Sony BMG Begins to Cut Work Force
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LOS ANGELES  - 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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Sony is the last of the four big record labels that have abandoned digital rights management software that limits how many times copies can be made of digital music.
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An entertainment industry group says activity on legal music and video services has dropped for the first time.
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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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Universal Music Group, the world&#39;s  largest music company, said on Friday it closed its $2.19  billion acquisition of BMG Music Publishing, which means it can  begin to sell off some European publishing rights as directed  by regulators.
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The announcement promises to be a significant break in the entertainment industryâs troubled labor situations.
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A year after the stillborn iTunes competitor was launched, Sony to finally bury music service sometime after March 2008.
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LONDON (Billboard) - Sony BMG has hit out at "ludicrous" press reports stating the company dropped Annie Lennox after a 25-year association.
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Sony said that its former chief executive, Nobuyuki Idei, will step down as chief corporate adviser at the company this week.
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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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including its own Sony BMG venture - over the MP3 song format. Sony is considering manufacturing devices that play digital
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The new owners of EMI Group said Tuesday that they plan to cut up to 2,000 jobs in a restructuring of the recorded music division
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British music giant EMI Group PLC is preparing to cut up to 2,000 jobs, or about one-third of its work force, as part of a contentious restructuring plan being prepared by the group's new owner, Terra Firma Capital Partners, reports said Sunday.
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Sony BMG has hit out at "ludicrous"  press reports stating the company dropped Annie Lennox after a  25-year association.
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British music label EMI said Tuesday it would axe 1,500-2,000 jobs following its takeover by a private equity firm as it faces up to a digital download revolution and slumping CD sales.
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Sony Corp. said Thursday that it will stop selling the two original PlayStation 3 models in Japan and focus on the new slimmed down version amid fierce competition from rival Nintendo Co.
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And then there were none Sony BMG, the last major record label that won't sell you music without DRM kneecapping will reverse its stance in February, according to a report today.â¦