BNET Industries
Market Cap:$837.8M
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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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
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Warner Music bringing music videos back to YouTube
News & Analysis
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Ticketmaster moves to bolster global interests
Financial Times
- 2009-08-10
Ticketmaster Entertainment has recruited Roger Ames, a former senior executive at both Warner Music and EMI, to oversee the expansion of its fragmented international business on the eve of its proposed merger with Live Nation.The move for Mr Ames, whose 34-year career in the record industry included five years...
With big merger blocked, Warner stuck on sour note; Shares down 30%; sluggish album sales keep investors away.(In the Markets)
- 2007-01-08
Byline: Tom Fredrickson Last year, Warner Music Group Corp. was the only major recording company to grow its market share. The company added a full percentage point to its share of U.S. album sales, Nielsen SoundScan announced on Friday. Greete ...
Court ruling hits EMI and Warner merger.
- 2006-07-21
EMI shares slumped after a court ruling threw into doubt a possible merger with Warner Music. The European Court of First Instance reversed approval for a similar merger between Bertelsmann and Sony's music arm after independent record companies ... EMI shares slumped after a court...
EMI, Warner set to resume talks that could lead to merger: press
- 2006-04-23
LONDON AFP — Executives at British record label EMI and its US rival Warner Music Group are to resume talks that could lead to the creation of the world's third largest music firm. Sources close to both groups told The Sunday Times that the two companies would resume discussions...
Warner-EMI merger rumours re-emerge.
- 2005-04-22
Speculation resurfaced this week that EMI, the music publishing group, would try to merge with Warner Music, a US counterpart, as Warner set a price for its New York flotation. And a merger between the two groups would certainly go down well in the C Speculation...
Warner Music and BMG rumoured to be hopeful of merger.(Brief Article)
- 2003-05-13
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