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Muzak Holdings LLC, the company that provides the world with elevator music, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday. The Fort Mills, South Carolina company is facing up to 500 million ...

About the only quiet places in the headquarters of Muzak Holdings LLC are, believe it or not, the building’s elevators. The omission is intentional. Muzak management wants visitors to know that the ...

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Muzak Holdings LLC, the maker of elevator music, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday. The company owes hundreds of millions of dollars to creditors and has assets of less than $50,000.

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