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Universal Music Germany Improves Integration Processes, Cuts Implementation Time By 60%
White Papers After analyzing several solutions on the market, Universal Music Germany chose Oracle Data Integrator (formerly called Sunopsis) as its data integration solution. The systems the company interacts with include OS/390 and AS/400 servers, RDBMS such...
[November 6, 2007, 0:00]
Apple May Buy Universal Music
News Shares of Apple Computer fell on Friday after a report that the company was in talks to buy the music company of Vivendi Universal for as much as $6bn, or about £3.7bn. With annual sales of about $6bn, Universal Music Group is the largest of the...
[April 14, 2003, 8:02]
Apple Denies Universal Music Bid
News In a statement, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs said there was no substance to comments by one of Vivendi's directors to Bloomberg News that Apple would make a bid for Universal Music Group. Countering speculation that it is close to buying...
[April 17, 2003, 8:37]
News Burst: Universal Plans Online Music Label
News Universal Music Group Wednesday announced plans for an online record label and music community. The new label, Jimmy & Doug's Farm Club.com, will allow artists to submit music through the Net and will showcase the most popular new artists found...
[November 10, 1999, 9:25]
Digital Fingerprint Aims To Cut Down Piracy
News Digital song-tracking company Audible Magic is striking a deal with Universal Music Group for song information, getting another leg up in its quest to be able to identify -- and potentially block -- music as it is transferred online.
[August 12, 2003, 10:30]
Universal Tries To Expose Kazaa Backers
News Lawyers for Universal Music put the hard word on Sharman Networks -- the company responsible for popular peer-to-peer application Kazaa -- in the Federal Court today, attempting to force the company to reveal its corporate structure and anonymous...
[October 14, 2004, 11:35]
Music Online: Big Boys Team Up On Delivery System
News Seagram Co.s Universal Music Group is enlisting powerful allies including AT&T Corp. The Universal/BMG alliance is reshaping the power structure of the music industry, which has long been dominated on technical issues by an alliance between Time...
[May 6, 1999, 15:08]
Universal's Free Music Subscription Trial Is Still Available
News Despite reports that it was limited to 5,000 users, music fans can still sign up to Universal Music's free online subscription trial. Several music labels, including Universal Music, sued MP3.com for copyright violation.
[October 25, 2000, 14:00]
Vivendi Bids Au Revoir To Entertainment
News Faltering French media giant Vivendi Universal plans to unload most of its US entertainment business but will not immediately sell its Universal Music Group division, chief executive Jean-Rene Fourtou said.
[May 1, 2003, 11:44]
Universal Trials Free Broadband Video Downloads
News Music fans with broadband access are being targeted by Universal Music Group, which launched a new download site Wednesday. Universal has added flash animations, photography and new images clips to existing videos to create new streamed multimedia...
[August 30, 2000, 15:13]
Listen.com Strikes Deal With Vivendi
News Listen.com has signed a licensing agreement on Monday to offer songs from Vivendi Universal's Universal Music Group through its Rhapsody online music service. Separately, online music company FullAudio struck an agreement to allow its customers to...
[July 2, 2002, 7:57]
Universal Throws Napster A Lifeline
News Napster got a rare taste of good news yesterday as Vivendi, owner of Universal Music, announced that it might still be willing to work with the song-swap service if it survives its court battles. Universal is the world's largest music publisher...
[March 6, 2001, 8:48]
Universal To Buy EMusic For £17m
News Recording giant Universal Music Group, a unit of Vivendi Universal, said Monday it will acquire online music service EMusic.com for $24.6m in cash in an effort to fulfil the label's Internet ambitions.
[April 9, 2001, 16:04]
Universal Copy-protected CD Shuns Media Players
News On the eve of Universal's kickoff of its long-awaited Pressplay online music subscription service, the record label is distributing its first copy-protected CDs in the United States, throwing a few new twists on the controversial idea.
[December 19, 2001, 11:32]
Major Label Invests In Riffage
News This follows the announcement last month of Universal Music Group's first foray into digital music. BMG's investment in Riffage, which also provides downloads of tracks from new bands, could set it up as a direct competitor to Universal's effort.
[December 16, 1999, 12:33]
MP3.com Wavers On Brink
News The company was bought by media giant Vivendi Universal for $372m (£228m) in May 2001 but has been on rocky ground ever since, with users failing to warm to the idea of paid-for music services while free alternatives such as Kazaa are still...
[July 11, 2003, 13:43]
Sharman Search Squabble Drags On
News The raids followed allegations of copyright infringement made by Universal Music Australia. Lawyers for Universal Music and subsequent record label applicants have asked to see a computer taken from Hemming's personal residence as the parties...
[August 13, 2004, 14:05]
Yahoo! RIAA Strike Deal
News The RIAA, which represents labels like Seagram's Universal Music, and Time Warner's Warner Music Group, has fought fiercely to protect copyright online. A suit with Seagram's Universal Music Group is still pending.
[September 6, 2000, 13:42]
Vivendi Presses Play On Music Site
News Its technology will be powered by MP3.com, the online music service that Vivendi Universal acquired earlier this year for $350m. Ironically, Universal Music Group successfully sued MP3.com over its MyMP3.com playback service and was awarded $53.4m...
[December 19, 2001, 16:39]
MP3.com Splits Into Two
News The move underscores Vivendi Universal's latest effort to push online music into a new era consisting of subscription services. When the French media giant completed its acquisition of MP3.com two months ago in a deal worth $372m, Vivendi Universal...
[October 22, 2001, 9:04]
