"EMI Artists Flee Amid Plans to Alter Business"

STEVE INSKEEP, Host:

Earlier this week, we reported that the new owners of music label EMI planned to slash one-third of the workforce. They're also going to shake up the way the company sells music. It turns out that EMI's artists, which include the Beastie Boys, Norah Jones and the Rolling Stones, are not happy. Coldplay and Robbie Williams are checking out the exits. And today the Financial Times reports the Rolling Stones have decided to release their next album through EMI's rival, Universal Music.