EMI seeks investor to save Abbey Road
By Jill Lawless |
February 23, 2010, Tuesday
|
Print Edition
Print Edition
CASH-STRAPPED music company EMI Group Ltd has shelved plans to sell Abbey Road and is now looking for an investor to help save the London recording studio made famous by The Beatles.
News last week that EMI had been speaking to potential buyers sparked dismay among music fans. Former Beatle Paul McCartney said he hoped Abbey Road could be preserved, and the National Trust heritage group said it was considering buying the building.
But EMI now says it wants to keep the facility and is talking to "interested and appropriate third parties" about a revitalization project.
Abbey Road is one of the world's most famous music studios, used by artists including Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck and Radiohead.
EMI said on Sunday it had rejected a 30 million pound (US$50 million) offer for Abbey Road last year.
It said Abbey Road had been losing money "for a number of years ... and we have developed plans to revitalize the studios. These plans would involve a substantial injection of new capital."
EMI - whose artists include Coldplay, Lily Allen and Robbie Williams - has struggled financially since it was bought in 2007 for 2.4 billion pounds by private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners.
An audited report released earlier this month revealed that Terra Firma needs a huge cash infusion by June to avoid defaulting on its loans from Citigroup Inc and may require more than US$165 million to last through this year.
Abbey Road is one of the world's most sophisticated recording studios.
News last week that EMI had been speaking to potential buyers sparked dismay among music fans. Former Beatle Paul McCartney said he hoped Abbey Road could be preserved, and the National Trust heritage group said it was considering buying the building.
But EMI now says it wants to keep the facility and is talking to "interested and appropriate third parties" about a revitalization project.
Abbey Road is one of the world's most famous music studios, used by artists including Pink Floyd, Jeff Beck and Radiohead.
EMI said on Sunday it had rejected a 30 million pound (US$50 million) offer for Abbey Road last year.
It said Abbey Road had been losing money "for a number of years ... and we have developed plans to revitalize the studios. These plans would involve a substantial injection of new capital."
EMI - whose artists include Coldplay, Lily Allen and Robbie Williams - has struggled financially since it was bought in 2007 for 2.4 billion pounds by private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners.
An audited report released earlier this month revealed that Terra Firma needs a huge cash infusion by June to avoid defaulting on its loans from Citigroup Inc and may require more than US$165 million to last through this year.
Abbey Road is one of the world's most sophisticated recording studios.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
