The week's big news was the sale of EMI by Citigroup at prices that prove investors still value legacy music companies and catalogs. Universal grabbed the recorded music division for $1.9B and a Sony led group including Michael Jackson's Estate and David Geffen bought EMI Publishing for $2.2B. Join the discussion: What do you think of Universal buying EMI?

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