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...Having worked closely with the Culture Secretary and listened carefully to representations from companies like Pinewood, Warner Brothers and Sky Studios, we will provide eligible film studios in England...
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...But the CMA determined there was a sufficient number of other companies including Warner’s ADA and Universal Music Group’s Virgin providing similar services to provide healthy competition....
...The company has hired lawyer Daniel Petrocelli, who defended AT&T and Time Warner when the DoJ tried to block their $80bn merger....
...My father went on to work with EMI, Parlophone, BMG, Atlantic Records and Warner Chappell Music....
...Public markets are full of other plays on the music sector, including publishing houses such as Universal and Warner Music and streaming service Spotify....
...Following in the footsteps of Marina Warner’s magisterial From the Beast to the Blonde, Jubber attributes the true credit for many of these now iconic stories to largely forgotten women, such as the Hassenpflug...
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