News Venture will focus on signing and servicing songwriters to frontline publishing deals with BMG News Mechanicals will now be paid within the same quarter Analysis News The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days News MBW obtains internal note that confirms a range of changes at Bertelsmann-owned company News BMG says other collaborations with UMG are also under discussion News BMG has acquired the recorded music catalog of superstar French DJ and electronic music artist Martin Solveig News Major recording companies and the Recording Academy condemn the atrocious attacks by the Palestinian militant group Hamas in Israel over the weekend News 'Jet are a generation-defining band,' said Heath Johns, BMG President, Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia