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# BMG Completes Acquisition Of Sanctuary And Mute
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/bmg-completes-acqusition-of-sanctuary-and-mute/
- Published: 2013-05-02T09:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2013-05-02T09:35:00.000Z
- Description: Music rights management company BMG has announced it has completed their acquisitions of the recorded music catalogues of the Mute and Sanctuary record labels from Universal Music Group. The Mute. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2013/05/bmg-completes-acqusition-of-sanctuary-and-mut
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Business, Songwriting & Music Publishing, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:43

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Music rights management company BMG has announced it has completed  
their acquisitions of the recorded music catalogues of the Mute and  
Sanctuary record labels from Universal Music Group. The Mute catalogue includes master recordings from such artists as  
Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, Goldfrapp and Yazoo. The Sanctuary Records  
catalogue of 170,000 recordings contains works by the likes of Black  
Sabbath, Motörhead, Megadeth, The Kinks and Uriah Heep.

The acquisitions have been given the seal of approval by the European  
Commission, which is tasked with considering the anti-competitive  
ramifications of such mergers.

BMG's CEO Hartwig Masuch said, "These acquisitions are a significant  
step forward for BMG. Now the real work begins – to demonstrate to  
artists, writers and clients that their faith in us is justified. We  
remain committed to delivering on our promise to create a modern new  
artist-centric alternative to the legacy music companies." via [CelebrityAccess](http://www.celebrityaccess.com/?ref=hypebot.com)

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