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Warner Music Group Corp.

(WMG) is in the Media Industry

Market Cap:$831.6M

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$3.4B

Public
US

Dow Jones Description

Warner Music Group, with its broad roster of new stars and legendary artists, is the world's largest privately held independent music company. The company is home to a collection of the best-known record labels in the music industry including Atlantic, Elektra, Lava, Maverick, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. and Word. Warner Music International, a leading company in national and international repertoire operates through 37 affiliates and numerous licensees in more than 50 countries. Warner Music Group also includes Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world's leading music publishers, with a catalog of more than one million copyrights worldwide.

Number of Employees 3,800

Contact Information

75 Rockefeller Plaza

New York, New York 10019

wmg.com

212-275-2000

NAICS Code Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers: 711510

Company News

Recent Events

Where's Warner?

12/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Video Site Vevo Adds EMI On Eve Of Launch

12/07/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Warner Bros Records UK Announces Ben Durling As A&R Consultant

11/29/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Warner Music posts surprise 4Q loss; shares tumble

11/24/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story
WMG Reports Loss In Fiscal Q4

11/25/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Analysis: Hulu, Vevo And The Rise Of Streaming Video

11/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Business Matters: EMI, WMG, Radiohead, Guvera, Gibson

11/18/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story
WMG Inks Online Ad Technology Deal

11/12/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
A rare rift in George and Ira Gershwin's harmony

11/01/09 - Lawsuit Filed - View Story
Business Matters: Qtrax, MySpace, Lala, WMG

10/29/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
Warner Music Group looks to monetize music clips

10/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Warner Music Group Launches Web Strategy 2.0

10/08/09 - Product Announcement - View Story
WMG Pacts With Outrigger To Monetize Videos

10/10/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story
Warner Music Group names producer Rob Cavallo chief creative officer

10/08/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story
WMG Names Rob Cavallo Chief Creative Officer

10/08/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Warner Music Group Appoints Renowned Producer Rob Cavallo as Chief Creative Officer

10/07/09 - Mgmt. Change Entering - Other - View Story
Warner Music bringing music videos back to YouTube

10/02/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

News & Analysis

cd and warner music group corp. - All News and Analysis

The WMG Reinvention Continues?But Is Time Running Out?

PaidContent - 2009-08-31

Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) is continuing to dial back towards its content and marketing roots, a shift reiterated Friday by Atlantic Records GM & EVP of Marketing and Creative Media Livia Tortella. “We’re an entertainment company, we’re about music. We’re not a technology company,” Tortella commented during a...

Tags: CD, Artist, Warner Music Group Corp., Marketing Research, Marketing, Entertainment, Music, Digital Music News
Prices killing DualDisc.(Retailers blame high pricing and consumer confusion for contributing to the downfall of the DualDiscs format)

- 2006-10-02

By Susanne Ault Warner tries new 'DVD album' format Puncturing industry hopes it would save physical music sales, CD/DVD hybrid product DualDisc is quickly disappearing. Retailers blame high pricing and consumer...

Tags: CD, DVD, pricing strategy, Warner Music Group Corp.
Warner Music and Funcom to Release 'Dreamfall' EP by Magnet - Two Music Soundtrack CDs to be Released for 'Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'

- 2006-04-05

DURHAM, USA -- Funcom (OSE:FUNCOM) is proud to announce the release of two dedicated soundtrack CDs for 'Dreamfall: The Longest Journey'. Having a constant focus on high production values and excellent in-game music, Funcom is once again going to great lengths to deliver original and unique soundscapes in one of...

Tags: CD, Warner Music Group Corp.
Out of Tune

- 2003-09-22

The threat of a PR disaster was huge. What if, perhaps, they caught a handicapped, homebound downloader who found joy only through free file sharing--someone who would generate a lot of sympathy? Senior executives from the Big Five music labels--Sony, Universal, EMI, AOL Time Warner and Bertelsmann--were meeting recently on...

Tags: Apple Inc., CD, MARKETING, music, Newsweek, Sony Corp., Strategy, Technology, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group Corp.
Dual disc in the works.(Vidbits)(Warner Music Group and Sony Music will launch a dual-disc DVD/CD early 2004)(Brief Article)

- 2003-09-22

* Warner Music Group and Sony Music will together launch a dual-disc DVD/CD early next year that would include a CD on one side and DVD on the other, according to The Financial Times. The disc would include an album and music videos/bonus video con ...

Tags: CD, DVD, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group Corp.