Company Name | Emi |
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Website | universalmusic.com |
Snippet | EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British transnational conglomerate founded in March 1931 in London. At the time of its break-up in 2012, it was the fourth largest business group and record label conglomerate in the music industry, and was one of the "Big Four" record companies (now the "Big Three"). Its labels included EMI Records, Parlophone, Virgin Records, and Capitol Records, which are now owned by other companies. |
Fate | Sony/ATV Music Publishing and comprising Sony Corporation of America, The Estate of Michael Jackson, Mubadala Development Company PJSC, Jynwel Capital Limited, The Blackstone Group's GSO Capital Partners LP, David Geffen[1], Warner Music Group[2], Universal Music Group, BMG Rights Management[3] |
Owner | Terra Firma Capital Partners(2007–2011)Citigroup(2011–2012)Universal Music Group(2012–present); 5 years ago (EMI Group)Sony/ATV Music Publishing(2012–present); 5 years ago (EMI Music Publishing)Warner Music Group(7 February 2013–present); 4 years ago (EMI Records) (renamed Parlophone Records Ltd.) |
Defunct | 28 September 2012; 7 years ago (2012-09-28) |
Founded | 1931 |
Revenue | £1.072 billion (2009)$1.65 billion (2009) |
Website | universalmusic.com |
Industry | Music |
linkedin.com/company/emi | |
Successor | EMI Music PublishingVirgin EMI RecordsEMI Records NashvilleMinos EMI |
Key people | Founding CEO Lenard John Brown Roger Faxon (Former CEO) Ruth Prior (Former CFO) |
size_range | 1001 - 5000 |
Area served | Worldwide |
Former type | Private |
Predecessor | Columbia Graphophone CompanyGramophone Company |
Headquarters | Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom |
Subsidiaries | EMI RecordsVirgin RecordsCapitol RecordsParlophone |
Operating income | £163 million (2009)(EMI Music)[5]£135 million (2009)(EMI Music Publishing)[6] |
Number of employees | 5,500 (2008) |
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