Tag: depreciation and amortization

Vivendi Universal Has $7 Billion And Wants To Buy Your Startup, Label Or Festival

Over the last few years, the major labels have made small investments in startups, but aside from UMG's acquisition of EMI, not made many deals to purchase other labels. Now. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/15/2015 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: copyright, depreciation and amortization, Earnings before interest, Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., Let's Go Crazy, music industry, Prince (musician), taxes, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Universal Music Group, Vivendi, YouTube

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Pandora Dropped 2.3 Million Listeners In Last 3 Months, Stock Falls As Net Loss Widens

UPDATED: Pandora is heading into a stormy season, with court decisions, rate hearings and Congressional action all just ahead. Today's report to Wall Street, however, did nothing to calm investor. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: A+E Networks, Adam Cahan, Apple Inc., AT&T, Black hole, Copyright Royalty Board, Cosmic Evolution Survey, Cricket Wireless, Deezer, depreciation and amortization, Earnings before interest, Generally accepted accounting principles, Internet radio, Marissa Mayer, Pandora Radio, Spotify, Streaming media, taxes, The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street, Yahoo!

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EDM Giant SFX Reports $350 Million Loss

Robert Sillerman saw vast profits in EDM and said he'd bring those dollars to Wall Street. But as the company's latest financial report shows, despite an impressive list of acquisitions,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 03/16/2015 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A State of Trance, depreciation and amortization, Disc jockey, Earnings before interest, Earnings per share, Electronic music, Net income, North America, Pro forma, revenue, SFX (magazine), taxes

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