EMI has tried to be the aggressor by making a move on Warner but - after the UK group's two profit warnings this year - the tables seem to have turned.

百代觊觎并购华纳已酝酿多年。最近一次谈判是在一年前欧盟委员会调查索尼与贝塔斯曼的音乐合资经营之后。