Linus Entertainment is a music company operating as an

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, distributor and music publisher. While founded in

Mississauga, Ontario Mississauga ( ), historically known as Toronto Township, is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is situated on the shores of Lake Ontario in the Regional Municipality of Peel, adjoining the western border of Toronto. With a popul ...

, Linus spent many years in

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before recently moving operations to

Waterdown, Ontario Waterdown is a village in Canada which since 2001 has been a community of Hamilton, Ontario. Waterdown is approximately 60 km west of downtown Toronto. On January 1, 2001 the new city of Hamilton was formed from the amalgamation of six mun ...

a community within the city of

Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ...

Canada.

Foundation

The company was founded in 2001 by President Geoff Kulawick, who previously served as head of A&R for

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/ EMI Music Canada and as the creative head of

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/Chappell Music Canada. Linus Entertainment's owned properties now include the labels Linus Entertainment,

True North Records True North Records is a Canadian independent record label. History True North Records was founded in Mississauga, Ontario in 1969 by Bernie Finkelstein. By 1971, True North was producing albums for various Canadian musicians, including Bruce Coc ...

Solid Gold Records Linus Entertainment is a music company operating as an independent record label, distributor and music publisher. While founded in Mississauga, Ontario, Linus spent many years in Burlington, Ontario before recently moving operations to Waterdown, O ...

, The Children’s Group, Divergent Recordings and

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, as well as the Independent Digital Licensing Agency aka IDLA Associated Label Distribution.

Growth and acquisitions

Linus Entertainment has grown to acquire a controlling interest in global music distributor IDLA (Independent Digital Licensing Agency) in 2010, and in 2007 acquired Canada’s

with partners Harvey Glatt and Michael Pilon. It was also in 2010 that Linus acquired The Children’s Group Inc. In 2013, Linus Entertainment acquired 1980’s rock label

References

External links

* Record labels established in 2001 Canadian independent record labels Companies based in Toronto {{canada-record-label-stub