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Warner Music Group Corp.

(WMG) is in the Media Industry

Market Cap:$814.6M

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

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
iMeem Wipes The Slate Clean With $6 million Funding

9/30/09 - New Venture Funded Investment - View Story

News & Analysis

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

French judges put Warner Music CEO under formal investigation

- 2008-02-07

PARIS AFP — French judges have placed the head of Warner Music, Edgar Bronfman Jr, under formal investigation as part of a probe into French media giant Vivendi Universal, legal sources told AFP on Thursday. Bronfman, who was once a director of Vivendi and who sold shares in the...

Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, MARKETING, NETWORKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Telephony, Vivendi Universal, Warner Music Group Corp.
CBS Broadcasting, Warner Music, Major League Baseball Among Keynotes at CTIA Event; Telecom, Media and Entertainment Share Center Stage

- 2005-08-31

WASHINGTON -- CTIA-The Wireless AssociationTM unveils its lineup of keynote speakers for the upcoming CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2005. Joining such telecom leaders as Sprint Nextel, Microsoft, Intel and Nokia are media and entertainment moguls Warner Music, RealNetworks, CBS Broadcasting, Major League Baseball and more.

Tags: broadcasting, CTIA, entertainment, MLB, telecommunications, Warner Music Group Corp.
24/7: MADONNA CALLS TUNE

- 2003-05-04

WHEN Madonna wants something, she inevitably gets it. So when she insisted the BBC ship in a specific sound engineer at great expense for her appearance on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, they had to comply. The singer rejected all the Beeb's experienced techies in favour of...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, Warner Music Group Corp.
24/7: MADONNA CALLS TUNE

- 2003-05-04

WHEN Madonna wants something, she inevitably gets it. So when she insisted the BBC ship in a specific sound engineer at great expense for her appearance on Friday Night With Jonathan Ross, they had to comply. The singer rejected all the Beeb's experienced techies in favour of...

Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., TELECOMMUNICATIONS, TVs, Warner Music Group Corp.