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Business News • 1 min read

City news: RealNetworks results due, Warner Music figures due, Sanctuary losses

RealNetworks reports second quarter earnings, Warner Music posts third quarter figures on 3 Aug, and Sanctuary's new chief executive Frank Presland says the company is working to put its business on a proper footing.…

CMU Editorial • 26 Jul 2006

Deals • 1 min read

Channelfly owners attempt Sanctuary takeover

MAMA Group, owner of Channelfly, has made an all-share takeover approach for Sanctuary Music Group and may proceed with a hostile bid if the board refuses.…

CMU Editorial • 25 Jul 2006

Music industry legal news coverage • 1 min read

Sanctuary settle with former urban team

Sanctuary has settled out of court with three former urban division associates, Troy Carter, Julius Erving III and Tony Davis, ending their litigation.…

CMU Editorial • 11 Jul 2006

Releases

New Motorhead album

Motorhead will release their new album 'Kiss of Death' on 29 August via Sanctuary and support Foo Fighters at their Hyde Park gig on 17 June.…

CMU Editorial • 26 May 2006

Releases

Bruce Dickinson solo DVD collection upcoming

Sanctuary will release The Bruce Dickinson Anthology, a triple DVD of over six hours of solo videos and live material, on 19 June.…

CMU Editorial • 07 Apr 2006

Releases

Small Faces reissue Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

The Small Faces' 1968 album 'Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake' is reissued on 5 June as a three-CD set in a metal tin, including a Radio 1 documentary.…

CMU Editorial • 24 Mar 2006

Deals • 1 min read

Mathew Knowles ends partnership with Sanctuary

Mathew Knowles' Music World has ended its partnership with the struggling Sanctuary Group, and he is set to regain full ownership of his management company and label.…

CMU Editorial • 13 Mar 2006

Releases • 1 min read

Rush release new live package

Rush's two-disc live DVD R30, centred on a Frankfurt concert, will be released by Sanctuary on 28 November, after the label's Rush In Rio was its biggest-selling music DVD.…

CMU Editorial • 14 Oct 2005

Business News • 1 min read

Sanctuary axe jobs

Sanctuary will cut a quarter of its workforce, 175 jobs, after profit warnings and ending talks with takeover bidders, aiming to save £7m to £8m.…

CMU Editorial • 11 Oct 2005

Music industry legal news coverage • 1 min read

Slash and Duff sue Axl of G'n'R publishing

Slash and Duff McKagan have filed a federal lawsuit against Axl Rose, alleging he sold Guns N Roses songs to Sanctuary's publishing division without consent and kept the royalties.…

CMU Editorial • 25 Aug 2005

Business News • 1 min read

Sanctuary continue to suffer as no buyer is found

Sanctuary warned of a further deterioration in full-year results after key buy-out talks fell through, sending its share price down some 40% to a 13-year low.…

CMU Editorial • 24 Aug 2005

Business News

Morrissey new album plans

Morrissey plans to start work on a new studio album next month, a follow-up to 'You Are The Quarry', though his label is unclear after he fell out with Sanctuary.…

CMU Editorial • 19 Aug 2005