Universal hopes to keep EMI intact if takeover gets EU green light

World's largest record company confident it will be allowed to retain home to Katy Perry and ColdplayUniversal Music hopes to keep EMI's recorded music business – the home to Katy Perry and Coldplay – intact as a single division within the enlarged music major, possibly with its own chief executive, if the European commission approves the £1.2bn takeover of the British business.The world's largest record company, which is behind acts such as Rihanna and U2, believes it can convince Brussels...

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