Sony group wins U.S. approval to buy EMI music publishing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Trade Commission has approved a Sony-led consortium's purchase of EMI Music Publishing, without having to make any divestitures, the FTC said on Friday.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators cleared Universal Music Group to buy British record company EMI's recorded music unit for $1.9 billion on Friday after the Vivendi-owned company promised to sell some of EMI's most valuable record labels. The European Commission said in a statement that the asset sales, ranging from EMI's Parlophone label to Chrysalis, Mute, EMI Classics and also Universal labels such as Sanctuary and Co-op Music Ltd, allayed its concerns about the combined group's market power. ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- The Federal Trade Commission says it has cleared a deal by Sony and other investors to buy part of the British music company EMI Group Ltd....

European regulators gave the green light to a plan by an investor group led by Sony to buy EMI's music-publishing division for $2.2 billion.

European regulators gave the green light to a plan by an investor group led by Sony to buy EMI's music-publishing division for $2.2 billion.

A consortium led by Sony/ATV, a joint venture between Sony Corp. and the Michael Jackson estate, says it is buying the music copyright division of EMI Group Ltd., for $2.2 billion.Earlier Friday, Vivendi ...

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Vivendi's Universal Music Group is set to buy EMI's recorded-music unit for $1.9 billion, while a group led by Sony's music division will buy the publishing operation of the British music company for $2.2 ...