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Nov 12, 2011, 12.05 PM IST
Vivendi's Universal Music Group and Sony won the auction for EMI's recorded music and music publishing operations, trumping bids by archrivals Warner Music Group
Vivendi's Universal Music Group and Sony won the auction for EMI's recorded music and music publishing operations, trumping bids by archrivals Warner Music Group and BMG Music Publishing at the 11th hour. Universal plans to buy EMI's recorded-music unit for $1.9 billion, according to a source involved in the process, while a consortia led by Sony is expected to buy the publishing operation of the British music company for $2.2 billion. Citigroup Inc, which owns EMI, will reap a better-than-expected $4.1 billion from the two deals. Warner Music led the bidding on the recorded music side, while BMG was ahead on the song catalog side, as recently as last week. But, in a surprising move, Warner Music walked away from the auction after failing to agree to terms for taking over EMI's pension liabilities. |
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