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BusinessWeek
January 12, 2004 |
Second Acts A $2.6 billion purchase of Warner Music Group by Bronfman and a group of investors may give him a shot at redemption.   |
BusinessWeek
July 8, 2010
Jesse Kornbluth |
Bronfman's Redemption Song Fortune's Fool: Edgar Bronfman Jr., Warner Music, and an Industry in Crisis, by Fred Goodman, discusses what Edgar Bronfman Jr., scion of the Seagram liquor empire, doing as the CEO of Warner Music Group. |
The Motley Fool
March 2, 2004
Dave Marino-Nachison |
Warner Music Prepares for Cuts A published report confirms suspicions that many music jobs are at risk. |
InternetNews
December 27, 2007 |
Amazon Adds Warner Music to MP3 Downloads Amazon.com has signed on Warner Music Group to its music download service, which aims to compete with Apple's industry-dominating iTunes online store. |
InternetNews
March 3, 2006
Ed Sutherland |
NewProbe of Online Music Underway The U.S. Department of Justice confirmed that the department's antitrust unit is looking into the four largest record labels and possible "uncompetitive practices" of music download pricing. |
BusinessWeek
December 8, 2003
Grover & Lowry |
Will Bronfman Have The Last Laugh? If piracy keeps falling and Web sales keep climbing, Warner Music has a chance. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005 |
Edgar Bronfman, on the Record Warner Music Group's CEO discusses why it was the right time to go public, the myth of his search for redemption, and Vivendi under Messier. |
InternetNews
January 8, 2008 |
Apple Seen Set to Resolve EU iTunes Case Charges that Apple broke European rules by pricing songs country-by-country may soon be ended. |
InternetNews
November 7, 2008
Susan Kuchinskas |
The Future of Music in the Web 2.0 Era MySpace and Warner Music Group partnership could be the shape of digital music to come. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005
Tom Lowry |
Warner's Oldies But Goodies Can legends Ertegun, Stein, and Holzman find new stars to make Warner Music sing? |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2010
Cathy Applefeld Olson |
EMI's Bittersweet Symphony Industry consolidation may lie ahead. |
The Motley Fool
June 8, 2007
Emil Lee |
Can Warner Music Group Cross the Digital Chasm? Warner Music has a very strong lineup of artists, and there are plenty of people who want the product, but they need to keep the momentum going as the company continues to explore potential revenue paths in digital distribution. Investors, take note. |
AskMen.com
July 29, 2002
Ash Karbasfrooshan |
Business Survival: Culture Is Key Jean-Marie Messier's downfall is a great lesson for young professionals, because the world around us is changing and we are expected to lead that metamorphosis. |
InternetNews
December 27, 2005
Roy Mark |
NY State May Probe Digital Download Pricing In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week, Warner Music Group disclosed that it had received subpoenas regarding the pricing of digital music downloads. |
Home Theater
July 9, 2007 |
Universal Balks at iTunes Renewal Vivendi's Universal Music Group declined to renew its annual agreement with iTunes, selling content only "at will." |
The Motley Fool
April 24, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Sing Along With Yahoo! A deal with Gracenote brings lyrics -- and possibly increased traffic -- to Yahoo! Music. Given the music industry's ongoing malaise and the long existence of the renegade lyric purveyors, it's pretty amazing that it's taken so long for this opportunity to emerge. |
Wired
Jeff Howe |
Why the Music Industry Hates Guitar Hero Even though the popular video game has breathed life into old bans and helped popularize new ones, the record labels are still whining about licensing fees. |
The Motley Fool
December 1, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner's Digital Groove Digital gains help soften the weakness at Warner Music Group. Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 2, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Apple Sticks With Dollar Downloads Standard pricing for iTunes downloads won't be changing soon. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
That's Just Stupid, Warner There's been a falling-out between Warner Music Group and Google's YouTube. The major music label pulled its artists' videos from the popular video-sharing site, presumably over a licensing dispute. |
The Motley Fool
March 26, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's 30% Mistake Record labels say some iTunes tracks will cost $1.29 next month. |
The Motley Fool
August 9, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Warner Music Group's IPO Blues Wall Street heard Warner Music Group's post-IPO third-quarter results last week, but those numbers might not inspire any new shareholders to buy the stock. |
The Motley Fool
July 13, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Hold the Music European doubts over one music industry merger may derail another. Arguing that the pairing of desperate labels will stifle competition is just naive. The playing field has moved on. |
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Big Music's Song Remains the Shame Warner Music Group reports another soft quarter. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
EMI's Cold Play EMI turns to private equity as an exit strategy. Investors, take note. |
Popular Mechanics
September 5, 2007
Glenn Derene |
The iTunes Store... With Subscriptions? Buzzword As Steve Jobs unveiled the new Apple iPod Touch and iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store, we wonder what it would take for a DRM-free, flat-rate music store to go from record-label nightmare to user-friendly dream come true? |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Amazon Is Ready to Rock Amazon taps the vein of music appreciation with a stake in a music discovery site. Despite Amazon's girth in all things e-commerce, it will be a challenging venture. |
BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005
Matlack & Grover |
Vivendi's New Vitality Three years after Messier, it's cashing in on his media vision. The Paris company is now in pole position to capitalize on the rapid spread of digitized entertainment. But if Vivendi is admired for its creativity, investors remain perplexed by its overall corporate vision. |
The Motley Fool
July 18, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner Stops Serenading EMI Warner may still want EMI. It may even negotiate with Terra Firma for the pieces it covets down the road. But there's no point for Warner to overpay -- or for EMI shareowners to overdream. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Foolish Forecast: Sweet Sounds From Warner Music The giant music label is set to release results for fourth-quarter and full fiscal year 2006. Investors, here's what's humming. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Cacophony at Warner and EMI Two labels want to start a band but can't agree on who the lead singer should be. Quit the bickering and get the deal done at a fair price, even if it means upsetting cash-hungry fat cats and rolling with the more logical stock combination. |
Wired
December 2000
Frank Rose |
Vivendi's High Wireless Act CEO Jean-Marie Messier's deals with Vodafone and Seagram were a star turn on the European stage. As information becomes truly portable, a global media company paired with continent-wide distribution may prove an unbeatable combination.... |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner Still Loves EMI The Warner Music Group and EMI merger chatter is alive again. Investors, take note. |
CFO
December 1, 2003
Roy Harris |
Lights! Camera! Action! Buying Universal puts GE in the movie business. Its plan for synergies might make a good screenplay. |
BusinessWeek
June 7, 2004
Grover, Thornton & Lowry |
Mining for Gold in Tinseltown Flush with cash, private-equity funds are swarming over Tinseltown. In the process, the firms, which raise money from well-heeled investors looking to make large gains, could change the economics of Hollywood. |
The Motley Fool
February 14, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Warner Music Struggles to Groove Earnings climb the charts, but the company's prospects don't sound sweet. Warner Music's still got a lot to prove as it grapples with its changing industry. There are still plenty of reasons for investors to be wary. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner's Broken Record Warner Music Group has to scale back today's IPO, and the writing was on the studio wall. |
The Motley Fool
July 20, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
When Aging Music Companies Merge How will the music recording industry reinvigorate itself? |
Investment Advisor
March 2009
Lewis Schiff |
Risky Business Advanced planning groups help create the outline for an orderly preparation and transition of a family business from one generation to the next. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The DJ Is in the House at Activision Viacom, the video gaming giant behind the Guitar Hero franchise, is working on a disc jockey mashup game called DJ Hero. |
The Motley Fool
July 10, 2006
Anders Bylund |
Downloads: Music to Labels' Ears The music industry's complaints about dire downloading doom are largely unfounded. |
BusinessWeek
August 8, 2005 |
Jamming with Jac, Seymour, and Ahmet Three music-business giants discuss the past and future of the business. |
The Motley Fool
August 8, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Kicking Axe and Taking Names The music label turned heads when CEO Edgar Bronfman Jr. lashed out at Activision's Guitar Hero and Viacom's Rock Band over licensing. |
Salon.com
June 22, 2000
Gregg Kilday |
Parlez-vous Universal? French media giant Vivendi takes over Universal Pictures. Cue the Jerry Lewis flicks? |
The Motley Fool
July 5, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Universal Music's Bright Idea Can the music industry save the CD format? There's clearly no excuse for the industry to suppose that the old way is the right way any longer. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2011
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple Isn't Buying Warner's Broken Record The bidding for Warner Music Group may get interesting, but don't get your hopes up for Apple raising its bidding card in this musical fire sale. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2005
Steven Mallas |
Microsoft Scraps Music Plans High royalty demands from labels sink Microsoft's interest in a music subscription service. Let's hope the music companies and the online companies can work this out. Even if it doesn't propel the stock into the stratosphere, Microsoft and music subscription services would be a good fit. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner Music's E-Buzz After its disappointing IPO earlier this year, Warner Music Group is finally starting to look at things differently. Warner's hopes to make music via an Internet-only label. The company can't afford to go about this experiment softly. |
The Motley Fool
August 7, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Warner's Not Like a Broken Record Warner Music Group's quarterly results topped expectations. |
The Motley Fool
January 9, 2006
Alyce Lomax |
Clear Channel's Video Venture There's enough radio news today to drown out Clear Channel's video beta. |
