From bill@thehubs.net Fri Jul 23 23:29:58 2004 From: bill@thehubs.net (Bill Hub) Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 17:29:58 -0500 Subject: [Granite-and-tumble] And then there was four .... Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0091_01C470DA.AE4A8FC0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I thought you all would find this interesting.... Yesterday, Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group (aka BMG) announced = that they have merged to form the world's second largest recorded music = company, coming in a close second to everyone's favorite media conglomerate, Universal Music Group. Sony BMG now controls more than 22% of the global music market, with sales totaling around $8 billion annually. The merger = now leaves the music industry with just four major labels: Sony BMG, = Universal Music Group, WEA, and EMI.=09 ------=_NextPart_000_0091_01C470DA.AE4A8FC0 Content-Type: application/ms-tnef; name="winmail.dat" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="winmail.dat" eJ8+IgAWAQaQCAAEAAAAAAABAAEAAQeQBgAIAAAA5AQAAAAAAADoAAEIgAcAGAAAAElQTS5NaWNy b3NvZnQgTWFpbC5Ob3RlADEIAQ2ABAACAAAAAgACAAEGAAcAAQAAAAAAAAEGgAMADgAAANQHBwAX ABEACAAAAAUAFwEBA5AGAGgGAAApAAAACwACAAEAAAALACMAAAAAAAMAJgAAAAAACwApAAAAAAAC ATEAAQAAABgAAAAAAAAAN8ciNsTqqU6/7DCpL9gdsgQFRAADADYAAAAAAB4AcAABAAAAHQAAAEFu ZCB0aGVuIHRoZXJlIHdhcyBmb3VyIC4uLi4AAAAAAgFxAAEAAAAWAAAAAcRwSn6f6ojN+vFYTAS3 vk872UK5zQAAAgEdDAEAAAAWAAAAU01UUDpCSUxMQFRIRUhVQlMuTkVUAAAACwABDgAAAABAAAYO ACAyhAFxxAECAQoOAQAAABgAAAAAAAAAN8ciNsTqqU6/7DCpL9gdssKAAAADABQOAAAAAAsAHw4B AAAAAgEJEAEAAAA8AgAAOAIAACUDAABMWkZ1retRXgMACgByY3BnMTI14jIDQ3RleAVBAQMB9/8K gAKkA+QHEwKAD/MAUARWPwhVB7IRJQ5RAwECAGNo4QrAc2V0MgYABsMRJfYzBEYTtzASLBEzCO8J 97Y7GB8OMDURIgxgYwBQ8wsJAWQzNhZQC6YK4wqAkEkgdGgIYGdoBUBaeQhgIAdAAyB3CGBseGQg ZguAHrAdcAQAICcLgA6wGCBzdAuAZy43ICEc9Bz0WR/BBJBkYax5LAYAAiB5BdB1DdGbHiAe8UIE kA6wbHMDgQsDoCIkRwNgdXAgKIhha2EisE1HKSJxsm4IYG5jCYAdYWEFQI0dcGUiABPgdmUgB4C0 cmclUm8ewAWwbSXC9R5hch6gJwQgFBAFoB7x9wtgJpEf0CAYIAWhAQAesPZtIjMFoG0KsCHwIbAq Af8f8R9hHiAp8BewFBAoFibhSmUmQHId8G5lJ/Fm2yYwBbBpDrAmYWQHMCnxryAAF7AmcSWgZSGw VQMAbSxhcwdAI3ouIcQkkSD3JQAH4ChBdANgIxAmYAWwByZQJYEDoDIyJSBvdmYnUy4hYi9BKaQA wHL+axQgIbAD8B1wKBAHQAeReybgAZBsKsIKwCURHrAkeDggYgMQNTACICTSdfUeMXkwIFQncSZz BcAw0v80sCYxNNE3UiIzHuEiMDFAeyIANENqOXEnAQhwM7Fq6wWxC2BiIwE6MDcuvyPUMSGwV0VB IbAigkVNLkkgUAGRHOV9P0ADAJIQAAAAAAIBFDoBAAAAEAAAAJyKWON2r25HmZxPoQvkqaoDAN4/ n04AAAMACVkBAAAAAwBAZQAAAAALAACACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAADhQAAAAAAAAMAAoAI IAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAABCFAAAAAAAAAwAIgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAAYUAAAAA AAADABmACCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAABShQAAOpoBAB4AGoAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAA AFSFAAABAAAABQAAADEwLjAAAAAACwAbgAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAABoUAAAAAAAALAB+A CCAGAAAAAADAAAAAAAAARgAAAAAOhQAAAAAAAAMAIoAIIAYAAAAAAMAAAAAAAABGAAAAABiFAAAA AAAACwA7gAggBgAAAAAAwAAAAAAAAEYAAAAAgoUAAAEAAAACAfgPAQAAABAAAAA3xyI2xOqpTr/s MKkv2B2yAgH6DwEAAAAQAAAAN8ciNsTqqU6/7DCpL9gdsgIB+w8BAAAAZQAAAAAAAAA4obsQBeUQ GqG7CAArKlbCAABtc3BzdC5kbGwAAAAAAE5JVEH5v7gBAKoAN9luAAAAQzpcRGF0YTJcUGVyc29u YWxcTWFpbGJveGVzXGJpbGxodWItcmNubWFpbC5wc3QAAAAAAwD+DwUAAAADAA00/TcCAAIBFDQB AAAAEAAAAE5JVEH5v7gBAKoAN9luAAACAX8AAQAAADEAAAAwMDAwMDAwMDM3QzcyMjM2QzRFQUE5 NEVCRkVDMzBBOTJGRDgxREIyNDQwNzQ0MDAAAAAAAwAGEJ413LgDAAcQrQEAAAMAEBAAAAAAAwAR EAEAAAAeAAgQAQAAAGUAAABJVEhPVUdIVFlPVUFMTFdPVUxERklORFRISVNJTlRFUkVTVElOR1lF U1RFUkRBWSxTT05ZTVVTSUNBTkRCRVJURUxTTUFOTk1VU0lDR1JPVVAoQUtBQk1HKUFOTk9VTkNF RFRIAAAAAGNz ------=_NextPart_000_0091_01C470DA.AE4A8FC0--