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Sony-BMG Reshuffles, Gives Clive Davis A Gentle Shove

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2008-04-17 22:25:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...BMG just announced its own moves OUT: Charles Goldstuck, former President and COO of the BMG unit and a one-time rising star; Tim Bowen, Sony-BMG COO UP: Barry Weiss, former President and COO of Zomba Label Group (Britney, Justin Timberlake, Backstreet Boys et al), is now Chairman and CEO of BMG PUSHED POLITELY ASIDE: Clive Davis, former BMG...
 
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Report: Sony BMG Planning To Double Restructuring Charges This Year

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2008-05-15 17:29:00 by Peter Kafka in Silicon Alley Insider
...BMG plans on spending significant money on restructuring costs, but wouldn't spell out what they were planning. Today the NY Post offers a forecast While Sony didn't specify how big they'd be, sources familiar with the situation said Sony BMG's restructuring charges are expected to almost double this year to $140 million, up from $73 million...
 
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Report: Sony BMG to do away with DRM

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2008-01-04 20:31:00 by Greg Sandoval in Webware.com
...BMG Music Entertainment, one of the top four music labels, is preparing to offer part of its catalogue without Digital Rights Management software, according to a story in BusinessWeek.com , the online publication of BusinessWeek magazine According to BusinessWeek, Sony BMG plans to reveal its plans sometime in the first quarter. Citing an...
 
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Report: Sony BMG to do away with DRM

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2008-01-04 23:01:50 by admin in Web 2.0 Portals
...BMG Music Entertainment, one of the top four music labels, is preparing to offer part of its catalogue without Digital Rights Management software, according to a story in BusinessWeek.com , the online publication of BusinessWeek magazine According to BusinessWeek, Sony BMG plans to reveal its plans sometime in the first quarter. Citing an...
 
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Sony BMG Joins Nokia On Music Phone

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2008-04-22 13:56:00 by Michael Learmonth in Silicon Alley Insider
...BMG joins Vivendi's Universal Music Group and likely EMI in the service, which Nokia plans to give away to subscribers for the first year. Sony BMG, a joint venture between Sony (SNE) and Bertelsmann, is home to artists including Beyonce, Leona Lewis and Bruce Springsteen Sony BMG digital president said the free one-year trial is to get...
 
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Everyone In The Music Business Hates Project Playlist - Except For Sony BMG

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2008-04-29 22:03:00 by Hilary Lewis in Silicon Alley Insider
...BMG, the joint venture between Sony (SNE) and Bertelsmann Curious, since Sony BMG has been one of the music labels least willing to experiment with companies like Playlist, which takes a let-it-all-hang-out approach to copyright protection: Basically, the company allows users to stream songs from the site, but claims it isn't actually doing...
 
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Sony BMG to offer gift cards for unprotected MP3s

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2008-01-07 14:01:00 by Greg Sandoval in Webware.com
...BMG's Platinum MusicPass Sony BMG Music Entertainment, one of the top four music labels, is the latest to meld an offline-online sales strategy. The record company said in a press release it will soon offer gift cards through brick-and-mortar stores that can be used to redeem music from the Web The best part of the offering is that the music...
 
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Sony BMG to offer gift cards for unprotected MP3s

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2008-01-07 09:01:04 by admin in Web 2.0 Portals
...BMG's Platinum MusicPass Sony BMG Music Entertainment, one of the top four music labels, is the latest to meld an offline-online sales strategy. The record company said in a press release it will soon offer gift cards through brick-and-mortar stores that can be used to redeem music from the Web The best part of the offering is that the music...
 
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Sony BMG signs onto Amazon's DRM-free music store

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2008-01-10 21:44:00 by Caroline McCarthy in Webware.com
...BMG Music Entertainment in its Amazon MP3 store. This means that Amazon MP3, which only sells "naked" tracks without any digital rights management (DRM) protection, now has deals with all four major music labels. Because of the lack of copy protection, any song from Amazon MP3 can play on virtually any media-playing device, from PCs to music...
 
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