Deconstructing Pop Culture

Here is a copy of the prospectus EMI issued in connection with its acquisition of Virgin Records. Virgin Music Acquisition – Prospectus

Some comments on this post are here. Demerger Prospectus 2-20-1996 Demerger Prospectus 7-22-1996

A description of this post is here. EMI Merger with Warner Bros. 2000 – Press Release EMI Merger with Warner Bros. 2000 – Prospectus

Here is a discussion of several trade regulation issues affecting the U.S. record industry in the 1980s, including conspiracies to fix prices (an alleged violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act) and discrimination against certain classes of customers (an alleged violation of the Robinson-Patman Antitrust Act). Three Record Industry Trade Regulation Issues

For a discussion of this post, see: Portions of Phillips Annual Reports 1987 – 1997 re: Polygram Prospectus 10-2-1987 Prospectus 12-14-1989 Polygram 1989 Annual Report Polygram 1990 Annual Report Polygram 1991 Annual Report Polygram 1992 Annual Report Polygram 1993 Annual Report

Here are copies of EMI’s annual reports. I’m missing: pre 1955; 1958; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1982; 2006; and Terra Firma’s for 2009. If anybody has them, please forward and I’ll scan and post them. For further discussion, see this post. EMI Ltd. 1955 Annual Report EMI Ltd. 1956 Annual Report EMI Ltd. 1957 Annual [...]

Here is a copy of Weintraub Entertainment Group’s Form 10-K for 1988, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. This mainly is of interest because of Jerry Weintraub’s failed attempt to resuscitate United Artists Films and United Artists Records (the latter apparently without license from Capitol-EMI, which accquired it in 1978). For further discussion, [...]

Here are the annual reports for Transamerica Corporation for 1980 and 1981. They mainly are of interest in connection with United Artists Records and United Artists Films, owned by Transamerica at the time. Here is a post describing Capitol’s acquisition of United Artists Records in further detail. Transamerica Corp. 1980 10-K Transamerica Corp. 1981 Annual [...]

Here is a copy of the complaint in this legal case arising out of Capitol’s acquisition of United Artists Records.  For further information, see this post.

Here is a copy of the complaint in this action alleging securities fraud against Capitol at a time when it still was a publicly-traded company. For further discussion, see this post. Catena v. Capitol – Complaint