Comments on: Apple Buys EMI http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2010/04/01/apple-buys-emi/ First in Music Analysis Wed, 23 May 2012 13:27:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: UNLIMITED | CMU | The music business week in five – Friday 2 Apr 2010 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2010/04/01/apple-buys-emi/#comment-529413 UNLIMITED | CMU | The music business week in five – Friday 2 Apr 2010 Sun, 26 Dec 2010 14:58:24 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/?p=2776#comment-529413 [...] 01: EMI failed to mortgage its catalogue in North America, despite initial reports both Sony and Universal were interested in the five year licensing deal on the table. As a result, EMI failed a financial performance test set by its loan agreement with Citigroup. The only way EMI is now likely to not default on its loan in May is if investors in owners Terra Firma will cough up another £120 million. Many reckon they won’t, and Citigroup will put EMI up for sale in June. Amid all this, we ran an April Fools story claiming the last ditch plan to win Terra Firma support was to merge bands, while US music biz writer Bob Lefsetz pretended Apple and Steve Jobs had bought the major. CMU coverage | Lefsetz’s April Fool [...] [...] 01: EMI failed to mortgage its catalogue in North America, despite initial reports both Sony and Universal were interested in the five year licensing deal on the table. As a result, EMI failed a financial performance test set by its loan agreement with Citigroup. The only way EMI is now likely to not default on its loan in May is if investors in owners Terra Firma will cough up another £120 million. Many reckon they won’t, and Citigroup will put EMI up for sale in June. Amid all this, we ran an April Fools story claiming the last ditch plan to win Terra Firma support was to merge bands, while US music biz writer Bob Lefsetz pretended Apple and Steve Jobs had bought the major. CMU coverage | Lefsetz’s April Fool [...]

]]> By: Easter Update « AWE Presents http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2010/04/01/apple-buys-emi/#comment-528312 Easter Update « AWE Presents Sat, 03 Apr 2010 04:48:34 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/?p=2776#comment-528312 [...] Firstly, if you’re reading this, I’m going to send you away first to an excellent April Fools Joke played on EMI. If you’re into RSS readers and all, subscribe to the Lefsetz Letter for great [...] [...] Firstly, if you’re reading this, I’m going to send you away first to an excellent April Fools Joke played on EMI. If you’re into RSS readers and all, subscribe to the Lefsetz Letter for great [...]

]]> By: The News Blimp » Blog Archive » Apple at $236: We call that a bargain. http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2010/04/01/apple-buys-emi/#comment-528311 The News Blimp » Blog Archive » Apple at $236: We call that a bargain. Fri, 02 Apr 2010 20:59:21 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/?p=2776#comment-528311 [...] Fools Day dawned with a pretty darn funny blog by music poster Bob Lefsetz. You should read it if you wanna follow The Blimp’s flight path [...] [...] Fools Day dawned with a pretty darn funny blog by music poster Bob Lefsetz. You should read it if you wanna follow The Blimp’s flight path [...]

]]> By: Apple Buys EMI & Does Deal With Sonicbids | Panos' Brew http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2010/04/01/apple-buys-emi/#comment-528309 Apple Buys EMI & Does Deal With Sonicbids | Panos' Brew Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:23:08 +0000 http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/?p=2776#comment-528309 [...] even when he gets all snarky. Clearly the title of his newsletter today was eye-catching (“Apple Buys EMI“) until I realized it’s April Fools Day (what’s up with this random excuse for [...] [...] even when he gets all snarky. Clearly the title of his newsletter today was eye-catching (“Apple Buys EMI“) until I realized it’s April Fools Day (what’s up with this random excuse for [...]

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