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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 18 at 4:00 pm PT
European antitrust regulators are expected Thursday to approve a plan by a Sony Corp.-led investor group to buy EMI Group Ltd.’s huge music-publishing division for $2.2 billion, according to people familiar with the situation.
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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on April 17 at 8:00 am PT
The biggest buzz at Sunday’s Coachella music festival in California wasn’t for a hot new DJ or indie-rock band. It was for Tupac Shakur, the rapper who died more than 15 years ago and “performed” Sunday night alongside Snoop Dogg and producer Dr. Dre.
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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on December 15, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT
Two of the world’s largest record companies on Thursday joined a lawsuit against Grooveshark, an online music service they say infringes on their copyrights.
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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on December 5, 2011 at 1:43 pm PT
Edgar Bronfman Jr. will step down as chairman of Warner Music Group, effective Jan. 31, he said in a memo to employees, but will remain on the board of the world’s No. 3 recorded-music company.
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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Media on November 30, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
Spotify AB will begin offering Facebook-style apps that add various features and functions to its popular online-music service, according to people in the music industry, a move that could differentiate the company amid growing competition from Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc. and Apple Inc.
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Ethan Smith, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Social on October 24, 2011 at 12:00 am PT
Google Inc. is building a music-download store that would work closely with its Google+ social network and could launch it within the next two weeks, according to people familiar with the matter.
