There is no indication of whether or not the new owners will continue EMI's DRM-free experiment.

Around 1300 artists are signed with EMI Music, including Lily Allen, The Beach Boys, Nick Cave, Coldplay, Duran Duran, Missy Higgins, Iron Maiden, Janet Jackson. Wynton Marsalis, Moby, Pink Floyd, Queen, Cliff Richard, The  Rolling Stones, Tina Turner, Keith Urban, and Robbie Williams. The combined catalogue contains over three million tracks.

In recent years, Terra Firma has acquired a wide variety of businesses, including German motorway service operator Autobahn Tank & Rast, cinema chains Odeon and UCI, waste recycler WRG, and gas supplier East Surrey Holdings.{moscomment}