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Warner Records Inc. (known as Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. [1] It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the American film studio Warner Bros. [2]
The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (previously owned by EMI), and Atlantic Records. WMG also owns Warner Chappell Music, one of the world's largest music publishers.
Warner Music Group was founded in 1958 as Warner Bros. Records by Jack L. Warner, the head of Warner Bros. Studios, in Los Angeles. The company initially focused on the production of popular music records.
At Warner Music Group, we are empowered by our people. Learn more about who we are and how WMG is promoting a culture of creativity and expression.
61 years after the founding of Warner Bros. Records, the renowned label is being rebranded as Warner Records across the globe. This marks the latest step in the company’s evolution, following Aaron Bay-Schuck joining as U.S. Co-Chairman & CEO in October 2018, Tom Corson being appointed U.S. Co-Chairman & COO in January 2018, and Phil Christie ...
The announcement notes that when Warner Music Group was sold by Time Warner in 2004 to a group of investors led by Edgar Bronfman Jr., it was agreed that Warner Bros. Records, which was...
Warner Music Group is overseen by the most experienced, accomplished, and innovative leaders in the music industry. Learn more.
In 1963, Warner Bros Records acquired Reprise Records – the record label founded by Frank Sinatra – in a deal that brought across the exec widely credited with building WBR’s stellar legacy, Mo Ostin.
According to Warner’s latest 14A filing, Len Blavatnik owned 99.8% of Class B shares in the company as of January 6, 2023. Blavatnik owned these shares, says the filing, via ‘entities over which [he] either exercises or may be deemed to exercise direct or indirect control’.
Warner Records (formerly known as Warner Bros. Records Inc.) is an American major record label established in 1958 as the foundation label of the present-day Warner Music Group (WMG), and now operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of that corporation.