Polton is a music
record label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...
, established in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
in 1983. It was one of the three (together with
Savitor and Arston) better known
Polonia-assisted Polish record labels.
[Hirek Wrona, ''Fonografia w komunizmie'', In: "Beats of Freedom - Zew wolności". Warszawa: Narodowe Centrum Kultury, 2010, p. 43. .]
In 1990-1991 it was overtaken by
Starstream Communications Group"Starstream Commun Group Inc acquires remaining interest in PZ Polton Ltd from ScanSource Inc"
/ref> and eventually by Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, 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 t ...
(Polton / Warner Music Poland
Warner Music Poland Sp. z o.o., is a Polish subsidiary of Warner Music Group, it was founded in 1994 in Warsaw. The label's CEO is Piotr Kabaj.
The label started with a catalog of Polish national record label Polton which was bought from Starst ...
), the latter eventually closed its office in Poland.
References
Polish record labels
Record labels established in 1983
1983 establishments in Poland
State-owned record labels
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