Sony music deal OK’d

(July 2, 2012) -- Sony/ATV whistled a happy tune on June 29th when the Federal Trade Commission closed its non-public investigation of a proposed acquisition of EMI Music publishing from Citigroup — an unlikely home if ever there was one for the likes of recording artists like Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, Lady Gaga and Jay-Z, among other luminaries. Then too there’s the late Michael Jackson, whose estate shares with Sony the ownership of Sony/ATV....

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