Viacom to sell Famous Music to Sony/ATV
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Viacom Inc.   said on Wednesday it will sell its Famous Music publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing, the song-music catalog co-owned by pop star Michael Jackson.
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Google Inc.'s  YouTube  has agreed to a breakthrough deal with major music label EMI  Group Plc  to give users of YouTube's video sharing site  broad access to music videos by EMI artists.
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Vivendi's Universal Music, the world's   largest seller of recorded music, is vaulting to the top spot   in music publishing, too, after agreeing to buy BMG Music   Publishing for 1.63 billion euros ($2.1 billion).
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Viacom Inc. VIAb.N has agreed to  pay a record $3.5 million to settle complaints that it  broadcast indecent material on its radio stations, the U.S.  Federal Communications Commission said on Tuesday.
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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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Let's see if digital pirates are willing to watch ads to get music.
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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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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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Google Inc.'s YouTube has agreed to a breakthrough deal with major music label EMI Group Plc to give users of YouTube's video sharing site broad access to music videos by EMI artists.
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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.
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Viacom Inc's MTV Networks Group has  signed deals to make videos available on five online video  services and Comcast Corp's broadband site, as the company aims  to increase its presence on the Web.
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment and online peer-to-peer software distributor Grokster are working on a new venture that is expected to offer paid and free song downloads over the Internet, sources say.
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THE REGION Viacom Inc.'s MTV unit agreed to buy Harmonix Music Systems Inc., the developer of video games such as Guitar Hero, for $175 million to expand its interactive and digital businesses. MTV, based in New York, and Harmonix, of Cambridge, will develop products for the cable television network's online and mobile businesses, spokeswoman Marnie Black said in an interview. ...
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Universal Music Group, the world's  largest record company, and advertising conglomerate WPP are  expected to unveil a 50-50 joint venture on Tuesday to link top  brands with famous artists, The Times newspaper said.
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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 that aims to lure music fans away from rival
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The company will begin selling music downloads in the MP3 format, at least in North America. Sony says it has no plans to drop copy protection elsewhere.
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Sony Corp. next week will launch a  marketing blitz in Europe for its new Connect music download  store, its latest effort to derail the runaway momentum of  Apple Computer's iTunes service.