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Title: EMI heading into hands of Russian billionaire? Post by: Fun Is In on October 29, 2011, 05:51:20 AM EMI, the record label that signed the Beatles, is likely to be broken up this week and sold to a Russian-born billionaire. The sale will mark the end of an era for UK music. EMI is the last major domestic music label and its record of signing homegrown talent has made it the unofficial home of British pop.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/oct/28/emi-sold-russian-billionaire?newsfeed=true Title: Re: EMI heading into hands of Russian billionaire? Post by: Alex on November 04, 2011, 08:05:02 PM Does that mean EMI will now be running its own shady mp3 download site?
Title: Re: EMI heading into hands of Russian billionaire? Post by: onkster on November 08, 2011, 10:39:56 AM Or does it mean the big roadblock on new releases of unreleased Beatle tracks will finally be broken?
Title: Re: EMI heading into hands of Russian billionaire? Post by: PhilCohen on December 19, 2011, 05:29:06 PM The sale to Len Blavatnik and his company "Access Industries" fell through when a price couldn't be agreed on. The latest buyer for EMI's recorded music division(subject to regulatory approval) is Universal Music.
Title: Re: EMI heading into hands of Russian billionaire? Post by: Slow In Brain on January 14, 2012, 09:19:13 PM In my youth :afro I lived near the EMI "factory" in Wellington, New Zealand. My Dad knew some of the guys that pressed records there.
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