Field Corp., best known for its publishing-related operations, said Monday it plans to buy Muzak, best known for its background music service, from Westinghouse Broadcasting Co. Inc. Neither company ...

For much of the 20th century, it was derided as the Spam of sounds, the pablum of music. Yet in the 21st century, the South Carolina-based company that still calls itself Muzak has enjoyed some of the ...

Little noticed in recent weeks was the latest lease on life for Muzak. Should you be so inclined, you can now buy stock in the 77-year-old background music service. Muzak, which emerged from Chapter ...

Muzak made its mark on American culture by producing generic-sounding songs for office buildings, retail stores and the dentist. Muzak made elevator music, but it's been 25 years since the company ...

It’s time to face the Muzak. Muzak Holdings, the company that has filled waiting rooms, shopping malls -- and most famously, elevators -- with syrupy sweet background music for decades, filed for ...

Muzak Holdings LLC says it is moving toward emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization after receiving financing commitments from three lenders. Muzak announced that it has received a joint ...

Anyone of a certain age remembers the golden age of Muzak. Founded in 1934, the company's lilting sounds were the constant companion in elevators that offered something not quite music, but not quite ...

SARASOTA -- Larry Gordon, 90, a pioneer in the radio and in-store broadcasting business and founder and first president of the National Association of FM Broadcasters, died Jan. 13, 2006. He was born ...

Tycoons in Manhattan were last week offered for the first time a luxury already enjoyed in about one of every seven homes in Holland. The select list who followed the example of 340,000 Dutchmen ...

Muzak said it won a three-week extension of a $105 million credit agreement until Feb. 10. The company is seeking a restructuring of its debt. “Muzak remains enthused by the cooperation of its secured ...

Muzak doesn’t like to be in the foreground, at least not in this way. Now you can add its name to the lengthening line of companies that have sought relief from debts in an effort to stay in business.

Care to hear four years' worth of the music played on Kmart's loudspeakers? Well, whether or not you do, now you can — on Archive.org. Mark Davis explains why he collected and uploaded the tunes.