EMI to be split, sold for $4.1 billion

Nov. 11, 2011
LOS ANGELES — EMI Group Ltd., home of The Beatles, Coldplay and Katy Perry, is being sold in two parts for $4.1 billion.Universal Music Group said Friday that it has agreed to buy the recording division of EMI for 1.2 billion pounds ($1.9 billion).Sony/ATV has reached a deal to buy the second part,

Dancers vs. corporate America: AFTRA organizing for fair deal

Oct. 5, 2011
“We just want to get paid a decent wage for a decent number of hours, an 8- or 10- or 12-hour day. Anything above that would be overtime.” Sharon Ferguson, based in LA, has danced in music videos for the last couple decades. She’s seen it all.