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London - EMI has shortlisted The7stars, Starcom and MindShare to pitch against incumbents Carat and Media Campaign Services for its £14m media account, reports BrandRepublic.   The record company, home to artists including Coldplay and Robbie Williams, is expected to conclude its UK review by the end of the year. Carat handles television, outdoor and online while MCS covers press and radio.   The pitch will pit The7stars' Gareth Jones, who used to head up Carat's EMI business, against his former

The new owner of record label EMI is enforcing tight restrictions on new artist signings and marketing budgets in a bid to get the firm back on track.   There are also fears that job losses could happen among the 5500 workforce at EMI, which is home to artists including Kylie Minogue, Lily Allen and Coldplay.   Guy Hands' private equity firm Terra Firma completed the takeover of the record label for £4 billion including debt in August. In the same month as the takeover first-quarter revenues had

EMI Music has inked a pan-European video agreement allowing consumers to watch its promos on Yahoo! Music.   As a result of the deal, announced Monday (Dec. 11), Yahoo! Music will enable European computer users free access to videos from EMI Music artists including Lily Allen, Corinne Bailey Rae, Coldplay, Gorillaz, Janet Jackson, Norah Jones, KT Tunstall and Robbie Williams.   "As the digital music market grows, we must continue to look for new ways to offer consumers the opportunity to enjoy

The label family that includes Capitol, Virgin, and Astralwerks bucks the trend and takes its videos to Gotuit.com   EMI, whose labels put out records by such Spin mainstays as Coldplay, Gorillaz, the Decemberists, Liz Phair, and many more, signed a deal to distribute its videos to consumers for free via Gotuit.com, the two companies announced today.   "Gotuit offers viewers an exciting and high-quality way to enjoy our artists' videos," said David Munns, EMI's North American CEO. "They're a val

Sub-Urban Brands, Inc., a multi-brand apparel company pursuing high revenue growth in the global fashion industry, has announced a partnership with musical icon EMI/Capital Records to cross-promote the Company's Mash Culture Lab brand clothing.   EMI is the world's largest independent music company, operating in 50-plus countries. EMI is comprised of two divisions: EMI Music and EMI Music Publishing, which together generated revenues exceeding $2 billion in 2005.   Representing more than 1000 a

EMI will report strong annual results this week and tell investors it is prepared to walk away from the bid for Warner if its American rival holds out for much higher than the initial offer.   The British music group, home to top acts such as Joss Stone, Coldplay and Gorillaz, will reveal that profits in the year to March rose by 12 per cent to about £158m. Revenues were up by about four per cent to £2.07bn.   EMI is also likely to report that digital revenues - music sales via the internet - h

EMI will report strong annual results this week and tell investors it is prepared to walk away from the bid for Warner if its American rival holds out for much higher than the initial offer.   The British music group, home to top acts such as Joss Stone, Coldplay and Gorillaz, will reveal that profits in the year to March rose by 12 per cent to about £158m. Revenues were up by about four per cent to £2.07bn.   EMI is also likely to report that digital revenues - music sales via the internet - h

EMI Music UK is kick-starting a mobile marketing strategy that will involve the launch of a promotional drive for all its record labels, including Parlophone, Blue Note, Virgin and Manhattan.   The world's biggest independent music company will use wireless technology to target music fans with campaigns built around competitions, artist information and special access to events. It also plans to offer exclusive mobile content as well as sales discounts.   EMI is keen to use the SMS activity to dr

Record company EMI is partnering with Yahoo! Music to offer free music videos from its roster of artists including Lily Allen, Robbie Williams and Coldplay.   Under the agreement, users of Yahoo!’s Music service across Europe will be able to watch on-demand, streamed music videos for free.   The service allows users to create their own ‘My Video’ list, which tracks recently played videos and those recommended by the user. Revenue will be made from online advertising. Tony Wadsworth, chairman an

The world's third-largest music company EMI could raise its offer for smaller rival Warner Music to $30 per share after the U.S. firm rejected its $28.50 offer earlier this month, the Observer newspaper said.   But Warner could still hold out for a higher bid of about $33 per share, the newspaper said. EMI, home to artists such as Coldplay and Robbie Williams, offered $4.2 billion at the start of May and said it believed the acquisition would be a good deal for both comapnies' shareholders. Warn

The world's third-largest music company EMI could raise its offer for smaller rival Warner Music to $30 per share after the U.S. firm rejected its $28.50 offer earlier this month, the Observer newspaper said.   But Warner could still hold out for a higher bid of about $33 per share, the newspaper said. EMI, home to artists such as Coldplay and Robbie Williams, offered $4.2 billion at the start of May and said it believed the acquisition would be a good deal for both comapnies' shareholders. Warn

EMI Music UK is the first major music company to sign a deal with the PSP-Playlist to allow artists' music videos to be downloaded onto the Sony PSP handheld device.   The contract with HiFi Entertainment makes EMI's entire back catalogue of promotional single videos, including hits from Robbie Williams and Coldplay, available to UK PSP users.   Videos will cost from £1.89 to £2.19 and can be downloaded from the PSP-Playlist site straight onto Sony's Universal Media Disc (UMD) format, which play

LONDON (Reuters) - EMI Group ousted its two top music executives and announced plans to cut costs, after poor Christmas sales prompted a profit warning which sent its shares down over 10 percent.   EMI, which had been pinning its hopes on new releases such as the Beatles' "Love" album and "Rudebox" by Robbie Williams, said on Friday that annual revenues at its music business were likely to fall between 6 percent and 10 percent on a constant- currency basis.   Global music sales have been hit in

Poor Christmas sales are the least of the problems facing EMI’s Eric Nicoli. The long-term decline of CD sales means the firm needs a basic rethink.   When Chris Martin wrote Fix You for the last Coldplay album, X&Y, he almost certainly was not thinking of Eric Nicoli, the boss of the group’s record company, EMI. However, shareholders in EMI could be forgiven for believing otherwise:   When you try your best but you don’t succeed When you get what you want but not what you need When you f

EMI is said to be examining plans to borrow £1 billion in a radical overhaul of its balance sheet after the company's second profits warning of the year.   The company's board is looking at proposals to borrow the money against its publishing business, which manages the rights to more than 1 million songs, the according to Sunday newspaper reports.   EMI's music publishing business has been unaffected by the troubles which have hit the company's recording business. EMI is said to want to use the

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Nobody said it was easy for EMI, the world's third-largest record company and the home of British band Coldplay, as the music industry has weathered six straight years of falling sales.   Yet EMI Chairman Eric Nicoli and others in the industry are seeing signs of hope coming from the very source of many of the industry's woes -- the Internet.   Downloaded music sales on online services such as Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes Music Store are surging, and made up 6 percent

He said, I'm gonna buy this place and burn it down I'm gonna put it six feet underground   So sings Chris Martin, front man of Coldplay, EMI's top-selling act. But is Eric Nicoli, the music group's chairman, having his very own Rush of Blood to the Head with his $4.23bn offer for Warner Music?   Nicoli could be forgiven for having torn out what's left of his hair several times over during the past seven years, given the number of times he has tried and failed to tie the knot with Warner. He's

He said, I'm gonna buy this place and burn it down I'm gonna put it six feet underground   So sings Chris Martin, front man of Coldplay, EMI's top-selling act. But is Eric Nicoli, the music group's chairman, having his very own Rush of Blood to the Head with his $4.23bn offer for Warner Music?   Nicoli could be forgiven for having torn out what's left of his hair several times over during the past seven years, given the number of times he has tried and failed to tie the knot with Warner. He's

Nobody wants to get old. Unfortunately I have reached the ripe old age of 23 and, already, I can feel its effect. Namely, there is a lot of new music out there that I just don’t get.   Not because I can’t, but because I just don’t want to. I am, of course, talking about emo music. Emo music is what people in the business refer to as their “bread and butter.” I, however, refer to it as what it should be called — “Wuss-core.”   I am not, however, quick to judge. I have felt some of the same fire g

eMusic, the digital music download service that sells more than 4.5 million tracks monthly, has unveiled a multi-million dollar advertising and branding campaign that will appear on channels like Comedy Central, The History Channel, Spike, FX and Fuse, among others.   The integrated campaign will brand eMusic as the “soul of independent music” as well as the haven for groundbreaking artists like Ray Charles, Tom Waits, Coldplay, Johnny Cash, the Pixies, Jerry Garcia and others."We are not a comm

iTunes rival, ranked second among digital music services in latest market share data, offers downloads in DRM-free MP3 format   eMusic hopes Europe is ready to go indie.   The digital download service, second only to iTunes in the latest market share data from NPD Group, launched its service across Europe today, hoping to lure customers with an indie-only music catalog and the promise that once they buy a song through the service, they can do whatever they want with it.   The subscription-based

Even if you missed Top of the Pops you probably taped it.   After more than 40 years on the small screen, the nation's favourite bids a fond farewell tomorrow night when original presenter Sir Jimmy Savile signs off with the last ever show. With more than 2,200 editions of the show recorded, the hit programme has fallen down the listening figures and BBC bosses have decided not to sing its praises any more.   Like it or loathe it, TOTP is a national institution and it will remain imprinted on th

Ailing music chain HMV has lost its battle for survival in a devastating blow for the British high street and more than 4,000 staff. The appointment of Deloitte as administrator to the 92-year-old business comes after the failures of Jessops and Comet caused the closure of 422 stores and loss of more than 8,000 jobs.   HMV's 238 outlets will remain open while Deloitte attempts to find a buyer for some or all of the business, although it is likely that there will be widespread store closures as

At the MIDEM global music conference, Ericsson and The Orchard announced a global agreement to distribute full track downloads and master tones from The Orchard’s independent labels across Ericsson’s global network. The agreement covers all major territories outside the U.S.   Stockholm, Sweden, January 22, 2007 — The Orchard is the world’s leading digital distributor and marketer of independent music, with a catalogue of more than one million tracks representing 73 countries, thousands of label

Universal Music's takeover of BMG Music Publishing has been given the go-ahead by European Union regulators.   But Brussels warned that its "serious doubts" about the deal's effect on online music was only tempered by the firms' plans to sell some song rights. The 1.63bn euro ($2.1bn; £1.1bn) deal will create the world's largest music publishing company. BMG Music Publishing owns rights to songs by artists such as Coldplay, Robbie Williams and Justin Timberlake.   It is being sold by German owne