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# WMG Pushing For Sale To Beat EMI
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/wmg-pushing-for-sale-to-beat-emi/
- Published: 2011-02-11T13:19:34.000Z
- Updated: 2011-02-11T13:19:34.000Z
- Description: In what feels like a race to the bottom of the hill, the world's #3 music group, Warners, is pushing hard to be sold before #4 EMI is also on. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/02/wmg-pushing-for-sale-to-beat-emi.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

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In what feels like a race to the bottom of the hill, the world's #3 music group, Warners, is pushing hard to be sold before #4 EMI is also on the market to potential buyers. At the same time that Citigroup is busy pouring of EMI's books to ready it for a sale. "The challenge is they are both heading towards a situation where they're going to compete for buyers," said one music industry exec.

20 parties have expressed interest in WMG, according to the [NY Post](http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/desperate%5Fda%5FsS3rEmZv3evcOkXjICkKOO?ref=hypebot.com).

Most often named as potential bidders for all or part of either music group include: BMG, Zomba founder Clive Calder, Russian investor Leonard Blavatnik, Universal Music; Sony Music, equity firms KKR, Apollo and Providence and Netherlands-based music publisher Imagem.  
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