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WEA became a major player in the Australian recording industry, through international successes of artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Led Zeppelin and The Doors. The company was renamed Warner Music Australia in 1990 and split into two divisions – WEA and East-West Records.
WMG, then known as WEA International, established WEA Records Philippines under a distribution/license agreement for 15 years with a local group led by Bella Dy Tan. In 1992, Warner Music officially set up its own local branch, after its distributor gained its own independent status and became Universal Records. Its initial offices were at the Ma.
WEA Manufacturing was the record, tape, and compact disc manufacturing arm of WEA International Inc. from 1978 to 2003, when it was sold and merged into Cinram International, a previous competitor. The last owner when the plant closed was Technicolor .
Universal Records Philippines, Inc. is a Philippine record label founded in 1977 as part of Warner Music Group. [1] It has been an independent label since 1992. The label is currently a member of the Philippine Association of the Record Industry .
Warner Records UK (formally WEA Records UK Ltd.) East West Records; Atlantic Records UK; Asylum Records UK; Rhino UK - new division of Warner Music UK, formed in 2010 for reissues and compilation. A&E Records (formerly the independent label Mushroom Records UK) London Records (originally the U.S. label for Decca) 679 Recordings; 14th Floor Records
Warner Music Group Corp., [6] commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City.It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME).
Warner Music Canada is the Canadian division of Warner Music Group.The label previously operated as WEA Music of Canada, Ltd. (French: WEA Musique du Canada, Ltée), [1] often shortened to WEA Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of WEA International, which later changed its name to Warner Music International in 1990.
In 1998, Chris Blackwell left Island Records and bought Rykodisc for a reported $35 million as a means of acquiring music marketing and distribution expertise for his new venture, a media company called Palm Pictures. In 1999, one year after the Blackwell buy-out, the office in Salem, Massachusetts, was closed, and many industry veterans were ...