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- Warner Records, Inc. (formerly known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the American film studio Warner Bros.
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The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (previously owned by EMI), and Atlantic Records. WMG also owns Warner Chappell Music, one of the world's largest music publishers.
Another impetus for the label's creation was the music career of Warner Bros. actor Tab Hunter. Although Hunter was signed to an exclusive acting contract with the studio, it did not prevent him from signing a recording contract, which he did with Dot Records, owned at the time by Paramount Pictures.
Harry acquired a string of music publishers (including M. Witmark & Sons, Remick Music Corp., and T.B. Harms, Inc.) to form Warner Bros. Music. In April 1930, Warner Bros. acquired Brunswick Records. Harry obtained radio companies, foreign sound patents and a lithograph company. [50]
May 28, 2019 · In 2004, when Warner Music Group was sold by Time Warner and became the world’s largest independent major music company, it was agreed that Warner Bros. Records would continue to use the Warner Bros. name and logo for 15 years.
Warner Music Group was founded in 1958 as Warner Bros. Records by Jack L. Warner, the head of Warner Bros. Studios, in Los Angeles. The company initially focused on the production of popular music records.
May 16, 2023 · Others who have sold off or reduced their holdings in WMG include investment company BlackRock Inc, which reported owning 4.58 million Class A shares in Warner on February 10, 2021, but has not been seen in the music company’s SEC filings since.
In 1963, Warner Bros Records acquired Reprise Records – the record label founded by Frank Sinatra – in a deal that brought across the exec widely credited with building WBR’s stellar legacy, Mo Ostin. Warner Bros was then sold to Seven Artist Productions in 1967, creating Warner Bros. Seven Arts.
