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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8581

8 November 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Commission to examine BMG/Sony Music merger

Brussels, 07/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission will "very calmly and objectively" examine the merger between BMG, the music subsidiary of the German group, Bertelsmann, and Sony Music, a subsidiary of the Japanese firm, Sony, as soon as it receives notification of this operation, the spokesperson for competition, Amelia Torres, said. The Commission, however, does not expect imminent notification as the agreement between the parties has still to be finalised. Bertelsmann and...

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