Robert Andrews
Nov 30, 2011 6:33 AM
—Bertelsmann: Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music’s global digital head Thomas Hesse is leaving to join Bertelsmann in February, tasked with its digital transformation, MusicWeek writes. Hesse previously led digital at SonyBMG.
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Feb 24, 2010 10:38 PM
At the Digital Music Forum East in New York today, Thomas Hesse, President of Global Digital Bus., US Sales & Corp. Strategy at Sony (NYSE: SNE) Music Entertainment was the keynote interview, and he gave a lot of details on the company, state of the industry, and how he sees…
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Robert Andrews
Dec 9, 2009 2:21 PM
Music labels’ YouTube-powered music video site Vevo may have had a glitzy launch in New York on Tuesday - but on Wednesday many who hit the site for the first time found it crashing under traffic weight, and everyone outside the U.S. and Canada who hits Vevo.com is getting the…
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Tameka Kee
Oct 28, 2009 6:30 PM
At the famed Capitol Records building in Hollywood, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) officially unveiled its OneBox music search service. First news tidbit to emerge is that MySpace will be the brand powering the streaming music, videos and track purchases—not new acquisition iLike, as was initially reported. Google’s Marissa Mayer demoed what…
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Patrick Smith
Jul 30, 2009 6:12 AM
Sony (NYSE: SNE) has announced a loss for the third consecutive quarter, two months after posting its first full-year loss in 14 years. The troubled tech giant made a net loss of 37.1 billion yen ($386 million) for the three months to June 30, its Q109—compared to a 35 billion…
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Patrick Smith
Oct 10, 2008 5:13 AM
Play.com has signed up with all four major music labels to offer more than 3 million DRM-free tracks on its PlayDigital music download site, in a direct challenge to iTunes and Nokia’s (NYSE: NOK) Comes with Music. Consumers can now get tracks from Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG, Warner (NYSE:WMG), Universal…
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Robert Andrews
Jun 11, 2008 4:08 AM
Finally, some meat on the bone of the “Bertelsmann wants to quit music” story. An unnamed source tells FT Deutschland the German media group wants to sell its 50 percent stake in Sony (NYSE: SNE) BMG to its JV partner for $1.5 billion within four to six weeks. It may…
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Robert Andrews
Sep 10, 2007 12:04 PM
The European Commission is likely to give a final, final approval to the merger of Sony Music Entertainment and BMG Entertainment, which is on hiatus after a court last year overturned the 2004 deal on appeal from independent labels, FT.com reports. Anonymous sources told the paper competition regulators would clear…
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