{"id":6146,"date":"2011-02-14T13:17:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T13:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:26:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:26:57","slug":"20-companies-interested-in-acquiring-warner-music-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/20-companies-interested-in-acquiring-warner-music-group\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Companies Interested in Acquiring Warner Music Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6107 lazyload\" title=\"warner music group\" src=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/warner-music-group.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"172\" \/> As we mentioned previously on the RouteNote Blog, <a href=\"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/warner-music-group-looking-for-a-buyer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Warner Music is up for sale<\/a>. It is now being reported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/news\/business\/desperate_da_sS3rEmZv3evcOkXjICkKOO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NY Post<\/a> that over 20 parties have expressed an interest in acquiring Warner Music Group.<\/p>\n<p>Most  often named as potential bidders for all or part of either music group  include: BMG, Zomba founder Clive Calder, Russian investor Leonard  Blavatnik, Universal Music, Sony Music, equity firms KKR, Apollo and  Providence and Netherlands-based music publisher Imagem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we mentioned previously on the RouteNote Blog, Warner Music is up for sale. 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