Opponents of the deal express concern that the newly created company would create a monopoly in the recorded music market.read more full story ![]()

"There are many more opportunities in the future than threats we've had to endure in the past," said Universal Music Group chairman Lucian Grainge, who tops Billboard's list.
hollywoodreporter.com (3 months and 11 days ago)
You might not know his name, but if you're a music fan, you've probably contributed to the $16 million Holmby Hills mansion that he just bought. Irving Azoff is one of the most influential people in the music business, with a recent article in Billboard naming him as THE #1 most powerful.
forbes.com (23 hours ago)

Jeffrey Katzenberg announces they will replace Nathan Myhrvold and Richard Sherman at an upcoming shareholders meeting.
hollywoodreporter.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
Mr. Maffei replaces Irving Azoff, the longtime music executive who had helped see Live Nation through its merger with Ticketmaster in 2010, and left at the end of last year.
nytimes.com (2 months and 9 days ago)
The company, which acquired EMI’s recorded music division in a $1.9 billion deal approved by European regulators last year, announced on Wednesday that it had sold EMI’s share of the long-running pop compilation series “Now That’s What I Call Music!” to Sony Music.
nytimes.com (2 months and 23 days ago)

Irving Azoff manager of Eddie Alex and Wolfgang Van Halen has debunked a rumor singer David Lee Roth has spread in recent interviews that rockers Van Halen will perform "probably 50 60 shows" in Europe beginning at the end of this year "Nothing's been discussed yet" Azoff tells Rolling Stone...
rollingstone.com (2 months and 11 days ago)

It is the latest phase of integration following Universal’s £1.2bn buyout of EMI last year, which gave it control of Virgin Music.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 5 days ago)

There was resistance to Universal's EMI deal, but this move could be could be Tinie Tempah, Kylie and others' best optionLast week Warner Music Group bought the Parlophone Label Group after Universal Music Group was forced by EU regulators to make divestments in the wake of its purchase of EMI Music (the label's record arm). The UMG purchase of EMI was met by fierce...
guardian.co.uk (3 months and 5 days ago)

It is the latest phase of integration following Universal’s £1.2bn buyout of EMI last year, which gave it control of Virgin Music.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 4 days ago)

"The Way, Way Back," directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, who won an Oscar for "The Descendants," will screen at 7 and 10 p.m. Tuesday
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