The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Canada's Mood Media will buy Muzak for $305 million in cash. If the deal goes through, it will not be the first time somebody has paid hundreds of ...

FORT MILL, S.C. — About the only quiet places in Muzak Holdings headquarters are, believe it or not, the building’s elevators. The omission is intentional. Muzak wants visitors to know that the ...

Whether you know it or not, you’ve been in the mood for some time. That’s Mood Media Corp, one of the world’s largest providers of atmospheric music and visuals (along with digital signage, scent, ...

FORT MILL, S.C. — About the only quiet places in the headquarters of Muzak Holdings are, believe it or not, the elevators. That’s intentional. Muzak management wants visitors to know the company has ...

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 ...

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 ...

We have two stories this week: first, the surprising history "elevator music." Turns out, Muzak was a real company. And then we reveal how much Amazon's Alexa and other smart speakers are really ...

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 ...

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 ...

In-store mood music may get no respect, but it does help retailers get customers. The company that paid $305-million for iconic elevator-music Muzak Holdings LLC on Thursday acknowledged the name ...