2012 ANNUAL REPORT CONTENTS 1 2 GROUP PROFILE – BUSINESSES – LITIGATION – RISK FACTORS 1. 2. 3. 4. GROUP PROFILE BUSINESSES LITIGATION RISK FACTORS 2 4 16 45 51 4 FINANCIAL REPORT – CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – STATUTORY AUDITORS’ REPORT ON THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – STATUTORY AUDITORS’ REPORT ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – STATUTORY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SELECTED KEY CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA 168 170 171 SOCIETAL‚ SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION
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A music business: Universal’s gamble Summary When Universal Music Group bought a part of EMI’s Capitol Records‚ many asked themselves if this was a smart decision. A ’gamble’ of $1.9 billion. Many questioned if this merge would disadvantage smaller companies‚ because Universal owns‚ thanks to this merge‚ 40%-50% shares of most markets. Because of the long statement of objections by the European Commission‚ Eurocrats might force Universal to sell parts of EMI‚ such as Virgin Music and EMI Classics
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M004LON : Finance‚ Funding and Legislative frameworks for Success Industry : Music Company :Warner Music Group WAVES AND BARS OF WARNER MUSIC GROUP TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. The Pestle Analysis 3.1 Countries and Revenues 3.2 Piracy 3.3 Advent of Digital Music 3. Porter’s Five Forces-WMG 4.4 Intra-industry Rivalry 4.5 Buyer’s Power 4.6 Threat of new entrants 4.7 Supplier Power 4.8 Threat of substitutes
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Music Industry Essay Introduction A i: I am going to be looking at the music publishing companies Universal Music Group‚ Inc. (UMG)‚ one of the biggest major labels in the music industry and Beggars Group Limited‚ (BGL)‚ a powerful UK independent label. UMG own and administrate VEVO and in recent news Google Inc. is reportedly looking at investing a 10% stake worth £42million. The deal has not yet been signed but it is said that it will include a renewal agreement that will see VEVO
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Music Business on Internet by Anastasia Yuanita Airlangga University‚ Surabaya Internet has been widely known as the most sophisticated thing that happens in the world. People have been using it for more than fifty years; internet has become useful to human civilization. It provides easier connectivity‚ plenty information‚ and effectiveness. Even people can run an online business with internet. One of the online businesses which is currently emerging is music business. It all began on
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The Impact of Music Piracy According to the Recording Industry of America (RIAA) the record industry loses $4.3 billion dollars‚ worldwide‚ due to music piracy (RIAA‚ 2003). The American Federation of Artists claims that on-line music piracy has caused some record store sales to drop by 20% and that 20.6 billion illegal downloads occur every month (AFM‚ 2004). Many experts believe that music piracy is currently the number one threat to the music industry. RIAA sources claim 278 million people
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The YouTube Effect: Live Music Festivals and Brands Dissertation submitted to MAKHANLAL CHATURVEDI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION‚ BHOPAL In partial fulfilment of the requirements For the award of the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS IN Management and Marketing Communication By Joyeeta Dutta Choudhury Enrolment Number: Research Guide K Sai Prasad‚ HoD‚ Marketing Communication‚ Commits Semester IV‚ May 2014 CONVERGENCE INSTITUTE OF MEDIA MANAGEMENT AND IT
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POPULAR MUSIC UNDER SIEGE Beginning in the 1980s‚ religious fundamentalists and some parents’ groups have waged a persistent campaign to limit the variety of cultural messages available to American youth by attacking the content of some of the music industry’s creative products. These attacks have taken numerous forms‚ including a call by the Parents’ Music Resource Center (PMRC) for the labeling of recordings whose themes or imagery relate to sexuality‚ violence‚ drug or alcohol use‚ suicide
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Introduction The music industry is the business of producing‚ recording and selling music through a number of different methods. These methods typical refer to recording and selling music through physical or digital means‚ including live performance. The product offered by the music industry are varied over years‚ from the very first beginning of tape cassettes‚ and then to CDs‚ till now‚ digital music records have become more popular comparing to others. Although the mainstream of production in music industry
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Will advertising music on different streaming apps lower music artists revenue? Artist choose to put there music on free websites and apps. They know their revenue my decrease. If artistic only sold there music for people to buy they would make less money. A lot of people would buy there music but if it was on streaming sites way more people will listen to it because it’s free. But the artists will still get paid from people streaming their music. In all honesty artists aren’t losing a big percentage
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