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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Weak economy hurts music publishing
Financial Times
- 2009-11-24
Music publishing, once one of the few stable areas of an industry suffering from declining CD sales and online piracy, is starting to suffer from the weak economy, results from Warner Music showed on Tuesday.Fewer ads are being made and aired, limiting music companies' once-healthy revenues from the use...
WMG Call: Bronfman Jr Still Disappointed By Video Game Income
PaidContent
- 2009-11-24
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) is lining up a new range of music video games partners, as it continues to voice displeasure at terms offered by publishers of smash-hit successes like Guitar Hero and Rock Band.“We’re negotiating with others, some of whom are larger than the others,” CEO Edgar...
Warner sells own ads on branded YouTube videos
Strategy Eye
- 2009-11-12
Warner Music videos are returning to YouTube with extensive branding after YouTube owner Google signed a deal with the record label. Warner’s agreement allows it to sell its own advertising against the videos and take the majority of revenues. Warner...
Warner Music Hands Over Video Ad Sales To Outrigger
PaidContent
- 2009-10-08
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has a vision for how it’s going to make money with digital content this time around—and it includes a few key tech platforms and sales partners. On the sales end in the U.S., the company is giving the reins to Outrigger Media, a New...
Outrigger to promote Warner artists online
Strategy Eye
- 2009-10-07
Warner Music Group is partnering with online video ad company Outrigger Media to help secure advertising and brand sponsorship for its artists. The popularity of music videos, photos, social networking and blogs has strengthened the relationship between artist and the online audience they attract. ...
Warner Music agrees its return to YouTube
Financial Times
- 2009-09-29
Warner Music has made an agreement with YouTube to return before the end of the year to the online video site, on more favourable terms than it had before its abrupt departure from the service in late 2008.Shares of Warner Music rose 8 per cent after the announcement.The music...
Warner signs YouTube video deal - Rumour
Strategy Eye
- 2009-09-27
Warner Music Group has reportedly signed a deal with YouTube to bring music videos from artists such as U2 and Madonna back to the video-sharing website. The videos were removed from the site in December following a row over royalty payments. ...
Report: Warner, YouTube Reach A Deal?With Talks For Vevo, Too
PaidContent
- 2009-09-25
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) and YouTube have finally negotiated a deal that will bring music videos from artists like Madonna and U2 back to the video site, AdAge is reporting. Warner pulled all of its artists clips from YouTube in December, after the two companies could not agree...
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...
Warner Expands Use Of Cisco's Eos For Artist Sites
PaidContent
- 2009-08-13
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) signed on for the Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) Eos white-label social networking service in a dip-the-toe way in January. Now the label is putting the whole foot in the water by expanding its deal beyond sites for two artists to five, promising to add a...
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