Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is one of the four major record labels.

WMG also has a publishing arm, Warner-Chappell Music. Its printed music operation, Warner Bros. Publications, was sold to Alfred Publishing on December 16, 2004.

Parent company Time Warner sold the company in 2004 to a group of investors led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr. for $2.6 billion. Time Warner was reportedly attempting to reduce its debt load. This spinoff was completed on February 27, 2004.

In the 2004 transition to independent ownership, WMG hired record industry heavyweight Lyor Cohen from Universal Music Group to attempt to reduce cost and increase performance.

On May 3, 2006, WMG apparently rejected a buyout offer from EMI ^*. Then WMG offered to buy EMI and they also rejected the offer. The two companies are still having meetings over if one of the companies will get bought by the other.

List of Warner labels

Warner Music Group's labels include:

The Atlantic Records Group
- Atlantic Records, founded in 1947 as an R&B label
- Bad Boy Records, a hip-hop label founded in 1993 by Sean "Diddy" Combs
- Elektra Records, founded in 1950 as a folk music label
- Lava Records

Independent Label Group
- Asylum Records, founded in 1971 by David Geffen
- Cordless Recordings
- East West Records serves as a collection of in-house "indie" labels

Rhino Entertainment Company.

Ryko Corporation
- Rykodisc Records & subsidiary labels.
- Ryko Distribution

Warner Bros Records, Inc.
- Warner Brothers Records, launched by Warner Bros. Pictures in 1958
- Maverick Records, founded by Madonna in 1991.
- Nonesuch Records, a pioneer in releasing world music
- Reprise Records, founded by Frank Sinatra in 1960
- Sire Records, founded 1966, launched The Ramones and Madonna
- Warner Jazz
- Warner Nashville
- Warner Western

Johnnic Communications
- Gallo Record Company, the largest South African record label

Word Entertainment
- Word Label Group
  - Word Records, a Christian music group founded 1951
  - Squint Entertainment
- Word Publishing
- Word Distribution
- Word Music

Warner Music International
- Warner Music UK
  - London Records (originally the U.S. label for Decca)
  - 679 Records
  - 1967 Ltd
  - Must Destroy Records (distribution)
  - The Beats (labels deal)
  - WSM (warner.esp)
- Warner Music Australia

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List of Warner labels

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