Universal Music, WPP team up to link bands, brands
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Universal Music, the world's largest  music company, is teaming up with advertising conglomerate WPP  Group to link bands and brands.
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Three major record labels have inked a deal with a peer-to-peer company to bring paid song downloads to music fans, apparently supporting a technology that the industry has tried to stifle in the past.
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Universal Music Group is testing the all-digital waters with a new label venture that sells its releases exclusively through download and streaming services like iTunes, Rhapsody and Napster.
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Nokia and Microsoft, which have a history as rivals, have decided to work together when it comes to mobile music.
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Universal Music, the world's number one seller of recorded music, has said it was set to become the world's top music publisher thanks to a 1.63-billion-euro (2.0-billion-dollar) deal to buy Bertelsmann's BMG Music Publishing unit.
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Sony BMG Entertainment has entered  into an exclusive partnership with Starwood Hotels & Resorts  Worldwide to develop uniquely branded music- and  entertainment-based programming for hotels that fall under the  Starwood banner.
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Vivendi's Universal Music, the world's   largest seller of recorded music, is vaulting to the top spot   in music publishing too after agreeing to buy BMG Music   Publishing for 1.63 billion euros ($2.1 billion).
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EasyJet owners the EasyGroup has entered the digital music business in tandem with UK operator, Wippit. The partners aim to launch the easyMusic.
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The nearly $2.1 billion deal would make Universal the worldÂs largest music publisher, with a catalog that includes performers of the standing of Elton John and B. B. King.
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The world's biggest music firm, Universal, has given its backing to a free music downloads service.
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The companies could have been partners, but are now music rivals, report says.
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SpiralFrog, a new online music service, on Tuesday said it reached an agreement with Universal Music Group to offer free downloads of its songs and is trying to reach similar deals with other record labels.
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LONDON - Warner Music Group Corp., Viacom Inc. and Universal Music Group are among those to have bid for BMG Music Publishing, people familiar with the situation told Dow Jones Newswires on Friday.  German media giant Bertelsmann A.G.
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Universal Music Group, the world&#39;s  largest music company, has declined to sign a long-term deal  with Apple Inc.&#39;s iTunes music store, leaving open the  possibility for exclusive deals with other services, an  industry source said on Sunday.
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Top-selling bands The Beatles, Oasis, U2 and Westlife go head-to-head in the album charts.
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The Easyjet founder confirms he will enter the online music market with UK download service Wippit.
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Mobile operator teams with European record label for service that lets consumers watch music videos on cell phones.