Bertelsmann Music Group Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Japan's Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. It was established in 1987 to combine the music label activities of Bertelsmann. It consisted of the BMG Music Publishing company, the world's third largest music publisher and the world's largest independent music publisher, and the 50% share of the joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment, Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Sony BMG). The joint venture with Sony Music was set up in August 2004. It reduced the Big Five record companies to the Big Four record companies. At that time, the company had a 21.5% share in the global music market.[1] Sony Music and BMG remained separate in Japan, although BMG Music Japan was wholly owned by Sony BMG. Also kept separate from the acquisition by Sony Corporation of America was Sony BMG's wholly owned and operated BMG Japan. Office of the Chairman Company Leaders[edit]
PolyGram PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged with Universal Music Group. Hollandsche Decca Distributie (HDD), 1929-1950[edit] In 1929, Decca Records (London) licensed record shop owner H.W. van Zoelen as a distributor in the Netherlands. By 1931, his company Hollandsche Decca Distributie (HDD) had become exclusive Decca distributor for all of the Netherlands and its colonies. HDD was commercially successful during World War II because of the absence of American and British competition. In the mid-twentieth century, the majority of large recording companies manufactured both gramophones and records; Philips CEO Anton Philips noted the risk in creating gramophones without an interest in music recording and record manufacture, and that Radio Corporation of America (RCA) had merged with the Victor Talking Machine Company in 1929 for this reason. See also[edit]
Parlophone Records Alternative Distribution Alliance Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA), the independent music and film distribution arm of Warner Music Group, was created in 1993[1] to focus on the independent music business. In 2007 ADA was named Medium Distributor of the Year by the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, and has been ranked the industry's No. 1 independent distributor for the past six years, according to Nielsen/SoundScan.[citation needed] In 2009, Warner Music Group combined Ryko Distribution with ADA to create an independent label service company that provides a suite of services including physical and digital global distribution, physical production, merchandise production and distribution. ADA is a distributor of independent music and film, partnering with labels such as Cartoon Network, Epitaph, Hopeless, Secretly Canadian, Fearless, Side One Dummy, Taseis, and Smithsonian Folkways.[2] In 2012, Independent Label Group was merged into ADA. Labels[edit] WMG-based[edit] Independent[edit] References[edit]
East West Records East West Records (stylized as eastwest from 1990 to 2000) is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group, that operates under WMG's Independent Label Group. History[edit] Upon its creation in 1955 by Atlantic Records, the label had one hit with the Kingsmen (a Bill Haley & His Comets offshoot) and went into hibernation until 1990, when Atlantic revamped the imprint as EastWest Records America. Atlantic senior VP Sylvia Rhone was appointed Chairman/CEO of the fledgling label. logo designed by Laurence Dunmore Design; used from 1990 to 2000 In 1991, East West merged with its Atlantic sister label Atco Records, briefly calling itself “Atco/East west Records”. By the new millennium, budget cuts at Warner Music Group resulted in East West being absorbed into Elektra, where some of its acts were shifted over as well. Past artists[edit] See also[edit] List of record labels References[edit] External links[edit]
Cordless Recordings Cordless Recordings is a netlabel owned by Warner Music Group. The label was founded in 2005 by Jac Holzman, who also founded Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records. Affiliation with Rykodisc - Present[edit] Artists on Cordless Recordings[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] See also[edit] List of record labels international Elektra Records | Official Website: Photos, Blog, Videos, Interactive, Music and more.