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• Weak economy hurts music publishing

  Financial Times - 2009-11-24

  Music publishing, once one of the few stable areas of an industry suffering from declining CD sales and online piracy, is starting to suffer from the weak economy, results from Warner Music showed on Tuesday.Fewer ads are being made and aired, limiting music companies' once-healthy revenues from the use...

  Tags: Revenue, Warner Music Group Corp., Music, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Company News, Economic News, Marketing, Recession & Recovery, Financial Times

• Warner Music Hands Over Video Ad Sales To Outrigger

  PaidContent - 2009-10-08

  Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has a vision for how it’s going to make money with digital content this time around—and it includes a few key tech platforms and sales partners. On the sales end in the U.S., the company is giving the reins to Outrigger Media, a New...

  Tags: Video Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Video, Warner Music Group Corp., WMG, Outrigger Media, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Corporate Communications, Sales, Marketing, Entertainment, Music, Companies, Google, YouTube, Tameka Kee

• Warner signs YouTube video deal - Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2009-09-27

  Warner Music Group has reportedly signed a deal with YouTube to bring music videos from artists such as U2 and Madonna back to the video-sharing website. The videos were removed from the site in December following a row over royalty payments. ...

  Tags: YouTube Video, YouTube Inc., Video, Warner Music Group Corp., Music Video, Ad Revenue, Corporate Communications, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales, YouTube, Vevo, Sarah Vizard

• Report: Warner, YouTube Reach A Deal?With Talks For Vevo, Too

  PaidContent - 2009-09-25

  Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) and YouTube have finally negotiated a deal that will bring music videos from artists like Madonna and U2 back to the video site, AdAge is reporting. Warner pulled all of its artists clips from YouTube in December, after the two companies could not agree...

  Tags: Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Warner Music Group Corp., Music Video, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Sales Force Management, Sales, Marketing, Entertainment, Music, Social Media, Video, Companies, Google, YouTube, Tameka Kee

• Earnings: WMG Losses Widen; Digital Music Revs Up 5 Percent

  PaidContent - 2009-08-06

  While Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) certainly has been trying to make headway as music listening becomes more digital, it couldn't fight the wider economy and the downward spiral of physical record sales. The company's loss widened to $37 million ($0.25 per share) from $9 million ($0.06 cents per...

  Tags: Revenue, Loss, Earnings, Digital Music, Warner Music Group Corp., Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales Force Management, Sales, Finance, Entertainment, Music, Money, Companies, Warner Music Group, David Kaplan

• Apple joins with labels to promote album sales – Rumour

  Strategy Eye - 2009-07-26

  Apple and the four major record labels are reportedly collaborating on a project to boost album sales on iTunes. The move is an attempt to reinvigorate the album format, which has seen steadily decreasing sales since digital downloads took off. ...

  Tags: Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Album Sale, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Digital Music, Digital Media, Sales, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, EMI Group, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, Jasper Jackson, Warner Music Group Corp.

• Warner Music adds social tools to band sites

  Strategy Eye - 2009-01-13

  Warner Music is adding new social networking capabilities to a number of its artists' sites through a partnership with Cisco Systems. The label will be the first firm to test Cisco's Entertainment Operating System Eos, a white label platform designed to integrate social networking, content management and site administration....

  Tags: EMI Group Plc., Social Media, Cisco Systems Inc., Warner Music Group Corp., Tool, Entertainment Operating System, Social Networking, Sales Strategy, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, MySpace, EMI Group, Facebook, Andrew McDonald

• Warner Music Group Corp. F4Q08 (Qtr End 09/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-26

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions The first question is from Bishop Sheen from Wachovia. Bishop Sheen – Wachovia Hi, Edgar, Michael, Jill, thank you for taking the questions. Edgar I’m looking at your balance sheet and your leverage and you’re managing debt by building up cash. Have you considered the...

  Tags: Call Transcript, Wachovia Corp., Earnings, Warner Music Group Corp., Question, Sales Strategy, Balance Sheets, Financial Accounting, Sales Force Management, Sales, Financial Statements, Finance, Seeking Alpha

• Madonna to quit Warner Music, sign 120 mln dlr deal: report

  - 2007-10-10

  NEW YORK AFP — Pop diva Madonna will sever her ties to Warner Bros. and sign a landmark 120-million-dollar 10-year deal with concert promoters Live Nation, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The newspaper's online edition reported that the 49-year-old music superstar was close to finalizing the details of...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, SALES, Warner Music Group Corp.

• Warner, SK Telecom join up to offer mobile music downloads

  - 2006-05-10

  HONG KONG AFP — Warner Music is to launch a new joint venture with SK Telecom to allow mobile phone users in South Korea to download and listen to music on their handsets. It is the first time a major music company has merged its operations with those of...

  Tags: Agence France-Presse, MARKETING, mobile, music, SALES, SK Telecom Co., Warner Music Group Corp.