emi

Citigroup has foreclosed on U.K.-based record label EMI Group, taking it back from private-equity firm Terra Firma, which bought EMI from Citigroup for a whopping $4.7 billion in 2007.

EMI Group, owner of the rights to songs by bands including the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Deep Purple, may attract takeover bids as pressure mounts for the company to sell assets. Warner Music Group and BMG Rights have both previously expressed an interest in buying EMI's publishing assets,...

Terra Firma sued Citi, claimed the bank misled into thinking other firms would outbid its own $4.7 billion offer for music company EMI in 2007. Sorry, said the jury in just a few hours.

If you're in the market for some Pink Floyd albums, you'd better hit your local record store, and quick. Pink Floyd albums such as "The Wall" or "Animals" have been pulled from digital retailers like iTunes and Amazon's MP3 store because EMI's contract covering those albums expired June 30. The...

EMI, the legendary recording industry titan, is facing possible bankruptcy. The storied label responsible for releasing albums by the likes of the Beatles, Pink Floyd and Coldplay is in danger of defaulting on its debt and being taken over by Citigroup, its largest creditor.

Pink Floyd won a key ruling against EMI Thursday that could end the sale of its single tracks online. The decision is seen as a win for artist control against record labels.

Abbey Road Studios in London, possibly the most famous music studio in the world and the place where the Beatles recorded most of their music, may be up for sale by financially strained British label EMI.

Facing a contempt of court charge, BlueBeat.com, an obscure music website, has yanked Beatles remasters off its site after EMI, the band's record label, sued for copyright infringement, though some non-remastered Beatles albums and songs are apparently still available on the site. EMI had charged...

Well, it's official. "Psycho-acoustic simulation" is not an acceptable defense for digital music piracy in the state of California. A judge in Los Angeles issued a temporary restraining order Thursday enjoining music site BlueBeat.com from selling and streaming Beatles songs. U.S. District Judge...

And so it goes on: the interminable wait for a deal that would make the Beatles music available on the Web. Instead, Apple Corps. Ltd., which manages the Beatles' legacy, and EMI, the band's record label, have announced the release of a limited-edition USB flash drive preloaded with Beatles songs...