The deal, expected to close this month, gives BMG a majority stake in Undercover, which will form the basis for a new live music and event business unit within BMG in Germany. Like BMG’s ...

BMG Germany plans to shed 60% of its artist roster. Maarten Steinkamp, president of BMG International and president of BMG Germany/Switzerland/Austria, announced the decision in the employee ...

Bertelsmann is entirely owned by the Mohn clan, which descends from its founder, alongside various family foundations. But ...

Sony BMG Germany is strengthening its local market share by acquiring the 50% it didn't already own in Teutonic indie label Four Music. Home to German artists such as Die Fantastischen Vier, Afrob ...

BMG, music arm of the Bertelsmann group, announced it will dissolve its relationship with 60 percent of its German artists in a radical restructuring plan. On Monday, EU hearings begin on BMG's ...

BMG has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Germany’s largest independent record label Telamo, the leading player in the market for German Schlager music.. With a combined market share of 8.5 ...

GERMANY'S BMG, the music arm of media giant Bertelsmann - is to shed 60% of its domestic artists as it presses on with a planned merger with Sony.

Bertelsmann to Acquire Full Control of BMG. ... The company made a slew of acquisitions in the U.S. and U.K. as well as Germany and France. STORY: BMG to Acquire Sanctuary Label From Universal Music.

When that record (which BMG executives now refer to as “JBG”) won best hip-hop/urban album at the Echo awards, Germany’s equivalent of the Grammys, other artists revolted.

Last year, BMG Germany experimented with secure CDs using technology from Israeli security company Midbar. The experiment failed, and BMG abandoned its project after complaints from customers who ...

BMG entered Nashville’s country music scene in 2009 when the group bought publishing company Crosstown Songs. BMG Publishing is home to top songwriters including busbee, Buddy Miller and Hillary ...