EMI Warners merger reports
Talks between EMI and Warner Music have reportedly resumed, with EMI now looking to buy a majority stake, though the Wall Street Journal says a deal is not imminent.…
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Lynch first signing to Starr's new label
Ringo Starr and producer Mark Hudson have launched Pumkinhead Records, marketed by EMI's S Curve, with Liam Lynch as the first signing.…
EMI admit to CD fault on PSB release
EMI has admitted a technical fault on some UK copies of the Pet Shop Boys' Disco 3, with a gap in the first track, and is offering replacements.…
EMI Warners merger rumours return
Rumours of an EMI merger with Warner have resurfaced, with AOL Time Warner reportedly considering offloading its music division.…
Yahoo adds subscription web radio service after deal with Sony
Yahoo is launching Launchcast Plus, an ad-free subscription radio service at $4 a month, following a settlement with Sony Music in a copyright dispute.…
EMI plan Ice Cube reissues
EMI's US label Priority is reissuing Ice Cube's first four albums in expanded editions with added tracks, followed by a DVD release.…
Global changes at BMG
BMG is restructuring globally, reducing country-level autonomy, with its labels grouped into five divisions while Jive/Zomba keeps A&R autonomy for now.…
US industry chiefs meet to discuss ‘crisis’
Heads of the five major US record distributors will address piracy and retail issues at Sound City Music's retail conference in Dallas.…
Classic albums to be rereleased on Next Level CD
Major labels plan to release classic albums on Super Audio CD, with EMI remastering Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon and Sony planning fifteen Dylan albums.…
Natalie and Silverchair boy to wed
Natalie Imbruglia is to marry Silverchair frontman Daniel Johns, who got engaged to her just before Christmas, according to EMI.…
Doom and gloom in US end of year sales figures
US album sales fell 9% in 2002, with Universal Music maintaining its lead and increasing market share to 31%, helped by Eminem's success.…
Radiohead preview three new tracks online
Radiohead premiered three new songs and a cover of Walking in a Winter Wonderland in a webcast hosted by Thom Yorke and Colin Greenwood, with EMI saying only early summer for the album.…