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BMG Music Publishing (formerly known as RCA Music Publishing), which was not part of the Sony BMG merger, was a business of the Bertelsmann Music Group until it was sold to Universal Music Group for €1.63 billion in 2007. Universal then folded the company into Universal Music Publishing Group, and the BMG name was retired. [2]
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 .
BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. [2] It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label. [3] [4] BMG was founded in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its stake in Sony BMG to Sony. [5]
BMG has invested more than half a billion Euros (over $500 million) in music rights during the last 18 months, increasing its investment 40% this year from 2021.
BMG is to part ways with Roger Waters, the Pink Floyd co-founder whose inflammatory comments about Israel, Ukraine and the United States have caused no shortage of controversy, Variety has learned.
BMG has acquired a “substantial stake” in the work of legendary songwriter and two-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Paul Simon, the company announced Thursday. The acquisition includes ...
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 Music Entertainment Russia was the Russian music label of Sony Music Entertainment. The company opened its division in the Russian Federation in 1999. [ 88 ] In 2000, the first contract was signed with the Russian group Bi-2 .