Hints and tips:
...“Based on first-day activity, it is clear that TTPD will debut north of 2mn units [in its first week],” music industry blog “Hits Daily Double” wrote on Saturday....
...to cash in on the revival of music revenue, saying songs were a better investment than oil or gold....
...The middle-of-the-road background music has become louder and I ask for it to be muted....
...(FT) News round-up Icahn urges ousting of Occidental chief (FT) Apple Music strikes multiyear deals with record labels (FT) Jamie Dimon returns home after heart surgery (FT) Moss Bros to be taken private...
...The interview capped an uncomfortable weekend for the president, which saw the Manhattan US attorney fired and reports that fans of Korean pop music, or K-pop, had “trolled” his presidential re-election...
...The choice apparently reflects the passion for music shared by KKR’s European TMT boss Philipp Freise and Springer chief Mathias Döpfner, a former music critic....
...The homage to Verdi’s classic opera was cooked up by Mr Döpfner, a former music critic, and KKR’s Philipp Freise, a fellow music lover who sits on the board of Bayreuth’s annual Wagner festival....
...Pirelli (BBG) Premier Foods unveils strategic review and put activists on board (FT) Metro Bank shares dive on fundraising, regulatory probe (FT) Exclusive: KKR, China's Tencent eyeing bids for Universal Music...
...Usually the daily opening auctions are uneventful, since everyone has a pretty good idea of what the stock is worth (because it was just trading yesterday afternoon)....
...Among the handful of objects that recall his peripatetic life are his teenage LPs (he liked Roxy Music) and a small table made of Australian tropical wood....
...Both in their mid forties and long expected to take over the reins of KKR, they will handle daily operations for the business....
...But as the Bloomberg story notes, LPs of both firms are left to wonder how conflicts will be managed....
...by LP....
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...Music-streamer Deezer also announced a delayed IPO recently for similar reasons....
...The technology companies have realised that, like photo sharing and music apps, news can attract and retain users of their mobile services....
...The Guardian and the Daily Mail each launched web operations tailored for global readers....
...And a reminder that poetry has its roots in music, and always will. Owen Sheers’ verse-drama ‘Pink Mist’ (Faber & Faber) was named Wales Book of the Year 2014....
...The People’s Daily reported on its website that China Investment Corporation was likely to acquire 4-10 per cent of Daimler, which would cost about €1.8bn-€4.5bn at the current market value....
...Mr Goldberg has also had personal experience of taking a company public as head of Launch Media, an online music service that was eventually bought by Yahoo....
...(Wall Street Journal) Sony rejoins BMG for Parlophone bid: “Sony has teamed up with BMG to bid for Parlophone and other EMI labels being sold off by Universal Music, reuniting Sony and Bertelsmann four...
...In her studio, you can’t help noticing the LP box of Bach’s St Matthew Passion on the staircase and a score of Beethoven’s piano music next to an old mixing desk, a relic of her pre-computer days....
...Tech news from around the web: Google Music, a streaming service that will store user’s existing music library on Google’s servers, is nearly complete and being tested on internally, reports CNet....
...But after recent market jitters, the music in the buy-out industry has yet again stopped – and the prospects for it to recommence after the August summer lull look bleak....
...double dip fears for Eurozone - Shock as Pontin’s goes into administration - Triumph celebrates five-fold profits rise From The Guardian, - Warner ‘plans $750m bid’ for EMI’s recorded music...
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