The EMI Merger – Why I Won’t Be Shedding A Tear

On Friday news broke that Universal and Sony had finalised a deal to buy EMI, the UK music label that has been staring down the barrel of a gun for the last four years. Saddled with a huge amount of debt and mismanaged by Citigroup, a breakup has been on the cards for a while. However, it seems that the break-up of this corporate behemoth is not without some feeling. Last Monday The Guardian published an article lamenting the proposed acquisition of EMI by Warner Bros, the rumoured favourites at the time. The article put a human interest slant on the breakup, linking EMI to numerous household artists that would never have reached their status today were it not for the might of the label.