HMV beefs up bid for live-venue group Mama

• HMV paying £46m to secure Mama and trump rival bid• Mama behind UK's best-known live music venuesMusic-to-books retailer HMV has ramped up its bid to capture more of the entertainment pound with a deal to buy the company behind some of the UK's best-known live venues, including London's Jazz Cafe.If successful, the proposed buyout of Mama, already HMV's joint-venture partner on a number of venues, will give the company a bigger slice of the thriving live events market. It is pay...

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