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  • April 2008
    • Top Google Engineer Decamps for EMI Music

      Top Google Engineer Decamps for EMI Music

      (Newser) - A top Google engineer has signed on to help guide EMI Music through a restructuring, in the wake of its acquisition by after private equity firm Terra Firma, reports the New York Times . Douglas Merrill, Google’s VP of engineering, will become president of digital at the world’s fourth-largest music company. More »

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      Google   Facebook   music industry   EMI Music   Terra Firma Capital   Google Checkout

  • January 2008
    • Music Giant EMI Slashing 2,000 Jobs

      Music Giant EMI Slashing 2,000 Jobs

      (Newser) - The new owners of record company titan EMI are cleaning house, starting with the elimination of 2,000 jobs—a third of its workforce—in a restructuring that could also include dumping artists, reports the Wall Street Journal . The layoffs come as new owner, Terra Firma Capital, tries to rejuvenate the fourth-place company during an industry skid that saw album sales drop 15% last year. More »

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      music   job cuts   EMI Music   Coldplay   Terra Firma Capital

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