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Straight Facts

Warner Music Group is an American multinational


entertainment and record label conglomerate Industry Music, Entertainment
headquartered in New York City.

CEO: Stephen Cooper Founded 1958; 60 years ago

Headquarters: New York City, New York, United Number of employees 3,550
States.
(2012)
Revenue: 2.87 billion USD (2013)

Subsidiaries: Atlantic Records, Warner Bros. Records,


Website www.wmg.com
Parlophone

Parent organization: Access Industries


Facts
Warner Music Group (abbreviated as WMG, commonly referred to as Warner Music or WEA
International) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate
headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third
largest in the global music industry, next to Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music
Entertainment (SME), being the only American worldwide music conglomerate. Formerly owned
by Time Warner, the company was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange until May
2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries, which was completed in
July 2011. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs in excess of 3,500 people
and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world.

The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful record labels in the
world, including its flagship labels Warner Bros. Records, Parlophone and Atlantic Records.
WMG also owns Warner/Chappell Music, one of the world's largest music publishers.
Mad Artist that signed
with them
Edward Christopher Sheeran, MBE is an English singer,
songwriter, guitarist, and record producer. Sheeran was born in
Halifax, West Yorkshire, and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk.
Wikipedia
Born: 17 February 1991 (age 26), Halifax
Height: 1.73 m
Parents: Imogen Sheeran, John Sheeran

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