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Chrysalis, is to sell its Heart, Galaxy and LBC radio stations to Global Radio for £170m, in order to focus on music publishing. 26-Jun-2007 Chrysalis is said to be considering plans to sell off its radio operations, including Heart FM and Galaxy, in order to focus on music publishing. 05-Feb-2007 Chrysalis has sold its book publishing division to a management buy-out for £12m. 19-Sep-2005 Chrysalis is to acquire the 106 Century FM radio station in the East Midlands from GCap Media for £29m. 10-May-2005 Chrysalis is considering plans to sell its book publishing division, in order to focus on its radio and record label operations. 27-Sep-2004 Chrysalis has sold CREL, the supplier of audio-visual solutions to the retail and leisure sectors, to a management buy-out for £0.7m. 19-Mar-2004 Chrysalis and Eckoh Technologies have sold their Rivals Digital Media internet business to UKbetting for £2m. 30-Dec-2003 Chrysalis has sold its television production business to a newly-formed company called MBI for £45m, as part of a strategy to focus on music and radio. 01-Aug-2003 Chrysalis is in discussions to sell its TV production division to a management buy-in team, in order to reduce debt and focus on the radio market. 28-Apr-2003 GWR is to acquire the remaining 50% of London News Radio and will then sell the whole business on to Chrysalis for £23m. 26-Sep-2002 Chrysalis and 365 Corporation are planning to merge their online sports operations into a new jointly-owned vehicle, in order to reduce costs. 26-Nov-2001 Chrysalis is to acquire the remaining 50% stake in its Dutch TV production subsidiary from VNU for £4.5m. 23-Nov-2001 Chrysalis is considering plans to sell off its lossmaking Citipages and Darkerthanblue online operations, in order to focus on the Rivals.net sports website. 30-Jul-2001 Chrysalis has raised £60m in a debt restructuring programme, which will enable the group to make further acquisitions in music and book publishing. 02-Mar-2001 Chrysalis has bought a 65% stake in Rivals.net, the internet sports site, for £2.5m. 18-Sep-2000 Chrysalis, the music and media group, has announced plans to invest £15m in its new internet and digital radio operations. 12-May-2000 Chrysalis has bought a 65% stake in Ride the Tiger, an internet-based music and lifestyle company, for £4m. 09-Feb-2000 Chrysalis is planning to build alliances with new media companies and internet start-ups, in order to develop new outlets for its radio and TV content. 22-Jan-2000 Chrysalis is forming a joint venture with Rivals.com of the US to develop a European-based internet sports business. 29-Dec-1999 Chrysalis is launching an internet service that will allow listeners of its radio stations to buy the songs being played via a link to a CD retailer. 23-Sep-1999 Chrysalis Group has acquired Global Music Group, the German music publisher, for £4.2m, as part of a strategy to create a worldwide independent publishing network. 26-Jan-1999 Chrysalis is to launch the Galaxy FM dance music radio station from two centres in Middlesbrough and Newcastle next summer, creating up to 70 jobs. 08-Dec-1998 Chrysalis is linking up with Border Television to jointly apply for regional digital radio licences. 24-Nov-1998 Chrysalis has won the new North East regional radio licence, and will launch the station next summer using its Galaxy dance format. 10-Oct-1998 Chrysalis is acquiring a 75% stake in Ramboro Books, the cut-price bookseller. 01-Aug-1998 Chrysalis Group is acquiring Choice FM Birmingham, the dance music radio station, for £6m. 25-Jul-1998 Chrysalis, as part of a consortium that includes Endeavour Productions and Force Corporation, has acquired South Pacific Pictures, the New Zealand TV production company. 20-Jan-1998 Chrysalis, Emap, Scottish Radio and GWR are thought to be the only remaining bidders still in the running to acquire Melody Radio from Hanson, following the withdrawal of Capital Radio and NRJ of France. 17-Jan-1998 Chrysalis is to acquire Faze FM Radio, which runs Kiss 102 in Manchester and Kiss 105 in Yorkshire, for £17.5m. 07-Aug-1997 Chrysalis Group is to apply for commercial radio licences in the north-west and north-east of England, and has also announced plans to start filming its first TV soap opera which is called Breakers and is set in Sydney. 17-May-1997 Chrysalis, the music company, has signed an agreement with VNU, the Dutch publishing group, to form CVI Media Group which will become the focus of their European TV production activities. 04-Jan-1997 Chrysalis is forming a joint venture with VNU to make television programmes in Holland and acquire independent production companies in both Holland and France. 02-Nov-1996 Chrysalis is planning to apply for all of the four new regional radio licences. 02-Dec-1995
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