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Last Week In Review: Merger Talks, More Losses, Executive Shifts, An Angry Boss & More

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It was another interesting week in the music industry as concert giant Live Nation got serious about merger talks with Ticketmaster, 3 of the 4 major labels reported more revenue declines, a singer was named to head Epic Records and Bruce Springsteen got mad.

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Bruce Houghton on 02/07/2009 in Uncategorized | Permalink | Comments (0)
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