Bertelsmann’s planned merger with British music giant EMI is expected to be scrapped shortly, highly placed sources close to the action reported yesterday. Official word of the nixing of a BMG-EMI joint entity will likely come from the congloms in the next couple of weeks. Surprisingly, the companies dropped plans for a merger before a finalized proposition was even formally presented to the EU regulatory board for approval. In an attempt to make the BMG-EMI deal happen, sources said, Clive Calder and his Zomba/Jive Records were going to play a major role in solving some of the monopolistic concerns raised… Read more »
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While his new album, Better Days, arrived in stores on Tuesday, Joe has started working on another LP that he promises will come “sooner rather than later.” “I started already,” Joe said of the record late last month. He hopes it will be an album of duets reminiscent of when “Marvin [Gaye] did the Tammi Terrell thing.” Joe named Faith Evans, Mary J. Blige, and Alicia Keys on his list of potential partners in the studio. “I’m going to get everybody,” he said. “Mariah [Carey], the whole nine. I want an album like that. Eve – I’m a have hip-hop… Read more »
