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Digital Music Roundup: Project Playlist/Sony BMG; Music Games Boost Artists’ Sales, Not Labels’

By Tameka Kee Dec. 23, 2008, 2:28am 2 Comments

– Project Playlist seals deal with *Sony* BMG: So what can you do with a double-digit round of funding? You can use some of it to pay reco… Read More »

Sony Has It All Now: Acquisition Of Bertelsmann’s 50 Percent Stake In Sony BMG Done, BMG Dropped

By Matt Kapko Oct. 2, 2008, 9:48pm Comments Off

The second-largest record company in the world is now all Sony Read More »

Sony Buys Bertelsmann’s 50 Percent Stake In Sony BMG For $1.2 Billion

By David Kaplan Aug. 5, 2008, 5:20pm Comments Off

As expected, Sony Corp (NYSE: SNE). and Bertelsmann AG have reached an agreement that has Sony buying Bertelsmann’s 50 percent stake in Sony… Read More »

Earnings: Sony’s Games Unit In Profits; Sony BMG Sales Decline 6 Percent

By Rafat Ali Jul. 29, 2008, 12:35pm Comments Off

Sony (NYSE: SNE) reported its Q208 earnings this morning, and the picture isn’t that pretty: it posted a 39 percent fall in quarterly operat… Read More »

BMG Could Retain Some Euro Assets in SonyBMG Sale; Could Sell For Around $1 Billion

By Rafat Ali Jun. 14, 2008, 8:06am Comments Off

In the permutations being worked out for the sale of BMG part of music label SonyBMG, Bertelsmann is looking to retain a stake in the Europe… Read More »

Sony BMG Offers DRM-Free MP3s Via Dada

By James Quintana Pearce May. 15, 2008, 9:39pm Comments Off

Dada Entertainment and Sony BMG have signed a deal to make full-length DRM-free MP3s available to Dada’s subscribers. The service charges $9… Read More »

Sony BMG Offers DRM-Free MP3s Via Dada

By James Quintana Pearce May. 15, 2008, 2:55am Comments Off

Dada Entertainment and Sony BMG have signed a deal which will see full-length DRM-free MP3s made available to Dada’s subscribers. The servic… Read More »

Music Community Site Mog Gets $2.8 Strategic Investment From UMG, Sony BMG, And Angels

By Joseph Weisenthal Apr. 30, 2008, 12:00am Comments Off

Mog, the Berkeley, CA-based music community site, has taken a $2.8 million strategic investment from Universal Music Group, Sony BMG, as wel… Read More »

Sony BMG Provides 3UK With Music Videos For Ad-Funded Service

By Dianne See Morrison Mar. 31, 2008, 2:25pm Comments Off

UK mobile network 3 has signed a deal with Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG to provide the operator Read More »

Sony BMG CEO Says Company Plans Subscription Music Service

By Joseph Weisenthal Mar. 25, 2008, 5:03pm 1 Comment

Look at us, we’re planning one too… Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG wants to get into the subscription music game. CEO Rolf Schmidt-Holtz told German… Read More »

@ Digital Music Forum: Keynote Interview, Thomas Hesse, Digital Pres. SonyBMG; Physical Not Dead

By Joseph Weisenthal Feb. 27, 2008, 5:25am Comments Off

The common theme through today’s Digital Music Forum East: physical music is for all intents and purposes dead, or if it’s not dead, its onl… Read More »

News Corp. Working On Music ‘Hulu’ For MySpace

By Staci D. Kramer Feb. 16, 2008, 3:15am 5 Comments

paidContent has learned that News Corp (NYSE: NWS). is pursuing a music joint venture for MySpace — similar to Hulu, its video joint ventur… Read More »

@ MidemNet: Sony BMG Sees '09 Digital Tipping Point; Backs Unlimited Music-As-Service

Target Quietly Moves Into Digital Music, Finally; Sony BMG Deal

Amazon Confirms Sony BMG To Sell MP3s; Amazon First To Get The Big Four

Sony BMG Confirms DRM-Free Debut – At Bricks-And-Mortar Stores

Sony BMG Joining Amazon Music Store; Final Major To Try DRM-Free: Report