Oh, oh, stop the presses. Well, don't press the send button I suppose. The EU Court Of First Instance has ruled that the European Commission should not, yes, should not have allowed the SonyBMG merger to go ahead (you'll remember pan-European trade body IMPALA was appealing the decision by EC officials to approve the merger). Quite what this means I'm not sure - quite how you would go about unmerging a totally merged entity I don't know - did anyone at Bedford House hold on to their old business cards? And whether this decision means an end of EMI and Warner's hopes of merger, we're not sure either. Needless to say - more on that tomorrow.
Jul 13, 2006
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EU court rules against SonyBMG merger, two years late
The EU Court of First Instance has ruled the European Commission should not have approved the SonyBMG merger, with implications still unclear.