Madonna has signed a three-album deal with Interscope Records.

Warner Music Group’s search for a buyer of its publishing arm Warner/Chappell is partly intended to clear a path to buy all of British recording giant EMI, a person familiar with the matter said.

Britain’s Got Talent judge Simon Cowell has seen his fortune rise by more than £40m (€46m) – leapfrogging the Beckhams, a new rich list reveals.

ONCE again U2, the world’s highest-earning act, top the Irish music rich list, with Westlife joining the top five for the first time.

Rap superstar Jay-Z is close to inking a major label deal, just days after quitting his longterm partnership with Def Jam Records.

Dance star Moby is waging war with bosses at his record publishing company over its decision to pull artists' videos from website YouTube.

Metallica are considering releasing their next album as an internet download - as they are now free from the constraints of their current record deal.

News Corporation has approached the four major record labels to discuss launching an online music service through its MySpace social networking site, music company executives familiar with the talks say.

Warner Music Group boss Lyor Cohen has denied reports he's in talks with hip-hop mogul Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter to launch his own record label.

Led Zeppelin will make their complete back catalogue available for digital download in a bid to crack the online music market.

Madonna is planning to sign a $US120m (€84m) deal with a new record company, it was reported yesterday.

Madonna has sold her Maverick Records label, 12 years after she founded it.

US-based Warner Music Group says it has decided against making an offer to acquire British rival music company EMI.

US-based Warner Music Group says it has decided against making an offer to acquire British rival music company EMI.

Apple has indicated it would open its iTunes store to other portable players besides its ubiquitous iPod if the world’s major record labels abandoned the anti-piracy technology that serves as the industry’s security blanket.

Takeover speculation involving music group EMI was reignited today after it said it had received an approach.

Music group EMI today said albums from Robbie Williams, Norah Jones and Tina Turner will help it to meet full year expectations, despite a 5% slide in first half revenues.

YouTube announced deals to licence content from two major record companies just hours before the wildly popular US video website agreed to be bought by Google for $1.6bn (€1.27bn).

Mining stocks led the FTSE 100 Index towards the 6000 barrier today – boosted by better-than-expected consumer confidence figures from the US.

Music group EMI said today it had shelved plans to pursue a £1.35bn (€2bn) takeover of US counterpart Warner Music Group.

Takeover talk involving two high-profile stocks kept investors from fretting today over the prospect of higher interest rates in the United States.

Takeover speculation drove the London market today as attention switched to the possibility of deals for music group EMI and steel giant Corus.

US stocks closed modestly lower today as the latest batch of upbeat economic data made investors uneasy about more interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve.

Disappointing results from BSkyB and British American Tobacco drove the London markets in the red today.

Music group EMI today has revealed a fresh blow in its long-running attempts to secure a takeover of US-based rival Warner Music Group.

Software giant Microsoft has suspended talks with four major record companies over the licensing terms for a new online music subscription service, sources said today.

A battle has broken out between one of the world’s leading record companies and Apple, producer of the popular iPod music player.

Executives at Warner Music Group have lashed back at Linkin Park's bid to free themselves from their contract, insisting their managers have stirred up the stand-off by concocting "fictitious numbers."

A feud between pop star Madonna and Warner Music Group has been settled after the recording giant agreed to buy her stake in the record label she co-founded.

Madonna's Maverick Records label has sued Warner Music and Time Warner for breach of contract, accusing the record company and its former parent of mismanagement and improper accounting that cost the singer and her partners millions of dollars.

Warner Music Group announced 1,000 job cuts and a shakeup of top management today, one day after Edgar Bronfman closed a deal to buy the company from Time Warner Inc.

Music group EMI today said it had pulled out of the race for Time Warner’s recorded music division.

MUSIC group EMI could face a takeover move from a US private equity group if it fails in its bid for the recorded music division of Time Warner, according to reports.

Music group EMI could face a takeover move from a United States private equity group if it fails in its bid for the recorded music division of Time Warner, according to reports.

Music group EMI today said talks about buying Time Warner’s recorded music division were at “an advanced stage” as it posted a 6.6% fall in profits to £39.4m (€56.18m).

The FTSE 100 Index has taken its slump over the last two sessions beyond 100 points as markets around the world came under pressure.

London’s FTSE 100 Index took its slump over the last two sessions beyond 100 points today as markets around the world came under pressure.

The FTSE 100 Index has picked up where it left off last week by adding to Friday's 60 point fall.

EMI has begun talks with Time Warner about buying the US media giant's music business.

EMI and Time Warner were yesterday reported to be in talks over the creation of a music powerhouse to bring some of the industry’s biggest names under one roof.

EMI and Time Warner were today reported to be in talks over the creation of a music powerhouse to bring some of the industry’s biggest names under one roof.

The movie industry is hunting down digital film swappers and blocking their internet connection.

Napster, the former US music industry bad-boy, has struck a distribution deal with three major record labels that are launching a music subscription service this summer.

MSN has unveiled a trial version of a new internet music service to let fans look for and listen to recordings online.