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Sony Music's planned purchase of Globo's Som Livre unconditionally approved in Brazil

By Ana Paula Candil
  • 04 Nov 2021 15:33
  • 04 Nov 2021 15:33
Sony Music's planned acquisition of record company Som Livre from broadcaster Globo has been cleared, without conditions, by the Brazilian competition authority.
Universal Music, which is participating in the deal review as an interested third party, can appeal the Superintendence’s approval to the agency's Tribunal. The company didn't respond to

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Ana Paula Candil

Senior Correspondent, Latin America


Ana Paula joined MLex in Brazil in 2014 writing about antitrust investigations and merger reviews. Prior to that, she worked for several trade publications and in TV. She lived in Washington DC, where she worked for Al Jazeera English in 2010. She studied journalism and holds a postgraduate diploma in International Business Management from the George Brown College in Toronto and a Master of Business Administration diploma in government relations from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

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