter its Connect digital music store and open its portable media players to other formats.
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EMI, the world's third-biggest music company, whose artists include The Beatles, said Tuesday it would slash 1,500-2,000 jobs worldwide following its takeover by a British private equity firm.
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Sony Corp. (SNE)'s music unit is abandoning its CDs that use built-in technology that limits copying them, after pushing the program for two years...
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In a bold move to pave the way for more widespread licensing of music publishing rights, EMI Music Publishing and Sony BMG Music Entertainment have entered an umbrella
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Sony stops making copy-protected CDs, saying music fans have heeded its anti-piracy message.
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With YouTube dominating social video, Sony has decided to exit the sector and refocus its efforts on helping online video creators develop their content.
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Tacit admission of defeat IFA 07 Sony will next year kill off its Connect digital music download service, Register Hardware has learned. Its Walkman products will instead Windows Media technology, the consumer electronics giant told its customers today.â¦
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Sanctuary Records' UK recorded music business is to be closed as it focuses on its management arm.