Bertelsmann Music GroupBertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of German media company Bertelsmann. It relaunched as BMG Rights Management after the sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on October 1, 2008. Although established in 1987, BMG was formed as RCA/Ariola International in 1985 as a joint venture to combine the music label activities of RCA's RCA Records division and Bertelsmann's Ariola Records and its associated labels which include Arista Records.
Sony Music PublishingSony Music Publishing (US) LLC (formerly Sony/ATV Music Publishing) is an American music publisher. Responsible for publishing the largest quantity of music, with over six million songs owned or administered as of end March 2025, it is part of Sony Music Group, which is itself owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.
Sony BMGAmerican record company (2004–2008) Sony BMG Music EntertainmentLogo used from 2004 to 2008TypeJoint ventureIndustryMusicEntertainmentPredecessorsSony Music Entertainment, Inc.Bertelsmann Music GroupFoundedAugust 6, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-08-06)DefunctOctober 1, 2008; 17 years ago (2008-10-01)FateBertelsmann's shares acquired by SonyBrand reused by Bertelsmann itself as BMG Rights ManagementSuccessorsSony Music Entertainment (current incarnation without using "Inc.")BMG Rights Management (spin-off)Headquarters New York City, U.S.Area servedWorldwideKey peopleDavid Gordon (chairman, Sound & Vision)ProductsMusicOwnersEach of 50% owned by:Sony Corporation of AmericaBertelsmannWebsiteweb.archive.org/web/20060101212743/http://www.sonybmg.com/ Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann.
American Record CorporationAmerican Record Corporation (ARC), also referred to as American Record Company, American Recording Corporation, or ARC Records, was an American record company in operation from 1929 to 1938, and again from 1978 to 1982. OverviewARC was created in January 1929 by Louis G. Sylvester, president of Scranton Button Works ('Scranton'), founded 1885.
CBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. (CBS, an abbreviation of its original name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American commercial broadcast television network and the flagship property of the CBS Entertainment Group division of Skydance. It is one of Skydance's flagship subsidiaries, along with Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Entertainment, CNN, DC, Nickelodeon, Paramount+ and HBO Max.
CBS Records InternationalCBS Records International was the international arm of the Columbia Records unit of Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (CBS) formed in 1961 and launched in 1962. Previously, Columbia Records had licensed other record companies to manufacture and distribute Columbia recordings outside North America, such as Philips Records and its subsidiary Fontana (now part of the Universal Music Group) in Europe.Arista RecordsArista Records ( ARR-ist-ə) is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Music Group, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. The label was previously a division of Columbia Pictures and later Bertelsmann Music Group, the North American division of German conglomerate Bertelsmann. Founded in November 1974 by Clive Davis and deactivated in 2011, Arista was re-established in 2018.Record label"Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it.
SonyJapanese multinational corporationSony Group Corporation is a Japanese multinationalconglomerate headquartered at the Sony City building in Minato, Tokyo. The Sony Group is a highly diversified global conglomerate with businesses spanning video games, music, film and television, consumer electronics, imaging and sensing, semiconductors, financial services and others. Sony was founded in 1946 as Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo K.K. by Masaru Ibuka and Akio Morita.Sony Music GroupSony Music Group (SMG) is an American, Japanese-owned, multinational music company which is a subsidiary of Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. Sony Music Group is one of the "Big Three" major music companies. It was established on August 1, 2019, with headquarters in New York City and an office in Culver City, California. It controls Sony's entire music business outside of Japan through its American subsidiaries Sony Music Entertainment and Sony Music Publishing.
Jive RecordsJive Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. Clive Calder originally founded the label in 1981 as a subsidiary of the Zomba Group. In the US, the label had offices in New York City and Chicago.
BertelsmannBertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, commonly known as Bertelsmann (German pronunciation: [ˈbɛʁtl̩sˌman] ), is a German private multinational conglomerate corporation based in Gütersloh, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the world's largest media conglomerates and is active in the service sector and education. Bertelsmann was founded as a publishing house by Carl Bertelsmann in 1835.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.