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THEY’RE JUST GETTING STARTED: “Current speculation continues about the future of EMI, especially now that Citigroup has bought the company, raising expectations that a whole or partial selloff is on the cards. Three majors (Universal, Warner and Sony), as well as other actors in the market, have been rumored to be interested. In its assessment of the impact of the Universal-BMG [publishing] merger in 2007, as well as in its previous assessments of Sony BMG, the EC issued warnings about the power of the market leaders in both publishing and recording. Any attempt by Sony or Universal to increase their market power would be rejected out of hand by the EC, with any other combination having to implement far-reaching remedies to improve competition.” (2/2a)