Microsoft courted by Vivendi to buy music unit
Reuters | at | by Mike
Microsoft is among companies approached by Vivendi Universal Music Group executives in their bid to find buyers for the unit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The report comes a day after a Paris-based source told Reuters that talks between Vivendi Universal and Apple Computer had entered a crucial phase which could make or brake a deal for the world's largest record company.
The Reuters source played down speculation the sale of Universal Music to the firm run by California computer guru Steve Jobs -- for up to $6 billion as first reported by the Los Angeles Times on Friday -- was a done deal.