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http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jun/25/gmg-radio-sold-global-50m?newsfeed=true
Global Radio (the UK's largest radio group) have just bought GMG Radio (UK's third-largest radio group) for £70m which means that they now own the Real Radio and Smooth Radio networks, as well as Capital, Heart and others.
I guess it also means that no one in the UK will ever be more than 2m away from a radio playing Domino or Mama Do The Hump.
Global Radio (the UK's largest radio group) have just bought GMG Radio (UK's third-largest radio group) for £70m which means that they now own the Real Radio and Smooth Radio networks, as well as Capital, Heart and others.
I guess it also means that no one in the UK will ever be more than 2m away from a radio playing Domino or Mama Do The Hump.
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I came to hate Jessie J's music because of that station
Apart from those on management or publishing deals with Global
http://www.thisisglobal.com/publishing/Artists/ - The Vaccines, Ellie Golding, LMFAO, Tribes to name a few.The other songwriter's listed also write song's for other major artist's - basically the publishing copyright is 'in-house' when this happen's - saves them at least 50% ?? of the performance royalty cost's which radio stations have to pay for each song played.Other stations (BBC + other commercial stations outside of 'Global radio' not just in the UK either) will have to pay these performance royalty fee's to Global publishing for these song's - a double whammy
http://www.thisisglobal.com/talent/ - The Wanted & Lawson
http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?storyCode=1046693§ioncode=1
Guardian article about 'possible sale' (going to Office of Fair Trading) - who are part of the same group as GMG
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jun/25/global-radio-takeover-gmg?CMP=twt_gu
This is what Global e-mailed to staff
http://radiotoday.co.uk/2012/06/gmg-to-global-the-staff-emails/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=facebook