In a professionally lethal spat over the pending music merger between Bertelsmann Music Group and Sony Music, Bertelsmann supervisory board chairman Gerd Schulte-Hillen resigned abruptly Wednesday ...

BRUSSELS, Nov. 10 -- German media giant Bertelsmann AG and Britain's EMI Group PLC said today that they are in talks to merge their music businesses, a combination that would create the largest ...

Bertelsmann <BTGGg.F>, Europe's largest media company, is buying private equity firm KKR's <KKR.N> stake in their joint venture music rights management company BMG.

Bertelsmann, which owns label group BMG, broke ranks with its peers last October, lending Napster $60 million to develop a revamped service that compensates rights-holders.

One person said Vivendi’s Universal Music Group may pay 1.63 billion euros ($2.1 billion) for the division. Bertelsmann put BMG Music Publishing, owner of the rights to songs from artists including ...

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- German media giant Bertelsmann AG is considering a sale of its 50% stake in Sony BMG, according to a published report Monday.

The combined value of Bertelsmann’s stake in Sony BMG, a 50-50 joint venture with Japan’s Sony Corp., and its BMG Music Publishing operations is reported to be about $3.5 billion to $4 billion. * ...

WMG and Bertelsmann jointly announced a settlement of contingent claims held by WMG relating to Bertelsmann's relationship with Napster (NAPS) in 2000-2001.