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BMG Entertainment
 NEWS FROM THE STANDARD
Napster Needs the New Blood Brought by New CEO
Jul 24 2001 04:44 PM PDT

Music to Fill-in-the-Blank By
Jul 24 2001 03:16 PM PDT

Bertelsmann Manager to Become New Napster CEO
Jul 24 2001 07:04 AM PDT

Napster Names New CEO
Jul 24 2001 05:20 AM PDT

AOL Expands Online Music Offerings
Jul 23 2001 11:07 AM PDT

 PROFILE
Music provides the backbeat for this business. BMG Entertainment is one of the world's leading music distributors (#2 in US market share behind Universal Music Group) with more than 200 labels marketing records from such artists as Christina Aguilera, Clint Black, Whitney Houston, and Santana. Among its family of labels are Arista, Ariola, RCA Records, and Windham Hill. BMG also distributes products for Jive Records (Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys) and owns 20% of the indie label. In addition, its BMG Music Publishing owns the rights to some 700,000 songs, and its Sonopress unit is one of the leading CD manufacturers in the world. A division of media giant Bertelsmann, BMG was formed in 1987.

 COMPETITION
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (dossier)
Universal Music Group (dossier)
Warner Music Group (dossier)

 DEALS
Deal: Muze Teams With BMG
Date Announced: 01.22.01
Value of transaction (US $Mil): 0
Description: Online entertainment information provider to license record label's catalog to create Web-based promotional song samples.

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 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: June
2000 Sales (mil.): 4,548.70
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 6.3%
Employees: 11,692
Revenue per employee: $389,043.79

 KEY PEOPLE
• Rolf Schmidt-Holtz
    CEO
• Joseph Gorman
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
US
Phone: 212-930-4000
Fax: 212-930-4862
Online: Web Site

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