Stirling Newberry wrote:

> from The Wall Street Journal ...
>
> EMI and Time Warner said they have terminated their agreement to
> combine EMI Music with Warner Music Group.  The move is likely to
> clear the way for European Union approval of Time Warner's merger
> with AOL.

HUZZAH!  Although I am not prone to agree with Norman Lebrecht on too many
issues, he is dead on about the demise of the classical record industry.
(Or should I say of the major labels.) These mergers help no one and harm
everyone.  It's good to see that the EU took a strong hand in this one!

Kevin Sutton