Following the sale of the chemical products businesses completed in late September 2012, approximately 1, 800 employees have been transferred outside the Sony Group (as previously announced).
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But I think the most important thing though is - we'll do that, if it makes sense, not for the sake of doing it, and that's a trap that we don't want to fall into, we meaning not just us, but everybody in the Sony group.
In its prior corporate strategy announcement, Sony stated that through the combination of these structural reform measures and business portfolio realignment it expected to reduce headcount across the entire Sony Group, primarily in the electronics business, by approximately 10, 000 in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013 ("FY12"), including approximately 3, 000 to 4, 000 in Japan.
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Sony Entertainment Group and Warner Music Group, though its catalogue on a macroscopic level seems undifferentiated from the likes of Rdio, for example.
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Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Warner Music Group are pumping money into Latin music.
The president of the powerful Sony Computer Entertainment group gives thumbs down to visions of the future concocted by other Sony groups.
Effective January 1, 2013, Group Executive of Sony Corporation Andrew House will assume responsibilities for SNEI during the transition, in addition to his current role as President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.(SCEI).
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Big music companies like Vivendi's Universal Music Group, Sony-BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Group are already experiencing a sharp decline in sales of compact discs.
Big music companies like Vivendi's Universal Music Group, Sony-BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group (nyse: WMG - news - people ) and EMI Group are already experiencing a sharp decline in sales of compact discs.
"Sony engineers have raised the bar once again" said Mike Abary, senior vice president of the VAIO business group at Sony.
"At Sony Mobile we continue to evaluate innovative technologies that can help deliver the premium user experiences that Sony's consumers expect, " said Bob Ishida, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Head of Products Business Group, Sony Mobile Communications.
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America has Vevo, a music-video website linked to YouTube and owned in part by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment.
"Sony continues to lead the connected car era with state-of-the-art mobile audio technologies, " said Andrew Sivori, Vice President of the Personal Audio Group at Sony Electronics Inc.
The story notes that Vevo offers music from three of the four major music labels, including Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment and EMI Music.
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Sivori, vice president of the Personal Audio group at Sony Electronics.
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Even though this strategy is still in its early stages, Jon Feltheimer, president of Columbia Tristar Television Group, Sony's television-production business, says the returns are looking good.
Yukonori Kawauchi, general manager in charge of DVD formats at Sony's Video Group, said that "to provide the best service to the consumer one format is better than two, " which makes us wonder why they don't put this guy in charge when making decisions on other Sony storage formats.
On the other hand, one might also want to consider that in September, Baidu's music accessibility got slammed by a quadumvirate of Warner Music Group, Vivendi Universal 's Universal Music Group, EMI Group and Sony BMG (half-owned by Sony), which all filed suits against the Chinese e-commerce firm (see: " Bronfman Leads Music Bigs In Baidu Piracy Lawsuit").
Having Sony Music back inside the group will help to pay for much of this.
By early January 2008, a few months after Amazon MP3 launched, the three other major labels--Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, and Sony BMG--dropped DRM.
In movies, Amy Pascal , chairman of the Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group, is trying to repair the studio's sagging reputation, with box-office successes like the Spiderman series and The Da Vinci Code.
Presenters include Andrew House, president and group chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
In 2005 the studio was bought by a group of investors including Sony, Comcast and Providence Equity Partners.
It will become still more so when the likes of Ito-Yokado, a retailer, and Sony, a consumer-electronics group, get into the business.
Andy Schuon, president and chief executive officer of Pressplay, an online music service formed as a joint venture of Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group.
Also in Midtown, a group of investors led by Chetrit Group that just bought the Sony Corp.
After teaming up with Sony's Netservices division, Vodafone Group is launching an interactive radio service that allows 3G phone users to skip songs they don't like and download the ones they do.
Spotify is a music service that allows unlimited streaming of songs from the Big Four music labels, Sony, Warner Music, Universal Music Group and EMI, and also offers a premium, add-free service via subscription.
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Despite the potential for objections from lawmakers, Warner is the third-largest record company and would likely face less resistance than No. 1 Universal Music Group or No. 2 Sony over a bid for No. 4 EMI.
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