The bidding battle rumors came amid a New York Post report that EMI Group Chief Executive Jim Fifield might be in the final stages of planning an offer to buy the music company.

• 收购战的传言源自纽约邮报的一篇报道，报道说百代公司前行政总裁费菲尔德可能不久提出其收购百代音乐公司的计划。