BNET Industries
Market Cap:$811.6M
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
NAICS Code Independent Artists, Writers, and Performers: 711510
Recent Events
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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
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iMeem Wipes The Slate Clean With $6 million Funding
News & Analysis
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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...
Warner Music Group Launches Web Strategy 2.0
BNET
- 2009-10-08
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) –- Warner Music Group is calling on a startup to help execute the lynchpin in its new approach the web. The company struck a deal with Outrigger Media, a small group spun out of video site Veoh, to package artists such as Madonna, Ashley Tisdale and Green...
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...
Universal and YouTube to launch premium music site
Strategy Eye
- 2009-04-13
Universal Music and YouTube are set to launch a premium music video and entertainment site after the pair agreed new content licensing terms. Vevo, which will launch in the coming months, marks a concerted effort by Google to boost ad revenues for its music content. ...
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
Warner Music Is Only Going off YouTube Officially
BNET
- 2008-12-22
The online media news du jour is certainly Warner Music's decision to pull all of its videos from YouTube, but, for all the headlines, one has to wonder how effective this attempt to control distribution of its content is going to be. As an experiment, I did a search early...
YouTube, Chevrolet and Warner Music Group Present New Year's Eve Countdown Around the World
- 2006-12-29
YouTube, a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos through a Web experience, and Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG), one of the world's major music companies, today announced the first-ever YouTube New Year's Eve Countdown presented by Chevrolet. The promotion will celebrate New Year's...
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