Why Sony Bought Bulk of EMI Before It Had To — And What Competitors Could Win By Objecting To the Deal | Billboard

Sony Corp. had until the end of August to put together a deal to buy Mubadala’s stake in EMI Music Publishing, but it jumped the gun and paid handsomely, this week announcing it would snap up 90 percent of EMI at a price that values the whole publishing unit at $4.75 billion, more than double its price in 2012.
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