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| record labels established in 1929 | |
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Warner Music Group (WMG) is one of the four Major Record Labels . Warner Music Group also has a publishing arm, Warner/Chappell Music , which dates back to 1929 , when Jack Warner , president of Warner Bros. Pictures Inc., founded Music Publishers Holding Company (“MPHC”) to acquire music copyrights as a means of providing inexpensive music for films. Amongst the historic compositions in which the publishing rights are controlled by WMG are the works of Cole Porter , Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart . Its printed music operation, Warner Bros. Publications , was sold to Alfred Publishing on 2005-06-01 . WMG's roots in what became Time Warner date back to the founding of Warner Bros. Records as a division of the Warner Bros. movie studio in 1958. After Warner Bros. became Warner Bros.-Seven Arts in 1967, it purchased Atlantic Records , now WMG's oldest label. When its successor Kinney National Company bought Elektra Records in 1970 and then became Warner Communications in 1971, it assembled the three labels into a group then known as WEA (Warner-Elektra-Atlantic); that name was also used as a label outside the U.S. (WMG's current logo is the former Warner Communications logo). In 1990, it was announced that Warner Communications was to merge with Time Inc. to form Time Warner . Time Warner sold the company in late 2003 to a group of investors led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr. for $2.6 billion. Time Warner was reportedly attempting to reduce its debt load. This spinoff was completed on February 27 , 2004 . In the 2004 transition to independent ownership, WMG hired record industry heavyweight Lyor Cohen from Universal Music Group to attempt to reduce cost and increase performance. On and it also rejected the offer. The two companies are still in talks about a potential merger. The headquarters are located at 1290 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10104. It is interesting to note that Time Warner may still have some ownership of Warner music because WMG does not license its trademarks from its former parent company. LIST OF WARNER LABELS Warner Music Group's labels include the following. It should be noted that some labels are actually divisions of other labels than in the order listed; this order reflects the current order of each label's administration. Atlantic Records Group
Independent Label Group
Rhino Entertainment Company
Ryko Corporation Warner Bros. Records Inc.
WEA International Inc. WEA International Inc. has divisions worldwide such as Australia, Japan and all over Europe. These branches are usually called Warner Music followed by the name of the country. Some labels have more than one record company for example the UK has Warner Bros. UK and Atlantic UK.
Labels distributed by Warner Music Group through Alternative Distribution Alliance
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