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Sony seeks to harmonize music, electronics

The music business combination four years ago made Sony BMG the world's No. 2 record label, generating savings and pre-empting other industry consolidation. But the venture's cost-cutting didn't keep pace with falling CD sales, and the two companies' Full Article at San Francisco Chronicle

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