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HMV has been struggling a lot with its mounting debt, pressure from banks and fall in overall sales. HMV has now announced that they will be giving equity worth 2.5 percent to its key suppliers – music and movie studios – to avoid breaching its banking covenants. This saw HMV shares rise 100% in a matter of minutes. I find it very interesting that HMV can give away 2.5% of their company for writing off old debt and shares can increase. I know their bottom line looks a lot better, but it really doesn’t draw away from the fact that the CD music market is in decline and HMV isnt adapting very well to this changing market!<\/p>\n

HMV are also in talks to sell their profitable live music company, Mama Group, plus selling off their 50% stake in 7Digital. I can only see tough times ahead of this high street giant who didn’t move with the times (sounds very much like the Kodak story!).<\/p>\n

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