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Business › Sony agrees to buy Bertelsmann's 50% stake in Sony BMG Music

Sony Corp and Germany's Bertelsmann AG jointly announced Tuesday that Sony will make Sony BMG Music Entertainment, their U.S. 50-50 joint venture, into a wholly… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Tue, Aug 05 2008

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