Viacom, Warner bid for BMG Music Publishing
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U.S. media conglomerate Viacom has  teamed up with private equity group Apollo to submit an offer  for BMG Music Publishing in a bid battle that could top 1.5  billion euros ($1.92 billion), sources close to the matter  said.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SAN FRANCISCO - Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to distribute and license its copyrighted songs and other material through online video trendsetter YouTube Inc., marking another significant step in the entertainment industry's migration to the Internet.
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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc.  (VIAb.N) said on Monday it may sell its music publishing  business, which includes music from contemporary hit artists  Eminem and Shakira.
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Independent record companies said Wednesday they have decided to file a court challenge to the merger of Sony Music and BMG, the music unit of Germany&#39;s Bertelsmann.
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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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A revenue-sharing deal between video startup YouTube Inc. and Warner Music Group Corp. is likely to be the first of a spate of content distribution partnerships between Web sites and music companies, industry officials say.
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Warner Music Group Corp. said on  Monday it will pay about $73.5 million to take over Roadrunner  Music Group, home to rock artists including Nickelback,  Slipknot and Megadeath.
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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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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N) is considering expanding into the video game business and could acquire publisher Midway Games Inc. (MWY.N), according to a regulatory filing on Friday by Viacom chief Sumner Redstone, who owns a controlling stake in Midway.
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Warner Music Group  is considering making a bid approach for the music publishing arm of Britain's Chrysalis , newspapers said on Sunday.
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German media group Bertelsmann is  considering selling a part of its 50 percent stake in Sony BMG,  the music recording company it owns jointly with Sony Corp, a  source familiar with the situation said.
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LOS ANGELES Oct 29, 2004 - 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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NEW YORK -- Warner Music Group is "actively" considering making a new offer to buy rival EMI Group, which accepted a buyout bid for $4.8 billion from Terra Firma Capital Partners last month.
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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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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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Warner Music Group has made a bid approach for Britain's EMI  despite uncertainty over whether any deal would win regulatory approval, in the latest twist in a seven-year tit-for-tat takeover battle.
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Blog: Warner Music has reached a settlement with music-sharing service Imeem. Could legal music-sharing services finally be poised to take off?