Best Buy tunes into Musicland deal
The Musicland Stores music-retailing chain said Thursday it has agreed to be acquired by the Best Buy consumer-electronics chain for $685 million in cash and assumed debt. Both companies are based in…
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Anschutz Ent. buys Concerts West
Anschutz Entertainment Group, which presents live entertainment and sporting events at its owned facilities including Los Angeles' Staples Center, said Thursday it will acquire the Concerts West…
Songwriters slap Seagram with suit
Seagram Co.'s record label has been sued for disseminating songs over the Internet by music publishers who claim the rights to hits such as "White Christmas'' and "Jailhouse Rock.''
Review: ‘Grand Slam’
A grand example of the whole having a distinctly different value than that of its parts combined, Grand Slam brings out a side of the woodwind player Joe Lovano that isn't necessarily used when he is…
Musicland mulls mystery merger
Musicland Stores, which operates music retail outlets including the Sam Goody chain, said Wednesday it is in talks with an unnamed merger partner amid speculation the suitor is Best Buy.
Promoter sees future in Inc. blot
Legendary concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith, after a rocky few years that saw one of his companies go into receivership, is returning from the eclipse.
Backstreet CD reignites pricing issues
Teenage girls nationwide may be rejoicing about discount retail chain Best Buy's decision last week to promote the Backstreet Boys' "Black & Blue" at the cheaper-than-wholesale price of $9.99, but…
‘Blue’ all over map
Teenage girls nationwide may be rejoicing about discount retail chain Best Buy's decision to promote the Backstreet Boys' "Black & Blue" at the cheaper-than-wholesale price of $9.99, but the response…
Review: ‘Green Umbrella’
When Esa-Pekka Salonen announced his sabbatical from the L.A. Philharmonic podium (interrupted several times during the year but officially ending on Dec. 31), the proffered reason was his desire to…
MP3 makes over My.MP3, as promised
As promised after its settlement with the five major labels, online music service MP3.com has bowed a revamped locker service with free and subscription-based models that allow users to add CDs to a…
