Guardian Music — Lucian Grainge remains bullish after music giant gets green light for £1.2bn takeover, despite EC's demand for divestmentsUniversal Music chairman and chief executive Lucian Grainge has reiterated his pledge to make £100m in annual savings after bu... more info

Guardian Music — Musicians whose labels are being sold off, such as Coldplay, Lilly Allen and Kylie Minogue, are being treated like commoditiesThough, to many, the European Commission's approval of the EMI sale to Universal Music will not come as a big surprise; to t... more info

Guardian Music — EC says music giant can buy rival only if it sells off labels that are home to Coldplay, Blur, Kylie Minogue and othersUniversal Music has been given the green light for its £1.2bn EMI takeover by the European Commission, but will have to sell off l... more info

The Independent — Coldplay, Kylie Minogue, David Bowie and other prestigious artists are set to leave EMI after Universal's £1.2 billion takeover was approved today on condition it sells several of the recording company's labels. more info

ContactMusic — Gwyneth Paltrow credits laughter for her successful marriage.The Oscar-winning actress has been wed to Coldplay frontman Chris Martin for almost nine... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Will the Killers be the last stadium-rock band America ever creates? We’re great at pop, we invented hip-hop and we’ve even caught up at dubstep. But Coldplay is English, Arcade Fire is Canadian, and “Battle Born” feels like a reveille for th... more info

Consequence of Sound — Includes the new singe, an Usher remix, and a collabo with Coldplay. more info

Kings of A&R — Buzz Track: Uh Oh Kings favorite Super Water Sympathy just self released the new pop/rock single “Uh Oh” from their upcoming album. The album was recorded in London with Cam Blackwood (Florence + The Machine, Coldplay, Morrissey). The band will h... more info

Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of musicThis week's most popular storiesChris Brown denies his new tattoo depicts a beaten RihannaMercury prize 2012: the shortlist that might have beenClara Schumann: Google doodle celebrates life of pi... more info

Guardian Music — This week's Mercury prize nominations were widely judged to be straight and safe. Here our critics suggest 12 records that should have made the listPlayin' Me Cooly G (Hyperdub)It sells itself as qualitative judgment and always arrives wreathed in a ... more info