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BMG Could Retain Some Euro Assets in SonyBMG Sale; Could Sell For Around $1 Billion - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 13 Jun 2008 08:06 PM PST

In the permutations being worked out for the sale of BMG part of music label SonyBMG, Bertelsmann is looking to retain a stake in the European part of the business,…

Bertelsmann Wants $1.5 Billion For Sony BMG Stake, Talks ‘Advanced’: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 11 Jun 2008 02:08 AM PST

Finally, some meat on the bone of the “Bertelsmann wants to quit music” story. An unnamed source tells FT Deutschland the German media group wants to sell its 50 percent…

Sony BMG Offers DRM-Free MP3s Via Dada - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 15 May 2008 09:39 AM PST

Dada Entertainment and Sony BMG have signed a deal to make full-length DRM-free MP3s available to Dada’s subscribers. The service charges $9.99 a month for 15 tokens, each of which…

Music Community Site Mog Gets $2.8 Strategic Investment From UMG, Sony BMG, And Angels - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 12:00 PM PST

Mog, the Berkeley, CA-based music community site, has taken a $2.8 million strategic investment from Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, as well as various angels. The site, which competes with…

Sony BMG CEO Says Company Plans Subscription Music Service - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 25 Mar 2008 05:03 AM PST

Look at us, we’re planning one too… Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG wants to get into the subscription music game. CEO Rolf Schmidt-Holtz told German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, summarized by…

@ Digital Music Forum: Keynote Interview, Thomas Hesse, Digital Pres. SonyBMG; Physical Not Dead - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 26 Feb 2008 04:25 PM PST

The common theme through today’s Digital Music Forum East: physical music is for all intents and purposes dead, or if it’s not dead, its only role is as a collectible…

News Corp. Working On Music ‘Hulu’ For MySpace - 5 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Fri 15 Feb 2008 02:15 PM PST

paidContent has learned that News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is pursuing a music joint venture for MySpace—similar to Hulu, its video joint venture with NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), but with variations…

@ MidemNet: Sony BMG Sees ‘09 Digital Tipping Point; Backs Unlimited Music-As-Service - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Sat 26 Jan 2008 11:09 AM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG reckons its digital music revenue will first meet that of its physical sales next year. “It’s rapidly going to 50 percent in the US - in…

Target Quietly Moves Into Digital Music, Finally; Sony BMG Deal - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 21 Jan 2008 02:55 PM PST

Target, the big-box retailer, is finally moving into digital music, with the low-key launch of a Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG album. The new album from John Legend, ”Live From Philadelphia”…

Amazon Confirms Sony BMG To Sell MP3s; Amazon First To Get The Big Four - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 10 Jan 2008 02:12 PM PST

It’s official… Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG will begin selling DRM-free tracks through *Amazon*’s music store by the end of the month, confirming reports that surfaced last week. In the announcement,…

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Sony BMG Confirms DRM-Free Debut - At Bricks-And-Mortar Stores - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 07 Jan 2008 12:56 AM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG has confirmed previous reports it will become the last of the major labels to offer DRM-free music. It’s a pretty tentative experiment - from January 15,…

Sony BMG Joining Amazon Music Store; Final Major To Try DRM-Free: Report - 2 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 04 Jan 2008 09:02 AM PST

Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG will join EMI, Vivendi’s (EPA: VIV) Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) in selling music through Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) MP3 store, making it…