Record companies eye new businesses as CD sales dwindle

Record companies eye new businesses as CD sales dwindle

TOKYO, japan - Comedian Hikaru Tanaka (L) hands an autographed copy of his comic "Dr. Nakajima's World Conquest," published by Pony Canyon Inc., to a fan during a book-signing event outside a bookstore in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014. Amid shrinking sales of CDs, Pony Canyon and other Japanese record companies are diversifying into all sorts of other fields in search of new business opportunities.

Record companies eye new businesses as CD sales dwindle

Record companies eye new businesses as CD sales dwindle

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of the comic "Dr. Nakajima's World Conquest," published by Pony Canyon Inc., are shown at a book-signing event by author and comedian Hikaru Tanaka outside a bookstore in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014. Amid shrinking sales of CDs, Pony Canyon and other record companies in Japan are diversifying into all sorts of other fields in search of new business opportunities.

NBS may sell key assets if taken over by Livedoor: NBS chief

NBS may sell key assets if taken over by Livedoor: NBS chief

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. President Akinobu Kamebuchi tells reporters in Tokyo on March 14 his company may sell its shareholdings in music company Pony Canyon Inc. to Fuji Television Network Inc. if the radio company is taken over by Livedoor Co.

NBS may sell key assets if taken over by Livedoor: NBS chief

NBS may sell key assets if taken over by Livedoor: NBS chief

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. President Akinobu Kamebuchi tells reporters in Tokyo on March 14 his company may sell its shareholdings in music company Pony Canyon Inc. to Fuji Television Network Inc. if the radio company is taken over by Livedoor Co. (Kyodo)

Record companies eye new businesses as CD sales dwindle

Record companies eye new businesses as CD sales dwindle

TOKYO, Japan - Copies of the comic "Dr. Nakajima's World Conquest," published by Pony Canyon Inc., are shown at a book-signing event by author and comedian Hikaru Tanaka outside a bookstore in Tokyo on Dec. 21, 2014. Amid shrinking sales of CDs, Pony Canyon and other record companies in Japan are diversifying into all sorts of other fields in search of new business opportunities. (Kyodo)