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...KKR was an original majority shareholder in BMG when the music company was relaunched in 2008, but sold out to its partner Bertelsmann, the German media company, five years later....
...Music group BMG is preparing to spend as much as $1bn on songs and recordings this year, doubling down on acquisitions even as some investors are scaling back as interest rates rise....
...The boss of Bertelsmann, whose brands include European broadcast network RTL, publisher Penguin Random House and music label BMG, insisted the strategy of creating “national media champions” that could take...
...Music prices have softened in recent months as interest rates rise and the global economy slows. BMG and Warner Music declined to comment....
...Warner Music last March cut about 4 per cent of its staff, or 270 jobs, while publisher BMG laid off roughly 40 employees in October....
...Universal struck an agreement announced in October to start distributing vinyl and CDs from artists signed to rival BMG, although it is expected to be a low-margin activity....
...Today, about 60 per cent of BMG’s revenues come from publishing existing music....
...‘Open Arms — The Symphonic Songbook’ by Alfie Boe is out now on BMG. ‘Face the Music: My Story’ is published by Ebury Spotlight Follow @FTMag to find out about our latest stories first...
...The band is one of the best-selling groups of all time and its catalogue is sought after, with Sony Music, Warner Music, KKR-backed BMG and Oaktree-funded Primary Wave also bidding, five people with knowledge...
...Thomas Coesfeld, the 33-year-old scion of one of Europe’s most powerful media families, is to take the helm of the music label BMG as its parent company Bertelsmann prepares the next generation....
...KKR said it was “thrilled” to acquire some 62,000 songs for $1.1bn, which followed a $1bn fund it had arranged with music group BMG earlier that year....
...The 33-year-old scion of one of Europe’s most powerful media families is to take the helm of the music label BMG as its parent company Bertelsmann grooms its next generation of leaders....
...The music hasn’t died off entirely....
...With better planning and more consistency, Tension would be an album to set the pulse racing. ★★★☆☆ ‘Tension’ is released by BMG...
...Sales at the family-owned German conglomerate, whose brands include the publisher Penguin Random House, the music label BMG and the services provider Arvato, rose 8.3 per cent to €20.2bn from €18.7bn a year...
...Thomas Rabe, chief executive of the German business that owns the book publisher Penguin Random House and the music label BMG, said that although there were “major questions” about copyright protection,...
...Bertelsmann Investments is part of the sprawling Bertelsmann family-run media empire, which also owns Penguin Random House and the music label BMG....
...BMG boss bows out: Hartwig Masuch, the man who helped the Berlin-based music group become a challenger to bigger labels in the streaming era, is leaving after 15 years as chief executive....
...BMG and Warner Music declined to comment. Read more on the interest in Pink Floyd’s back catalogue here...
...Job moves BMG, the music label owned by Bertelsmann, has appointed as its next chief executive Thomas Coesfeld....
...BMG chief Hartwig Masuch this summer said: “the extraordinary thing about our first half result is that we grew revenue 25% with virtually no hits”....
...Autofiction is Suede in middle age; none of it is boring. ★★★★☆ ‘Autofiction’ is released by BMG...
...Tina Turner sold these rights to BMG last year. Assuming it takes off, the metaverse will offer plenty of scope to exploit such rights. For sure, not all the mood music is upbeat....
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