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Mergers & Acquisitions

Nov. 15, 2011

Sale of EMI leaves record industry much smaller

The $1.9 billion purchase of EMI Group's music business by Santa Monica-based Universal Music Group and its parent company Vivendi SA has shrunk the struggling record industry to three major labels.


By Robert Pierce and Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writers


The $1.9 billion purchase of EMI Group's music business by Santa Monica-based Universal Music Group and its parent company Vivendi SA has shrunk the struggling record industry to three major labels.


Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP represented Universal Music Group, which bought EMI from Citigroup Inc. Los Angeles partner Mary Ann Todd led the firm in its role as U.S. counse...

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