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RSS bmgBMG backs a rival to ailing ally Napster
News BMG is reported to have agreed a deal that will see its artists' music used on a new digital format developed by Data Play Media. Rival record labels EMI and Universal have also signed up to the new technology, but BMG's participation raises... [13 Mar 2001]
Bertelsmann Mediasystems Implements Userfriendly "One-Step Business" at BMG
White Paper The sale of marketing items is fully supported throughout all phases of the sales cycle at BMG Entertainment. Even famous musicians need to be marketed. For every new CD that comes on the market, a huge promotion is launched to ensure that the CD... [28 Sep 2007]
BMG to offer music for sale online
News BMG Entertainment is launching a service to let consumers download its artists' music over the Web. BMG will initially trial a number of technology platforms, using Liquid Audio's RIMS and RIFFs Command and Control Applications to provide one... [07 Apr 2000]
Oracle signs Compaq deal, Nasdaq tumbles and BMG eyes EMI
News The Telegraph reports that Bertelsmann, parent company of music distributor BMG, will have to offer around 150p per share to EMI shareholders - 50p more than Time Warner was offering. The paper reports the deal is the first agreement of its kind... [14 Nov 2000]
Sony BMG does mobile downloads deal in China
News Sony BMG Music Entertainment has struck a deal with content aggregator Global Music International to distribute the company's music videos, full track songs and ringtones to mobile subscribers in China. [05 Apr 2007]
Sony BMG faces ongoing rootkit fallout
News Sony BMG is making amends in California and Texas for secretly loading antipiracy software onto customers' computers. Sony BMG, which Sony operates jointly with Bertelsmann Music Group, agreed earlier this week to pay $1.5m in fines and pay... [21 Dec 2006]
BMG Napster deal gets artists' union support
News The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), which handles the royalties for songwriters and represents over 100,000 composers, lyricists and music publishers in the US and elsewhere said that it welcomes the deal. [03 Nov 2000]
Bertelsmann and Seagram launch online music venture
News BMG Entertainment and Universal Music Group have formed an alliance to market music on the Net. The venture will make use of established BMG Internet sites such as Peeps Republic, BUGjuice and Rock Universe, which cater for specific genres of music. [08 Apr 1999]
YouTube gets chums in the music business
News YouTube on Monday announced partnerships with CBS, Sony BMG Music Group and Universal Music Group (UMG) that allow their artists' music and videos to be included in original video content posted on YouTube's website. [09 Oct 2006]
Resignations, taking flight and police corruption goes online
News Having last week agreed a truce of sorts with the online file sharing pioneer, recording giant BMG has seen two of its senior executives, central to the deal, walk out amid concerns over company restructuring. [06 Nov 2000]
Napster: A gamble too far for Bertelsmann
News German media group Bertelsmann, which owns big five record label BMG, broke ranks with the rest of the recording industry in October last year when it agreed a deal to legitimise Napster. This means the only music Bertelsmann could make available... [13 Feb 2001]
Sony DRM settlement passes final legal hurdle
News A federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a endgame in a class action suit against Sony BMG Music Entertainment over anti-piracy software the company had embedded in some music CDs. The court action picked up last autumn when security... [23 May 2006]
Sony unearths new copy-protection threat
News Sony BMG Music Entertainment and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) digital rights group jointly announced Tuesday that they had found, and fixed, a new computer security risk associated with some of the record label's CDs. [07 Dec 2005]
Sony CD saga: Alert over new security risk
News Computer researchers uncovered a new security risk on Friday related to Sony BMG Music Entertainment copy-protected CDs, which could expose several hundred computers to attack. The latest risk is from an uninstaller program distributed by SunnComm... [21 Nov 2005]
Sony to cough up DRM damages
News Sony BMG has struck a deal with the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit over copy-restriction software it used in music CDs, according to a settlement document filed at a New York court on Wednesday. [03 Jan 2006]
