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Jul
Cash strapped French media giant Vivendi Universal has closed the European arm of MP3.com, the online music site that it bought for #265m two years ago.
Its decision to dump the expensive acquisition is part of its ongoing purge of the excesses of former chief executive Jean-Marie Messier.
The site, which was worth over #3bn at the height of the dotcom boom, will close on August 8 with around 20 redundancies in Europe. The US arm of the site has been placed up for sale, although analysts are doubtful whether a buyer will be found willing to operate it as a going concern. [more @
media.guardian.co.uk]
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