EMI looks vulnerable after issuing a profit warning in February, due to lower than expected recorded-music sales.
由于未能达到预期的唱片销量,二月份emi发出了盈利预警,之后就显得有些不堪一击。
The back catalogues of both Pink Floyd and Queen are tied to EMI in lengthy contracts, but they have been exploring other ways of exploiting their music, this person said.
这位高管表示,平克?弗洛伊德和皇后合唱团的旧曲目都与百代签署了长期的绑定合约,但他们已开始探寻其它途径,从自己的作品中获益。
The largest, Universal, is 100%owned by Vivendi, a French company. EMI is a British company, and Sony BMG is50% owned by Bertelsmann, a German company.
最大的环球唱片,被一家法国公司Vivendi100%所有,EMI是家英国公司,索尼BMG的50%归德国的Bertelsamann所有。
Bidding wars for talent have become rare, partly because there are fewer record companies. There may be fewer still when EMI is sold, as is expected soon.
天才竞购战难得一见,部分原因是唱片公司减少了,而当emi公司出售之际(预计快了),竞购战或许会更少。
Some people think the travails of EMI are a just rebuke to those who would treat media as merely another industry.
有人觉得,百代的苦难,对于那些把媒体仅仅当作一种行业看待的人,是最恰当的驳斥。
A merger between EMI and Warner Music has been stymied by regulators before, and Citigroup may not have the patience for endless wrangling.
EMI和华纳的音乐巨头结合之前收到了监管机构的阻挠,并且花旗集团对没完没了的争执也失去了耐心。
The scuttlebutt now is that Warner will try to buy EMI from Citigroup, which seized it earlier this year from Terra Firma, another private-equity firm.
现在的流言是华纳试图从这个早年在陆地上建立起的独立资本集团花旗手中买下EMI。
EMI clearly thinks this is a good deal.
很明显,百代认为这是个利好的交易。
Inmos was sold to Thorn EMI in 1984, but the firm remained an important training ground for the electronics graduates who flocked there.
ThornEMI在1984年收购了Inmos。但是,这家公司一直保留着一个重要的培训基地,并为蜂涌而至电子学毕业生们做培训指导。
In 1998 she signed with Toshiba EMI records. That「s when Oricon editor Katsuragi met her.
1998年椎名与东芝emi唱片签约,Oricon编辑Katsuragi便是在这时遇见的她。
EMI certainly needs to do something.
百代当然须要采取行动。
It emerged that EMI is considering selling its Abbey Road studios in London, used by many top bands and orchestras and immortalised by the Beatles.
EMI正在考虑卖掉其在伦敦的艾比路录音室,许多着名的乐队和管弦乐队都曾在艾比路录音室录过音,特别是甲壳虫乐队使这家录音室闻名于世。
EMI believes the Pharrell track was taken from Axwell」s computer. Then it was leaked online, where it was discovered by Radio 1.
EMI相信歌曲是从Axwell的电脑流出的,然后被发到网上,然后被Radio1发现。