81. Such pressures can be even more intense in media conglomerates that own both film studios and music companies. 82. Still, some Internet music companies have changed the way they do business. 83. Talks last year with EMI Group, the British music company, broke down amid opposition from antitrust regulators. 84. That probe focuses on programs in which music companies offer to pay for cooperative advertising by retailers that sell compact discs above a specified price. 85. That proved a frustration for Orrin Hatch, the Utah Republican who chairs the Senate committee and has urged quicker action by music companies. 86. The article about a possible bid for Polygram, the giant music company, included an artist erroneously among those who record for it. 87. The amount also includes enough money to pay legal fees and anticipated royalties to music publishing companies and smaller record labels that have not filed lawsuits. 88. The code would not necessarily have to be applied to every dress produced in a designer showroom, or every CD pressed at a music company. 89. The chairmen of Walt Disney and Thorn EMI have met and discussed the possibility of Disney acquiring the big music company, music industry officials said. 90. The company said profits fell because of retail competition in the music industry, which has hurt other music companies, including Time Warner Inc. and Viacom Inc. |
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