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Sony Corporation of America. Website. Official website. Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation ( Sony DADC) is a manufacturer of CDs, DVDs, UMDs, and Blu-ray Discs. The company has many plants worldwide. Although it primarily services Sony Music Entertainment -owned record labels, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, and Sony Interactive ...
- Sony Music Latin
In 1988, CBS Records was acquired by Sony and its Latin...
- Sony Discos
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- Sony Music Latin
In 1988, CBS Records was acquired by Sony and its Latin division was renamed to Sony Discos in 1991. In 2003, Sony Discos was re-branded as Sony Norte following the departure of former Sony Discos president Oscar Llord. A year later, Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) merged with Sony Music and Sony Norte was renamed to Sony BMG Norte ...
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Nel 1988 la Sony acquisisce il catalogo dei dischi CBS Records per due miliardi di dollari e nel 1991 la ribattezza Sony Music Entertainment. La CBS mantiene comunque i diritti sul proprio marchio. La Sony acquisisce anche il catalogo della Columbia Graphophone Company direttamente dalla EMI , e successivamente anche quello della Epic Records , diventando la sezione pop-rock del listino Sony.
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- Sony Music UK
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1929–1938: American Record Corporation
The American Record Corporation (ARC) was founded in 1929 through a merger of several record companies. The company grew for the next several years, acquiring other brands such as the Columbia Phonograph Company, including its Okeh Recordssubsidiary, in 1934.
1938–1970: Columbia/CBS Records
In 1938, ARC was acquired by the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) under the guidance of chief executive William S. Paley. The company was later renamed Columbia Recording Corporation, and changed again to Columbia Records Inc. in 1947. Edward Wallerstein, who served as the head of Columbia Records since the late 1930s, helped establish the company as a leader in the record industry by spearheading the successful introduction of the LP record. Columbia's success continued through the 1950s w...
1971–1991: CBS Records Group
In 1971, CBS Records was expanded into its own "CBS Records Group", with Clive Davis as its administrative vice president and general manager. In the 1980s to the early 1990s, the company managed several successful labels, including CBS Associated Records, which signed artists including Ozzy Osbourne, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Jett, and Henry Lee Summer. In 1983, CBS expanded its music publishing business by acquiring the music publishing arm of MGM/UA Communic...
Sony Music UK is owned and operated by Sony Music Entertainment in the United Kingdom. Since 2014, Jason Iley has been chairman and CEO of Sony Music UK.Though owned by Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music UK has standalone operations in the UK to promote musicians within the UK. In June 2017, it was announced that Sony would be merging its two ind...
Sony Music Entertainment Russia was the Russian music label of Sony Music Entertainment. The company opened its division in the Russian Federation in 1999. In 2000, the first contract was signed with the Russian group Bi-2.[citation needed]For 2021, experts estimated the company's share in the Russian recording market at approximately 15-20%. Sony ...
CD price fixing
Between 1995 and 2000, music companies were found to have used illegal marketing agreements such as minimum advertised pricing to artificially inflate prices of compact discs. This was done in order to end price wars of the early 1990s among discounters such as Best Buy and Target. A settlement was reached in 2002 that included music publishers and distributors Sony Music, Warner Music, Bertelsmann Music Group, EMI Music and Universal Music. In restitution for price fixing, they agreed to pay...
George Michael
British artist George Michael, signed to Columbia in the U.S. and Epic worldwide, advised Sony executives in 1990 that he would not be appearing in music videos to support his forthcoming album, Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1. Michael then accused Sony of not promoting the album at all. He sued in the UK in 1992, asking to be released from his contract. Sony ultimately prevailed in the courts in 1994, but Michael's contract was bought out by other labels. Some 11 years later, Michael license...
Michael Jackson and Tommy Mottola
The release of Invincible was preceded by a dispute between Michael Jackson and Sony Music Entertainment. Jackson had expected the licenses to the masters of his albums to revert to him sometime in the early 2000s, after which he would be able to promote the material however he pleased and keep the profits; however, clauses in the contract set the revert date years into the future. Jackson discovered that the attorney who had represented him in the deal had also been representing Sony. He was...
Flagship record labels
1. Columbia Records 2. RCA Records 3. Epic Records 4. Arista Records
Sony Music's channel on YouTube- September 9, 1929; 94 years ago
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- Louis G. Sylvester
- Rob Stringer (CEO)
List of Sony Music labels. This is a list of record labels owned by, or associated with Sony Music Entertainment (SME). According to the Sony Music official website, the main labels are Columbia Records, RCA Records, Epic Records, Arista Records, Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Latin, Sony Masterworks, Provident Label Group, and Sony ...
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Sony Discos. U.S. Miami based label specializing in releasing Spanish language music created in 1991. Formerly the Discos CBS International label which itself was created in 1980. Billboard Hot Latin Tracks, Colección De Oro (4), El Legado De, Latin Mix USA, Leyendas: Solamente Los Mejores, Linea Azul, Lo Esencial, Personalidad 24 Éxitos ...
