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April 22, 2008
Sony BMG joins Nokia’s all-you-can-eat music service
...The support of Sony BMG is a significant...launch its Comes With Music service in the...company’s flagship music service. Tero Ojanpera...head of Nokia’s entertainment business, said...that Comes With Music alone might generate...sharing agreement with Sony BMG, the world’s... By Andrew Parker in London
November 11, 2005
Bertelsmann changes tack on Sony BMG
...media group, which informed Sony two months ago that it would...pushing for Rolf Schmidt-Holz, Sony BMG's non-executive chairman...executive role. Mr Lack ran Sony Music Entertainment before the merger, while Mr... By Arndt Ohler in Hamburg and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in,London
June 11, 2008
Bertelsmann seeks $1.5bn for Sony-BMG stake
...1.5bn for its half share in Sony BMG after opening talks that could result in Sony gaining full control of the world’s second-largest music company within weeks. Three people...than digital revenues have grown, but Sony BMG’s greater scale has cushioned it...of the pressures on EMI and Warner Music, the smaller music groups. Bertelsmann...ownership could allow deeper integration of music into Sony Ericsson’s mobile phones. Bertelsmann, Sony and Sony BMG declined to comment. By Gerrit Wiesmann and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson
January 10, 2008
Sony BMG drops online music copyright protection
Sony BMG became the last of the major music companies to drop online copyright...effect later this month, overturns Sony BMG’s previous reluctance to sell songs...limit unauthorised copying of digital music files. It also means that Amazon...Amazon’s director of digital music, said of the Sony BMG deal. Mr Blataxe also emphasised that... By Joshua Chaffin in New York
November 16, 2005
Sony BMG bows to pressure
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world...Wednesday and recalled music CD recordings...New York-based Sony BMG, said customers...remove any unsold music discs containing...costly retreats by Sony BMG, a joint venture... Paul Taylor in New York
November 10, 2005
Sony BMG in court over anti-piracy
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world’s second largest music label, faces a slew of lawsuits in the...a joint venture between Japan’s Sony group and Germany’s Bertelsmann. Sony BMG has declined to identify which CDs include... By Paul Taylor in New York
November 21, 2005
Sony BMG faces new spyware suit
Sony BMG Music Entertainment faced a new legal challenge...computers of consumers. “Sony has engaged in a technological...thought they were buying music. Instead, they received...costly moves against Sony BMG, a joint venture created... By Paul Taylor in New York
November 29, 2005
TRACK RECORD: SONY BMG'S PRIVACY DILEMMA
*The discovery of Sony BMG's "rootkit" software hidden on its music CDs has brought accusations of privacy...spyware violations *The controversy over Sony BMG's use of copyright protection highlights...ideas of property as the technology and entertainment worlds converge *Record companies and...
September 2, 2006
Four in race for BMG songs
...bids for Bertelsmann’s BMG Music publishing division in an...Universal Music and Warner Music Group. The other contenders...and Charles Koppelman, an entertainment entrepreneur who has teamed...is the world’s largest music publisher, had gone ahead...involved in the auction said Sony Music, another early suitor...the end of the month. The BMG catalogue has gone on sale... By Joshua Chaffin in New York
July 13, 2006
Sony BMG ruling rocks music industry
The global music industry was thrown into turmoil on...decision that led to the creation of Sony BMG two years ago, adding uncertainty to...court backed a challenge by independent music companies, which claimed regulators...Impala, the association of independent music labels, which brought the case, indicated...Commission to impose behavioural remedies on Sony BMG and lobby against an EMI-Warner combination... By Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson in London and Tobias Buck in Brussels