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LONDON -- EMI Group chairman Guy Hands continues to make changes, creating two new recorded music business units focusing on exploiting catalog and synch opportunities. EMI Music Catalogue, Compilations, Studios [...]

CANNES -- Artists and managers took center stage Monday as MIDEM moved into its second day. Peter Gabriel and U2 manager Paul McGuinness were the undisputed drawing cards, assembling full [...]

LONDON -- Warner Music Group on Thursday began selling DRM-free downloads through Amazon. WMG ended its MP3 holdout by offering works from its digital audio catalog for purchase from Amazon […]

LONDON -- Live Nation, which already promotes concerts, owns venues, sells merchandise and has a recording artist division with Madonna, is getting into another area of the live entertainment business: […]

LONDON -- U.K. distributor Cargo Records has pulled the plug on an Elvis Presley release after Sony BMG Music Entertainment in the U.K. threatened legal action, sources said. In one […]

LONDON -- EMI Group chairman Guy Hands is calling into question the necessity of music industry trade bodies the IFPI, RIAA and British Phonographic Industry. Hands, also CEO of Terra […]

LONDON -- A Pink Floyd comeback would be the greatest gig in the sky, according to a new Europewide poll. When asked 'Which band would you most like to see […]

BERLIN -- Vehicles will drive a viable revenue stream for record labels in the coming years, panelists said Wednesday at the opening session of Popkomm, the three-day international music and […]

LONDON -- For at least one night, Led Zeppelin will rock again. A long-simmering rumor was confirmed at a news conference here Wednesday: The three surviving members of the legendary […]

LONDON -- Organizers of the MIDEM music trade fair have selected China as the country of honor for its 2008 event. China will host the prestigious MIDEM Opening Night Party […]

LONDON -- Terra Firma, the new owner of EMI Group, ousted CEO Eric Nicoli on Wednesday and shook up the music company's board. Nicoli has agreed to 'step down' ahead […]

LONDON -- European equity house Terra Firma is playing down speculation that EMI Group CEO Eric Nicoli is on the verge of being jettisoned. Sources close to the music major […]

LONDON -- The U.K. government said Tuesday that it will not press the European Commission to extend the copyright term on sound recordings from the current 50 years to beyond […]

LONDON -- The global recorded music market in 2006 slipped 5% year-over-year to $19.6 billion, according to figures published by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. It marks the […]

LONDON -- iTunes is entering the live music business. Apple Computer's market-leading digital music store said Tuesday that it is throwing its considerable clout behind the free iTunes Festival concept, […]

LONDON -- EMI Music, Google and YouTube have struck what the parties jointly describe as a 'milestone partnership' giving YouTube users access to audio and video repertoire from the music […]

LONDON -- There's a new leading contender to acquire EMI Group. In a surprise move Monday, the company's board recommended that its investors accept a cash offer from European private-equity [...]

LONDON -- The House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee has recommended to the U.K. government that the term of copyright on sound recordings be extended beyond its current [...]

LONDON -- Paul McCartney's entire post-Beetles catalog will appear online for the first time as part of a 'comprehensive relaunch' of his repertoire, his record company EMI Music said Monday. [...]

LONDON -- Roger Faxon has taken the reins at EMI Music Publishing, parent company EMI Group said Tuesday. Faxon becomes chairman and CEO of the music-publishing giant, succeeding longtime chief [...]

LONDON -- EMI Group has rejected Warner Music Group's latest merger flirtation. In a statement Friday to the London Stock Exchange, EMI said its executive board had discussed WMG's 260 [...]

MTV has confirmed an international restructuring that it says might result in 250 job losses, or roughly 8% of its work force. The broadcaster's London-based United Kingdom operation will be [...]

LONDON -- Warner Music International is unleashing Rhino worldwide. The U.S.-based reissues and compilations specialist initially will be rolled out in 15 markets, uniting all of Warner's international catalog operations--including [...]

CANNES -- The mutual benefits of music makers getting involved in video games, movie advertising and consumer brand marketing were on parade as the Music for Images strand took center [...]

LONDON -- British newcomer Lily Allen scored a leading four nominations Tuesday for the 2007 Brit Awards, whose nominees reflect Britain's bumper crop of new talent. Allen is up for [...]

BARCELONA, Spain -- Eminem topped the fan-voted MTV Europe Music Awards on Thursday night at Barcelona's Palau Sant Jordi with three honors. The rapper-actor took trophies for best album ('The [...]

LONDON --- The split of the Sony B MG merger is virtually a done deal, Billboard.biz has learned. Well-placed sources said a Bertelsmann supervisory board meeting was convened Friday to [...]

LONDON -- Guy Hands has added the final touches to his sweeping restructuring of EMI with the appointment Monday of Elio Leoni-Sceti to the helm of its recorded music division. [...]

LONDON -- Apple said Thursday that its iTunes Music Store has blown past the 5 billion download sales milestone. The company also said that its customers are renting and buying [...]

LONDON -- Social networking site Bebo has recruited former MTV executive Angel Gambino to drive its music ambitions. Gambino will take the newly created post of vp music, based at [...]

LONDON -- The fate of the Sony BMG joint venture is up in the air, again. According to a report published Monday in the New York Times, German media group [...]

LONDON -- British commercial media group SMG has reached an agreement to sell Virgin Radio to India's TIML Golden Square for 53.2 million £ ($105 million) in cash. In a [...]

LONDON -- Guy Hands' reorganization of EMI is almost complete and will not entail more job cuts, the company said Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Britain-based company dismissed a report [...]

LONDON--Bumper holiday season activity helped U.K. download sales in 2007 rise by almost half over the previous year, according to figures issued Wednesday by the British Phonographic Industry. Total download [...]

LONDON -- Led Zeppelin will end its digital-music holdout when Warner Music Group makes the legendary rock outfit's entire catalog available to download starting Nov. 13. All online music retailers […]

Elton John's career-spanning catalog of more than 30 albums will be available as digital downloads for the first time starting Monday. Apple's iTunes Music Store will have the exclusive through [...]

LONDON--U.K.-based chain EasyInternet Cafe on Tuesday was found guilty of copyright infringement for offering customers an illegal download-to-burn music service. Peter Jamieson, chairman of U.K. trade group the British Phonographic […]