BNET Industries
Market Cap:$918.2M
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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Cisco Will Be Hard Pressed to Match 2009
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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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Record Labels Get Proactive to Protect Revenue
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-12-10
Joel West submits: Tuesday was the North american launch of Vevo, the music video site owned by Universal, Sony SNE and money from Abu Dhabi Media.I find it encouraging that the record labels are taking this step. Faced with the decimation of their decades-long revenue model — the sale...
Warner Music Plays a Sad Tune
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-11-25
Ockham Research submits: “A surprise quarterly loss for Warner Music as the weak economy and slowing demand for CD’s resulted in a three cent a share loss. Analysts were looking for five cents a share.” — CNBC’s Closing Bell 11/24/2009 by Ockham Research
Warner Music Negotiates More Control in New YouTube Deal
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-09-29
Jason Kincaid submits: YouTube has just held a conference call to announce that it has negotiated a deal with Warner Music Group WMG, the major record label that pulled off the world’s most popular video portal after feeling shortchanged by the revenue its videos were driving. Many details of...
Warner Music Group F3Q09 (Qtr End 6/30/09) Earnings Call Transcript
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-08-06
Warner Music Group Corp. WMG F3Q09 Earnings Call August 6, 2009 8:30 am ET
Apple And The Music Labels Mixing Holiday "Cocktails" On The Tablet?
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-07-27
TechCrunch submits: By MG Siegler An interesting report hit the Financial Times today, indicating that Apple AAPL is working with all of the major music labels on a way to boost album sales. But the report is confusing in a number of regards, and is propelling new rumors...
Warner Music Says Imeem Is Worthless
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-05-07
Erick Schonfeld submits: How bad are things getting for music streaming startups? We knew that imeem was on the verge of shutting down before getting a last-minute cash infusion from some of its investors, but an SEC filing from Warner Music adds some more details about...
Warner Music Embarrassed, Regrets MySpace Deal
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-04-15
Michael Arrington submits: One thing is for certain - the six month old MySpace Music project is throwing off a lot of cash to the labels. That’s because MySpace’s 75 million or so U.S. users are streaming literally billions of songs a month. And they have to pay for...
When Will Big Music Finally Surrender?
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-03-08
Erick Schonfeld submits: I had a surprisingly candid lunch conversation last week with a big music label executive, and a good part of our talk focused on the future of music. I asked the usual question: Why are you guys so damned clueless? Your business is disintegrating before your...
Illegal Downloads Costing Music Industry $10 Billion
Seeking Alpha
- 2009-03-05
Research Recap submits: Illegal downloads could be costing the music industry $10 billion — the very amount by which the global industry has declined since 1999, according to a recent report from ContentNext. “Playing a New Tune: The Music Industry’s D-I-Y Era” authored by former newspaper analyst...
Media Roundup: Gannett Orders One Week Unpaid Leave, Hearst Seeks Ideas About Web Only Operation, and More
BNET
- 2009-01-15
In Today's Media Roundup: Gannett orders one week unpaid leave, Hearst seeks ideas from staff about Web only operation, Warner Music Group muted on YouTube, Google shuts down several services, Jobs takes break lawsuits may follow and ABC expands online player by Sean Blanda
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