BNET Industries
Market Cap:$859.5M
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
NAICS Code Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers: 711510
Recent Events
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Terra Firma sues Citigroup
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Where's Warner?
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Video Site Vevo Adds EMI On Eve Of Launch
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Warner Bros Records UK Announces Ben Durling As A&R Consultant
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Warner Music posts surprise 4Q loss; shares tumble
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WMG Reports Loss In Fiscal Q4
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Analysis: Hulu, Vevo And The Rise Of Streaming Video
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Business Matters: EMI, WMG, Radiohead, Guvera, Gibson
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WMG Inks Online Ad Technology Deal
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A rare rift in George and Ira Gershwin's harmony
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Business Matters: Qtrax, MySpace, Lala, WMG
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Warner Music Group looks to monetize music clips
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Warner Music Group Launches Web Strategy 2.0
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WMG Pacts With Outrigger To Monetize Videos
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Warner Music Group names producer Rob Cavallo chief creative officer
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WMG Names Rob Cavallo Chief Creative Officer
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Warner Music Group Appoints Renowned Producer Rob Cavallo as Chief Creative Officer
News & Analysis
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Seeqpod to sell its domain name – Rumour
Strategy Eye
- 2009-06-09
Seeqpod, the troubled music search engine, is reportedly looking to sell its seeqpod.com domain name, suggesting that a much-anticipated buyout is drawing close. Seeqpod CEO Kasian Franks is refusing to confirm the rumours, and says a deal has not been...
BSkyB and Universal prep for download store launch
Strategy Eye
- 2009-05-25
BSkyB and Universal are moving nearer to the launch of their joint music streaming and download service, with talks underway with the remaining major labels and a number of independents, Sky confirms. The news comes amid new reports over the price structure and corporate branding for the stand-alone subscription-based...
Google chases Chinese users with free music
Strategy Eye
- 2009-03-29
Google is offering Chinese users free music downloads as it aims compete with domestic search rival Baidu and help record labels squeeze revenue from a market rife with piracy. Google will initially offer 350,000 tracks, increasing to 1.1m in the...
Google, YouTube and the Music Video Saga
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-03-11
Seth Gilbert submits: Music videos are among the most popular clips on YouTube, but the battle to keep them there is getting more and more contentious. Back in December, faced with failing licensing negotiations, Warner Music WMG, pulled its programming off of the site. Monday, it was Google...
Warner Music Group and YouTube Are Not Hearing the Same Tune
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-12-30
Seth Gilbert submits: If you missed the headlines, Warner Music Group WMG, the first of the Big 4 record labels to partner with YouTube has pulled off the site. Accounts and press releases differ over culpability – whether YouTube bailed or Warner Music punted – but the material fact...
Record Companies Starting to Shun iTunes
Seeking Alpha
- 2008-08-29
Markham Lee submits: The following relates to my previous article on how digital music is drastically changing the economics of the music business in such a way that it's hurting profitably: From the WSJ: "...a growing number of record companies are trying to steer clear of Apple Inc.'s AAPL...
Stocks on the Rise- HYBT, DYAX and AVNR.
- 2007-04-26
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Yahoo! China sued for allegedly helping illegal music downloads
- 2007-03-07
BEIJING AFP — Music industry giants including Warner Music are jointly sueing Yahoo! China for allegedly playing and providing links to unlicensed music, state press reported on Thursday. Led by industry group International Federation of Phonographic Industry IFPI, eleven companies including Warner Music, EMI and Sony BMG Music Entertainment...
BT SIGNS CONTENT AGREEMENT WITH PARAMOUNT, WARNER MUSIC AND THE BBC.(British Telecommunications PLC, BBC Worldwide Americas Inc., Warner Music Group)(Brief Article)
- 2005-12-16
British telecommunications operator BT Group announced on December 8 that it has signed an agreement with the American film studio Paramount, Warner Music and BBC Worldwide, to feed television content into an Internet service it plans to launch in autumn 2006. This new BT service will...
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