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There was no formal public face for the labels until BMG formed Zomba Label Group in 2004. Though the term "Zomba label group" or "Zomba Group records division" [20] [70] had been used previously to refer to the various labels owned by the company, it wasn't until then that an actual company was created to control the labels specifically.
Zomba Label Group - After BMG integrated the Zomba Group into its own operations in 2003, they created the Zomba Label Group to oversea the current Zomba labels. It is the current face of Zomba's label activities. [34] Zomba Management - Zomba's primary management company, representing record producers and artists. Formed when Zomba Management ...
Jive Label Group was founded in 2004 as Zomba Label Group by BMG, their parent company at the time. In January 2009. BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger to Sony and Zomba Label Group was rebranded to the current Jive Label Group. [11] [16] During the existence of the RCA/Jive Label Group, the Jive Label Group consisted of the following ...
Since Bertelsmann kept the BMG name, Sony renamed the BMG Label Group to RCA/Jive Label Group in early 2009 [5] and began the process of rebranding Zomba as the Jive Label Group. [6] [7] In another move to eschew the Zomba name, Zomba Gospel was rebranded as Verity Gospel Music Group, taking its name from their flagship label. [8]
Clive Ian Calder (born 13 December 1946) is a South African-British billionaire record executive and businessman primarily known for co-founding the Zomba Group with Ralph Simon, and its subsidiary Jive Records. As of October 2021, Calder has an estimated net worth of US$5.5 billion.
In 2002, Calder sold Zomba to BMG for US$2.74 billion, [16] [17] which at the time was the largest-ever acquisition of an independent label with major-label distribution. [18] Calder then announced his resignation from Zomba, but continued to stay on at Jive in a temporary advisory role as Zomba was integrated into BMG. [ 19 ]
It became a part of the BMG Label Group along with Zomba. In 2008, BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger back to Sony, but retained the use of the BMG name. [3] Thus, in early 2009, the BMG Label Group was rebranded to the RCA/Jive Label Group, half of which was the RCA Music Group. Zomba was also rebranded to become the Jive Label Group ...
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