Showing signs of a music business struggling to adapt to new digital realities, Sony Music and the Bertelsmann Music Group agreed Thursday to create a new joint venture, merging the second- and fifth-largest record labels into a single entity. The deal comes amid reports that EMI Group has secured funds to bid for Warner Music. …
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