Warhol Foundation sues photographer over 1984 Prince portraits
The estate of Andy Warhol has sued photographer Lynn Goldsmith in a dispute over a 1984 series of artworks featuring…
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Rejigs and redundancies as Universal/EMI consolidation continues
Warner Music has sold German digital distribution business Zebralution back to its founders, and a consortium of other indie labels,…
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Newly independent Chrysalis Records extends catalogue with more EMI divestments from Warner
The newly independent Chrysalis Records has acquired four more chunks of old EMI catalogue from Warner Music, bringing recordings from…
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Terra Firma bails on its EMI dispute with Citigroup
Private equity firm Terra Firma sensationally abandoned its long running lawsuit against Citigroup in relation to its 2007 acquisition of…
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Citigroup lawyer says Guy Hands recollection of his EMI purchase “all over the place”
The recollections of Terra Firma chief Guy Hands of the days leading up to his audacious purchase of EMI in…
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Terra Firma returns to court to accuse Citigroup over its 2007 EMI acquisition
OK, old timers, here we go again.
Remember EMI? It was a record company and music publisher. Remember Guy Hands?…
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Blue Raincoat acquires Chrysalis Records, reuniting the label with founder Chris Wright
Chris Wright is back involved with Chrysalis Records, the record company he co-founded in 1968 and later sold to EMI…
P2P ticket selling platform The Physical Network combines with We Represent, becomes StreetTeam
The Physical Network and We Represent combine to form new brand StreetTeam…
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Radiohead catalogue moves to XL, suggesting Warner’s offload of Parlophone assets to indies is underway
A load of chitter chatter as to why some of Radiohead’s catalogue had disappeared from the streaming services – was…
Former MegaUpload exec pleads guilty to copyright infringement, jailed for a year
The former MegaUpload employee who suddenly showed up in the US last week has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement,…
One of the MegaUpload accused is in the US, speculation he’s prepared to testify against Dotcom
One of the men facing extradition to the US for his involvement in the running of controversial file-transfer company MegaUpload…
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Date set for Terra Firma and Citigroup’s EMI deal retrial
Ah, remember when Terra Firma owned EMI? They were happy, heady days. I miss em. The job culls. The amusing…