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Warner Bros is a ‘Vertically integrated’ company, they take control of the production of their products, they choose how people consume their products for example, Apple use itunes
for their customers to download music. Sony are also in control of the distribution of their products like where and when they
are sold.
Interesting Facts about Warner Bros!
• They are an American motion-picture studio that introduced the first genuine talking picture (1927).
• The company was founded by four brothers, Harry, Albert, Samuel, and Jack Warner, who were the sons of Benjamin Eichelbaum, an immigrant Polish cobbler and peddler.
• The brothers began their careers showing moving pictures in Ohio and Pennsylvania on a traveling basis. Beginning in 1903 they started acquiring movie theatres, and they then moved into film distribution.
Artists signed to Warner Bros.• A-Ha• Alesana• androp• Angels & Airwaves• Anahi• Arash• Armand Mirpour• Art of Dying• Avenged Sevenfold• Aerosmith• Asking Alexandria• Avalanche City• Azure Ray • Basshunter• Bad Company• Frankie Ballard• Gnarls Barkley• Bee Gees
CherCandleboxCapo Dim(Underground Pro Hittas)The Corrs(Atlantic Records)Johnny CashCee Lo GreenChariceChisuChoi Jun-heeChristopher CrossChevelleCN BluePhil CollinsCowboy TroyChicagoBig AliBig & RichBjörkBlake SheltonB.o.BHaley BonarBrett EldredgeBruno MarsMichael Bublé
DyMe-A-DuZiND-SideDanity Kane (Bad Boy/Atlantic)The DarknessCraig DavidSammy Davis, Jr.Day26DBSKDeath Cab for CutieDeftonesJason DeruloThe Devil Wears PradaDevilDriverDevoDiddyDioFaith No MoreFaster PussycatFats DominoLupe FiascoF.I.R.Flaming LipsFleetwood MacFlorent MotheFlo RidaKhalil Fong
GarbageGenesisGeorgeThe Georgia SatellitesJimmie Dale GilmoreGlassjawGlenn FreyGlorianaGoo Goo DollsGorilla ZoeAmy GrantThe Grateful DeadDavid GrayGreen DayNanci GriffithJosh GrobanGucci ManeGünther & The Sunshine Girls (Sweden)Gym Class HeroesGyroscope
Franchises of Warner Bros.
• Loony toons• Tom and Jerry• The Exorcist• Jackie chan adventures• Arthur• Superman• Batman• Free Willy• The matrix• Ace Ventura• Harry Potter• Oceans eleven• Happy feet
Record Labels Warner Bros own.• Atlantic Records• Elektra Records• Fueled By Ramen• Full Surface Records• Grand Hustle Records• LaSalle Records• Roadrunner Records• Warner Bros. Records• Asylum Records (technically still
a subsidiary of Elektra Records because of its UPC prefix.)
• 143 Records*• Bad Boy Records• Blacksmith Records*• Maverick• No Limit Forever Records• Nonesuch Records (technically
still a subsidiary of Elektra Records because of its UPC prefix.)
Reprise RecordsRuffNation RecordsSire RecordsMaybach Music GroupJet Life RecordingsAtco RecordsDel-Fi RecordsFrank Sinatra EnterprisesRhino RecordsEleven: A Music CompanyAtlantic Records NashvilleWarner Bros. Records NashvilleRhino Records NashvilleWord RecordsMyrrh RecordsSquint Entertainment
Cordless RecordingsEast West Records
Adeline RecordsAfternoon RecordsBetter Looking RecordsThe Bevonshire LabelBorn & Bred RecordsBroken EnglishFerret MusicFearless RecordsFloodgate RecordsInVogue RecordsLiberty & LamentMontalban HotelOne Eleven RecordsPerfect Game Recording Co.
• The company Universal is a ‘Vertically integrated’ company, they take control of the production of their products, they choose how people consume their products for example, Apple use itunes for their customers to download music. Sony are also in control of the distribution of their products like where and when they are sold.
Record Labels universal own.A&M/Octone, Barclay, Decca, Deutsche Grammophon, Disa, ECM, Emarcy, Fonovisa, Interscope Geffen A&M Records, Island Def Jam Music Group, Machete Music, Mercury Records, Polydor Records, Show Dog–Universal Music, Universal Motown Republic Group, Universal Music Latino, Universal Music Group Nashville (which includes Lost Highway, MCA Nashville and Mercury Nashville), and Verve Music Group.
Artists signed to universal.• In North America: Akon, All American Rejects, Erykah Badu, Beck, Justin Bieber, The Black Eyed Peas, Mary
J. Blige, Bon Jovi, Busta Rhymes, Colbie Caillat, Mariah Carey, Keyshia Cole, Sheryl Crow, Daddy Yankee, Drake, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Melissa Etheridge, Far East Movement, Fergie, 50 Cent, Nelly Furtado, The Game, Vince Gill, Godsmack, Keri Hilson, Hinder, India.Arie, Jack Johnson, Kid Cudi, The Killers, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, LMFAO, Jennifer Lopez, Ludacris, Maroon 5, M.I.A., Nicky Minaj, Nelly, Ne-Yo, OneRepublic, Owl City, Rihanna, Rick Ross, Soulja Boy Tell ’Em, Gwen Stefani, Sting, George Strait, Sugarland, Timbaland, Shania Twain, Josh Turner, Stevie Wonder, 3 Doors Down, and Kanye West. Through an arrangement with Hollywood Records, UMG also distributes Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and the Scene, and through an arrangement with Big Machine, Rascal Flatts and Taylor Swift.
• In Europe: Bryan Adams, David Bisbal, Bjork (outside North America), Marco Borsato, Calogero, Cheryl Cole, Coti, Taio Cruz, Sergio Dalma, Ilse Delange, Duffy, Elbow, Mylene Farmer, Feist, Florence + The Machine, Ich + Ich, Jessie J, Jamiroquai, Elton John, Jovanotti, Kaiser Chiefs, Keane, Ronan Keating, La Roux, Lena, Annie Lennox, Amy Macdonald, Imelda May, Metallica (outside North America), Mika, Mumford & Sons, Florent Pagny, Vanessa Paradis, Paco de Lucia, Rammstein, Rolling Stones, Rosario, Rosenstolz, André Rieu, Paulina Rubio, Alejandro Sanz, Michel Sardou, Scissor Sisters, Jay Sean, Bob Sinclar, Snow Patrol, Take That, Tamara, Tokio Hotel, U2, Unheilig, Amy Winehouse, Zazie, and Zucchero.
• In Latin America: Axel, Babasonicos, Belanova, Bersuit, Café Tacuba, Chino & Nacho, Coti, Don Omar, Pedro Fernandez, Luis Fonsi, Juan Gabriel, Enrique Iglesias, Jennie Rivera, Juanes, Fanny Lu, Dulce Maria, Merche, Molotov, Zeca Pagodinho, Sandy, Ivete Sangalo, Joan Sebastian, Marco Antonio Solis, Los Tigres del Norte, Diego Torres, Caetano Veloso (outside North America), and Wisin y Yandel.
Facts about Universal!• Universal Studio is the largest movie studio in the world and is one of the oldest in the US. While the
Hollywood studio is the original one, there are now similar parks built all around the world, including in Singapore, Dubai and Japan.
• Universal Studios Hollywood was first and foremost a movie production studio for most of its life. Opened in 1909 as the IMP (International Moving Pictures), it produced its first film in 1914, a historical war movie called Damon and Pythias.
• In 1910, the studio was open to the public, allowing visitors to see how films were made.
• In 1959, MCA bought the studio in order to start making TV shows and programs in the smaller rooms and studio facilities. In 1961, the studio started offering backstage tours to visitors through small tram buses and trains that would stop at different stages in between takes and filming.
• Famous films produced at Universal Studios Hollywood include To Kill A Mockingbird, Hitchcock's The Birds, Showboat and Spartacus.
• Sony is a ‘Vertically integrated’ company, they take control of the production of their products, they choose how people consume their products for example, Apple use itunes for their customers to download music. Sony are also in control of the distribution of their products like where and when they are sold.
Interesting facts about Sony!• They are the developer, manufacturer, and marketer of PlayStation®2 computer
entertainment system, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system, PlayStation®3 (PS3®) system and the PlayStation®Move motion controller.
• They are a publicly held company, with shares listed on four stock exchanges worldwide: New York, London, Tokyo and Osaka.
• They are the second largest music company in the world.
• They are a company with 1,035 consolidated subsidiaries worldwide.
• Sony recorded consolidated global annual sales of EUR 55.44 billion (yen 8,871 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, based on an average market exchange rate for the same period of yen 160.0 to the EUR.
Acquisitions of Sony• Music centre incorporated• CBS Record Group.• Guber-Peters Entertainment
Company.• Columbia pictures entertainment.• Psygnosis Limited.• Eidetic Games.• Naughty dog.• Acuff-rose music.• Incognito entertainment.• Aiwa.• Guerrilla Games.• Zipper interactive.
• Grouper Networks.• Famous music.• Sigil Games online.• Evolution studios.• BigBig studios.• Gracenote.• Convergent media systems
corporations.• Media molecule.• Chip plant.• Sucker punch productions.
Artists Sony have signed.• Aaliyah• Aaron Carter• Absent Elk• AC/DC• A.R. Rahman• Adam and the Ants• Adam Lambert• Aerosmith• Afgan • After School (band)• Aiden Grimshaw• Backstreet Boys• Bamboo Shoots• Bathiya & Santhush • Barbra Streisand• Beyoncé Knowles• Big Mountain• Big Time Rush• Billy Joel• Billz No Counterfeit• Bob Dylan• Boney M.• Bow Wow
Calle KristianssonCostel BusuiocCollie BuddzChevelleCake (band)Callalily Calle 13Calvin HarrisCamilaDaddy YankeeDiana Yukawa Dan HartmanDanell LeesDanny GokeyDAUGHTRYDave Matthews BandDavid ArchuletaDavid CookDavid GilmourDC Don JuanDelon IdolDelta GoodremDerby Romero DhanushDido
Eamon DoyleEarth, Wind & FireEdita AbdieskiEevee (band) Elena Paparizou Eli MattsonEly Buendia EurythmicsEva Avila Evan YoEvanescenceFatboy SlimFaye Wong FireflightFiona AppleFiona Fung FlybangerFranz FerdinandThe FrayFoo FightersGeorge MichaelGene AutryGisel IdolGita Gutawa Girliez
Giusy FerreriGlasvegasGloc 9 Gloria EstefanGogol BordelloGood CharlotteH-BlockxHayley Warner Hey MondayThe HoosiersHITT Human NatureHurtsIvi Adamou Imogen Heap Indonesian IdolJason (J.) GoldmanJennifer LopezJennifer Love HewittJerry BurnsJessica SimpsonJessica Mauboy Jimi HendrixJimmy Bondoc JLS
• EMI is a ‘Vertically integrated’ company, they take control of the production of their products, they choose how people consume their products for example, Apple use itunes for their customers to download music. Sony are also in control of the distribution of their products like where and when they are sold.
Interesting facts about EMI!
• On 12 November 2011, it was announced that EMI has sold its recorded music operations to Universal music group for £1.2 billion ($1.9billion) and its music publishing operations to a Sony-led consortium for $2.2 billion. Among the other companies that had competed for the recorded music business was Warner music group which was reported to have made a $2 billion bid. However, IMPALA has said that it would fight the merger, and the merger has yet to be approved.
• There had been a forerunner of the 1984 movie "The Philadelphia Experiment", which had been produced by EMI and was banned by a US court, because it was to close to the real story of the Philadelphia Experiment of 1943.
Labels EMI own.• Angel Records• Blue Note Records• Manhattan Records• Narada Productions
-Back Porch Records -Higher Octave Music
• EMI Classics• Virgin Classics• Capitol Records• Imperial Records• Priority Records• Get Money Gang Entertainment• Ice H20 Records • Lench Mob Records • Twenty-Two Recordings • The RMG Music Group a unit of Twenty-Two Recordings • EMI Records• Capitol Records Nashville• EMI Hemisphere• Liberty Records• Parlophone Records
-Regal Recordings• Positiva Records• Stateside Records
Astralwerks RecordsCaroline RecordsDefinitive Jux RecordsThe Front LineFuel Records (US)Gracie ProductionsGyroscope RecordsMerovingian MusicNature Sounds
Green Streets EntertainmentStones Throw RecordsCredential RecordingsEMI GospelForefront RecordsSparrow Records
Re:ThinkTooth and Nail Records
BEC RecordingsSolid State Records
VSR Music GroupVirgin RecordsAstralwerksCharisma RecordsDelabel (France)Relentless RecordsVenture Records10 Records
Artists signed to EMI.• Nat King Cole • Bobby Darin• Tennessee Ernie Ford • Judy Garland • Nicolai Gedda • The Goons • Wanda Jackson • Dick James • The Kingston Trio • Umm Kulthum • Dean Martin • Liza Minnelli • Cliff Richard • Jimmy Shand • Dinah Shore • Frank Sinatra • Gene Vincent • Muna Salah
The Band The Beach Boys The BeatlesGerry and the Pacemakers The Animals The Yardbirds The Hollies Pink Floyd The Pretty Things Deep Purple Cilla Black Billy J. Kramer The Fourmost The Shadows Herman's Hermits The Dave Clark Five Helen Shapiro Manfred Mann The Move Procol Harum Tyrannosaurus Rex Joe CockerRichard Ashcroft Athlete Auf der MaurAustralian CrawlFire 12
22-20s 30 Seconds to MarsAbraham Mateo Air Traffic AirbourneAlfie All-4-OneLily Allen Al'Margir A-mei AnahiAndra & The Backbone Leif Ove AndsnesAngelic Upstarts Keren AnnAnouk Adam AntAFIApawk Arrows (RAK Records)Art Brut Charles AznavourMelanie B Lloyd Banks Barenaked Ladies
Spotify• Spotify is important in the UK music industry because of the way it is designed/made.
Its elegant and simple and in a consumer-friendly proposition. It entered the market at the perfect timing, as broadband was introduced and a rapidly growing amount of people in the UK were getting smartphones and data plans. Additionally, markets with Spotify saw an average digital growth rate of 43% compared to 9.3% for Spotify-less markets.Spotify is a music streaming service with desktop applications and is available for download on Mac OS X, Linux and Microsoft Windows.
• It was launched in 2008 and by September 2010 it already had around 10 million users. An active Facebook account is required to use Spotify, unless the user has registered for a Spotify-only account before 22 September 2011. A 6 month free trial period is activated upon initial login with a Facebook account, where a user can listen to an unlimited amount of music supported by visual and radio style advertising. After the trial, Spotify will make tracks unavailable once they are played 5 times and has a listening limit of ten hours per month. An "Unlimited" subscription removes advertisements and time limits and a "Premium" subscription introduces extra features such as higher bitrate streaming, offline access to music and mobile app access.
Napster• Napster was founded by 19 year old, Shawn Fanning in 1999, Napster first
became popular on college campuses. However, in 2001, the web based service was shut down by a court order. As it was subject to violating the rules of copyright. It was too seen to compete with the classical offline distribution channels as it allowed users to conveniently share music over the internet.The music industry made the these claims against Napster.
• That its users were directly infringing the plaintiffs' copyrights.• That Napster was liable for contributory infringement of the plaintiffs'
copyright.• That Napster was liable for vicarious infringement of the plaintiffs' copyrights.• Napster is an application which allows which allows people to share music
over the internet. without having to purchase a CD.Napster was seen as very ‘user-friendly’ and made it relatively easy for music enthusiasts to download copies of not only popular songs, but also songs that were otherwise difficult to obtain, like older songs, unreleased recordings, and songs from concert bootleg recordings. At its peak there were 25 million users and 80 million songs, and the system never once crashed.
