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In 1987, BMG had acquired RCA Records and changed the name of Columbia House's only surviving rival, RCA Music Service (formerly RCA Victor Record Club), to BMG Music Service. In 1991, the CBS Records Group was renamed Sony Music Entertainment , and Sony sold half of Columbia House to Time Warner , which contributed Time Life 's video and music ...
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music , is wholly owned by Sony , following their buyout of the remaining 50% held by Bertelsmann .
Sony Music and BMG remained separate in Japan, although BMG Music Japan was wholly owned by Sony BMG. On 27 March 2006, the New York Times reported that Bertelsmann was looking to raise money by leveraging some of its media assets and that executives from both companies were in talks about possibly altering the current venture.
DIC Toon-Time Video (1992–2001, distributed by BMG Video before 1993 and Buena Vista Home Video after 1993) WGBH Boston Video (1980–present) Random House Home Video (1983–2006, 2008-2009) Golden Books Family Entertainment (1985–2001) Wizard Video (1980–present) Viz Video (1993–present)
BMG was founded in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its stake in Sony BMG to Sony. [5] From 2009 to 2013, the investment firm KKR held 51% of the company, which became one of the world's largest music publishers during that time. [6] [7] BMG is 100% owned by Bertelsmann and one of the group's eight business divisions. [8]
BMG Heritage Records was the record label of the BMG Strategic Marketing Group reissue division of Sony BMG Music Entertainment which handled the reissue of recordings first issued on the RCA Victor, Arista, Buddah, Windham Hill and Jive Records (when BMG bought Zomba in 2003), as well as other labels BMG or predecessor companies acquired over the years.
The Disney Movie Club is shutting down, according to a message on the club’s homepage. Patrons have a couple more months to fill in gaps in their DVD and Blu-Ray collections, though: Final ...
Sony BMG, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that was purchased by Sony in late 2008 Sony Music , the purchaser of Sony BMG in 2008 and owner of the rights to its catalog Ariola Records , sometimes known as "BMG Ariola", originally a separate company, acquired in 1987 by Bertelsmann Music Group, then by Sony BMG in 2002, then ...