GENERAL: Heralded Digital Music Chief at Emi out After Only 11 Months

EMI Music said its head of digital music, Douglas Merrill, was leaving the company he joined less than a year ago, and his business unit would be integrated into the label's operations. The former Google chief information officer's decision to join EMI in April was heralded as a major coup for the music label. In interviews, Merrill talked excitedly about the company's embrace of digital technology and its transformation to a services company that could profit from small bands, as well as gia...

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