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<text id=90TT0758>
<title>
Mar. 26, 1990: Business Notes:Music
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1990
Mar. 26, 1990 The Germans
</history>
<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
BUSINESS, Page 61
Business Notes
MUSIC
Top Dollar For Top 40
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<body>
<p> In the fast-consolidating worldwide music business, the
hottest property around was Geffen Records, the last of the big
independent labels. Everyone wanted to buy the stable of stars
built by hitmaker David Geffen, 47. Last week, in a sweetheart
deal that was the talk of Hollywood, Geffen sold his company
to MCA in a stock transaction worth an estimated $550 million,
but got to stay on as chairman of the label, which records
Cher, Don Henley and Guns N' Roses. The agreement makes Geffen
MCA's biggest stockholder, with 11% of the entertainment
conglomerate.
</p>
<p> Geffen had considered a sale to Time Warner, the current
distributor of Geffen Records, or Britain's Thorn EMI. Though
MCA paid a premium for Geffen's Top 40 talent, the company
gains needed clout in the booming record business--adding
pop-rock power to its strong roster of black and country
artists. At least in the music business no one is talking about
"labels for less."
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</body>
</article>
</text>