Before the merger, there were five record "majors" -universal, Sony, Bertelsmann, Warner and emi-which together accounted for 80-85% of recorded music sales in western Europe.

索尼bmg合并前，曾有5大唱片公司包揽了西欧唱片销售的80% - 85%，这5大巨头分别是：环球，索尼，贝塔斯曼，华纳和百代唱片。

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Three big record labels—Universal Music Group, Warner Music and Sony Music Entertainment—are negotiating new deals with YouTube that they hope will lead to a bigger slice of the pie.

三家大型唱片公司——环球唱片，华纳唱片和索尼音乐娱乐公司正在与YouTube协商新的方案，他们的希望将指向分得更高的份额。

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Vivendi owns Universal Music, one of the "big four" record labels.

维旺迪环球音乐公司之一的“四大”唱片公司。

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They have also requested financial information from Universal Music - the record label which released a Boomtown Rats greatest hits compilation and re-mastered versions of their six studio albums earlier this year.

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In June it entered into a joint venture with Universal Music Group to create a new label, Desi Hits Universal, fully funded by the record label giant.

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Universal Music Group is the world's leading music company with wholly owned record operations or licensees in 77 countries.

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