{"id":6827,"date":"2013-08-12T09:17:22","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T09:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=6827"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:25:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:25:13","slug":"warner-music-group-looking-to-acquire-more-companies-in-2013-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/warner-music-group-looking-to-acquire-more-companies-in-2013-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Music Group Looking to Acquire More Companies in 2013-2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Warner Music&#8217;s last investor call, Deutsche Bank\u2019s Aaron Watts asked WMG chief Stephen Cooper what other opportunities there were in the mergers and acquisitions landscape looking ahead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re actively in the market, looking at deals that are available,\u201d Cooper replied.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not going to change our strategy [of] trying [to] invest against what we believe could be growth assets for our business simply because we picked up and are going to be integrating Parlophone. 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