Sony Music Entertainment

LONDON/LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - A European court has annulled the European Union's approval of a 2004 merger between Sony Music and BMG in a surprise decision that could force the world's second-biggest music company to be unwound. The...

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...in illegal behavior, as a form of guerrilla marketing. In 2004 Sony Music and BMG were threatened with anti-social behaviour orders by Camden Borough Council for illegal flyposting. Flyposting is commonly seen as a nuisance due to issues...

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UPDATE 1-US sues Sony Music over children's online privacy Recasts first paragraph and adds comments from Sony executive on expected settlement of case; adds background on Sony purchase of full Sony BMG joint venture) By Martha Graybow

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...Group head Barry Weiss replaced Davis as chairman and CEO of the BMG label group. Sony BMG became Sony Music Entertainment in 2008 and in his role as chief creative officer, Davis is reasserting himself in his role as starmaker at Sony Music.

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...Charges Its Music Fan Websites Violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony Music) has agreed to pay $1 million as part of a settlement to resolve Federal Trade Commission charges that it...

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...in Bordeaux, France) is a record producer and record executive. He started producing rock records in France and then moved to the USA where he worked at Sony Music and BMG. During this period he was also an artist manager focusing on...

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...will take all that cash, plus Sony is paying a further $600m for the business. Sony BMG will now become Sony Music Entertainment Inc (SMEI). As part of the transaction, the parties have also agreed to continue to share the...

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...to president of Bakery Music. In 2004, however, amidst BMG's merger with Sony Music to form Sony BMG that August, internal disagreements resulted in the three remaining original founders leaving the company. (Salinee had already left since...

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...Brothers Band and Tower of Power, among others. In 2003, Caplan left Sony Music to start Or Music, where he signed and broke hip hop artist Matisyahu and Grammy Award-winners Los Lonely Boys. In 2006, Caplan returned to Sony/BMG as Senior...

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