Mediagazer: In Bid for EMI, Universal Music Group Considers Sale of Parlophone Records (Ben Sisario/Media Decoder)

1:40 AM ET, July 27, 2012

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Ben Sisario / Media Decoder:

In Bid for EMI, Universal Music Group Considers Sale of Parlophone Records — To get European regulators to approve its $1.9 billion takeover of EMI, the Universal Music Group may do something once considered unthinkable: sell Parlophone Records, which releases the music of Coldplay and Radiohead …

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Kim Janssen / Chicago Sun Times:

Chicago Tribune staff demands answers from editor over Journatic — The editorial staff of the Chicago Tribune has written to its editor, Gerould Kern, demanding answers about the company's continued relationship with under-fire content provider Journatic. — Continuing questions …

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Janko Roettgers / GigaOM:

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