Pop superstar Madonna has sold
her Maverick Records label, 12 years after she founded it.
The Material Girl owned 60 per cent of Maverick with her partners Guy
Oseary and Ronnie Dashev, while Warner Music Group owned the remaining 40
per cent.
Madonna has now agreed to let Warner Music executives buy her out of
her contract - just months after Maverick took legal action against the
firm and its former parent company, Time Warner, alleging breach of
contract and mismanagement.
Warner Music responded by filing its own lawsuit against Maverick.
However, according to Maverick lawyer Bert Fields, the 49-year-old will
continue to record for Warner Music.
He says, "It was an effective way of settling the lawsuit. It's
clean and equitable, and it doesn't have anything to do with her record
contract."
Maverick artists include Alanis Morrisette, Erasure and The Prodigy.