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class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">BMG Rights Management GmbH</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BMG_Rights_Management_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="official logo of BMG" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/BMG_Rights_Management_logo.svg/150px-BMG_Rights_Management_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/BMG_Rights_Management_logo.svg/225px-BMG_Rights_Management_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/BMG_Rights_Management_logo.svg/300px-BMG_Rights_Management_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="570" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Quartier_205_Berlin-Mitte.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Quartier_205_Berlin-Mitte.jpg/220px-Quartier_205_Berlin-Mitte.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Quartier_205_Berlin-Mitte.jpg/330px-Quartier_205_Berlin-Mitte.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Quartier_205_Berlin-Mitte.jpg/440px-Quartier_205_Berlin-Mitte.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1276" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Quartier 205 in <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Mitte" class="mw-redirect" title="Berlin Mitte">Berlin Mitte</a>, where the headquarters of BMG are located (2018)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Trade_name" title="Trade name">Trade name</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">Bertelsmann Music Group (2009–present)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)">Division</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Music_industry" title="Music industry">Music</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessors</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann_Music_Group" title="Bertelsmann Music Group">Bertelsmann Music Group</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Sony_BMG" title="Sony BMG">Sony BMG</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">October 2008<span class="noprint">; 16 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">2008-10</span>)</span> in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">Germany</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of locations</div></th><td class="infobox-data">20 countries (2020)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Thomas Coesfeld (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)</li><li>Mathis Wolter (<a href="/wiki/Chief_financial_officer" title="Chief financial officer">CFO</a>)</li><li>Ben Katovsky (<a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">COO</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Services</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Collective_rights_management" title="Collective rights management">Music rights management</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">€</a>602 million (2020)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> €137 million (2020)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Number of employees</div></th><td class="infobox-data">974 (2020)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann" title="Bertelsmann">Bertelsmann</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bmg.com">bmg<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><b>Footnotes / references</b><br />BMG's main distributor is <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a> for physical media marketing only,<sup id="cite_ref-bmguniversal_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bmguniversal-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with digital distribution duties being transferred to BMG's own systems. Additional distributors, depending on artist and division, are <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music" title="Sony Music">Sony Music</a>, <a href="/wiki/RED_Distribution" class="mw-redirect" title="RED Distribution">RED Distribution</a>, <a href="/wiki/PIAS_Group" title="PIAS Group">PIAS Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/SPV_GmbH" title="SPV GmbH">SPV GmbH</a>, Good2Go, <a href="/wiki/Demon_Music_Group" title="Demon Music Group">Demon Music Group</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rough_Trade_Records" title="Rough Trade Records">Rough Trade</a> and others.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>BMG Rights Management GmbH</b> (also known simply as <b>BMG</b>) is an international <a href="/wiki/Music_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Music company">music company</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany.<sup id="cite_ref-:8_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:8-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It combines the activities of a <a href="/wiki/Music_publisher_(popular_music)" class="mw-redirect" title="Music publisher (popular music)">music publisher</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">record label</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BMG was founded in October 2008 after <a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann" title="Bertelsmann">Bertelsmann</a> sold its stake in <a href="/wiki/Sony_BMG" title="Sony BMG">Sony BMG</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2009 to 2013, the investment firm <a href="/wiki/Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts" title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts">KKR</a> held 51% of the company, which became one of the world's largest music publishers during that time.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BMG is 100% owned by Bertelsmann and one of the group's eight business divisions.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music_at_Bertelsmann">Music at Bertelsmann</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Music at Bertelsmann"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann_Music_Group" title="Bertelsmann Music Group">Bertelsmann Music Group</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bertelsmann_Music_Group_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Bertelsmann_Music_Group_Logo.svg/228px-Bertelsmann_Music_Group_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="228" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Bertelsmann_Music_Group_Logo.svg/342px-Bertelsmann_Music_Group_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Bertelsmann_Music_Group_Logo.svg/456px-Bertelsmann_Music_Group_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="94" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <p>In the 1950s, Bertelsmann entered the music business when it added music to its book club.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ariola_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="Ariola Records">Ariola</a>, a record label, was launched and <a href="/wiki/Sonopress" title="Sonopress">Sonopress</a>, a pressing plant, was established.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1975, Ariola opened an office in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bertelsmann acquired <a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista Records</a> in 1979 and RCA Records in 1985, thereby becoming one of the world's largest music companies.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its various subsidiaries were brought together in 1987 to form <a href="/wiki/Bertelsmann_Music_Group" title="Bertelsmann Music Group">Bertelsmann Music Group</a> (BMG), which did business in a number of genres, including <a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">folk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">pop</a>, and in particular <a href="/wiki/Classical_music" title="Classical music">classical music</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In response to declining sales in the overall music market, Bertelsmann agreed to merge its record label interests with <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a> in 2003; the company was called Sony BMG.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Furthermore, in 2006, Bertelsmann sold its subsidiary BMG Music Publishing to <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Having reached the conclusion that established music publishing companies and record labels were not appropriate for an increasingly digital music business, Bertelsmann sold its stake in the Sony BMG joint venture in 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company was subsequently renamed <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony Music Entertainment">Sony Music Entertainment</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Launch_of_the_new_BMG">Launch of the new BMG</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Launch of the new BMG"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In October 2008, Bertelsmann launched the new BMG with a small portfolio of recorded music rights of around 200 artists it retained from Sony BMG.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:7_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It declared it would pursue a business model focused on fairness, service and transparency.<sup id="cite_ref-:2_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The launch of the new BMG came amidst the 2008 financial crisis, and within two weeks of the collapse of <a href="/wiki/Lehman_Brothers" title="Lehman Brothers">Lehman Brothers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since Bertelsmann could not supply the required funds on its own, a 51% stake was sold to financial investor <a href="/wiki/Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts" title="Kohlberg Kravis Roberts">KKR</a> in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bertelsmann retained 49% and the right to appoint the company's management.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The transaction allowed BMG to increase its equity ratio.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="International_expansion">International expansion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: International expansion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Initially, Bertelsmann had announced that the new BMG would focus on the European broadcast market. After KKR became the majority shareholder, the company set its sights on expanding internationally.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A key step towards achieving this goal was acquiring <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Lane_Music" title="Cherry Lane Music">Cherry Lane Music Publishing</a> in 2009, which provided BMG with its first foothold in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-:4_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BMG made several other purchases in 2010, including <a href="/wiki/Evergreen_Copyrights" class="mw-redirect" title="Evergreen Copyrights">Evergreen Copyright Acquisitions</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, <a href="/wiki/Bug_Music" title="Bug Music">Bug Music</a> was bought by BMG,<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> followed by music publisher R2M Music in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bertelsmann was also reported to be interested in buying <a href="/wiki/EMI" title="EMI">EMI</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but EMI was ultimately acquired by <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a> (record labels) and <a href="/wiki/Sony/ATV_Music_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony/ATV Music Publishing">Sony/ATV Music Publishing</a> (songwriters).<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The regulatory authorities approved the deal subject to some conditions, including the sale of several labels.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BMG was thus able to acquire <a href="/wiki/Mute_Records" title="Mute Records">Mute Records</a> (2012) and <a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_Records" title="Sanctuary Records">Sanctuary Records</a> (2013),<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as the publishing catalogues of EMI Virgin Music and <a href="/wiki/Famous_Music" title="Famous Music">Famous Music</a> UK from Sony/ATV.<sup id="cite_ref-Virgin_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Virgin-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Becoming_a_group_division">Becoming a group division</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Becoming a group division"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2013, KKR sold its stake in BMG to Bertelsmann,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> making it the sole shareholder of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Rabe_(manager)" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Rabe (manager)">Thomas Rabe</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who had been a key driver of BMG's expansion during his time as Chief Financial Officer,<sup id="cite_ref-:4_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:4-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bertelsmann again cited music as one of its strategic growth areas.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2013, the company began to represent rights to songs by <a href="/wiki/Robbie_Williams" title="Robbie Williams">Robbie Williams</a> and the <a href="/wiki/The_Rolling_Stones" title="The Rolling Stones">Rolling Stones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Record labels were also added to the portfolio including Union Square Music (distributor of <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Universal Music">Universal Music</a>'s <a href="/wiki/ZTT_Records" title="ZTT Records">ZTT Records</a> and <a href="/wiki/Stiff_Records" title="Stiff Records">Stiff Records</a>),<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vagrant Music and Infectious Music (2014),<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as <a href="/wiki/S-Curve_Records" title="S-Curve Records">S-Curve Records</a><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Rise_Records" title="Rise Records">Rise Records</a> (2015).<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other acquisitions followed in 2016, including the label <a href="/wiki/ARC_Music" title="ARC Music">ARC Music</a> and the catalog of <a href="/wiki/The_End_Records" title="The End Records">The End Records</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By acquiring Basement, BMG entered the market in Brazil,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> one of Bertelsmann's growth regions.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the company also signed an agreement with Warner Music's <a href="/wiki/Alternative_Distribution_Alliance" title="Alternative Distribution Alliance">Alternative Distribution Alliance</a> for the physical and digital distribution of music,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> allowing BMG to consolidate its longstanding sales structures.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BMG further expanded by entering the Chinese market in cooperation with <a href="/wiki/Alibaba_Group" title="Alibaba Group">Alibaba</a>, allowing the online company to distribute the work of musicians and composers via its web channels while securing copyrights.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2015 financial year, BMG was part of the Corporate Investments division at Bertelsmann.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, the media group turned the subsidiary into a stand-alone division.<sup id="cite_ref-:5_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:5-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, BMG is considered a prime example of how growth platforms are created and leveraged at Bertelsmann.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Acquisition_of_BBR_Music_and_new_labels">Acquisition of BBR Music and new labels</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Acquisition of BBR Music and new labels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2017, BMG announced the purchase of <a href="/wiki/BBR_Music_Group" title="BBR Music Group">BBR Music Group</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including the labels Broken Bow Records, Red Bow Records, Stoney Creek Records, Wheelhouse Records and the music publisher Magic Mustang Music.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With a value of more than 100 million <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">dollars</a>, the transaction was the largest recorded music acquisition in the company's history.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BMG thus improved its position in the <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> segment and ensured its long-term presence in the <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville</a> music industry and its overall impact on the United States market.<sup id="cite_ref-:6_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:6-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, BMG announced its first new British record label within the group since 2009, Tag8 Music.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This label was set up in association with ex-Bros member <a href="/wiki/Craig_Logan" title="Craig Logan">Craig Logan</a> and his management company Logan Media Entertainment, with Tag8 Music featuring established acts such as Pixie Lott, Roachford, and Louise Redknapp as part of its roster. On the Official Albums Chart Top 100 of 4 November 2022, the label charted its first hit album in the form of Blue's <i>Heart & Soul</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In October 2023, BMG signed with <a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal Music Group</a> for physical distribution, and started self-distributing its own catalog on digital platforms, thus ending their partnership with Warner Music.<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The transition of physical distribution to Universal took place over the course of 2024 and is set to officially change over in October of 2024. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corporate_structure">Corporate structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Corporate structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BMG's parent enterprise is BMG Rights Management GmbH, a <a href="/wiki/Gesellschaft_mit_beschr%C3%A4nkter_Haftung" class="mw-redirect" title="Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung">limited liability company</a> according to German law. The company's objective is "the marketing of music, as well as its development and delivery" for use in media, at concerts and for other purposes.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BMG has numerous <a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">subsidiaries</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shareholdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Shareholdings">shareholdings</a>, for example, BMG Rights Management (Europe) GmbH.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to Germany, BMG is present in Australia, Brazil, China, France, Italy, Spain, the UK, the Benelux countries, the United States, Canada, and Scandinavia.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>BMG's senior management includes Thomas Coesfeld (<a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">Chief Executive Officer</a>), Mathis Wolter (<a href="/wiki/Chief_financial_officer" title="Chief financial officer">Chief Financial Officer</a>), Ama Walton (<a href="/wiki/General_counsel" title="General counsel">General Counsel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_human_resources_officer" title="Chief human resources officer">Chief Human Resources Officer</a>) and Ben Katovsky (<a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">Chief Operating Officer</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Masuch has been a member of Bertelsmann's Group Management Committee since 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the 2018 financial year, BMG posted revenues of €545 million. Rights and licenses accounted for 91.1% and products and merchandise 8.9%. Almost half of its revenues (44.1%) were generated in the United States. Other important markets were the United Kingdom (24.7%), Germany (6.3%) and France (3.9%).<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Business_model">Business model</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Business model"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BMG offers musicians the services generally provided by music publishers and record labels.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike its major competitors, it runs them under the same roof and on the same technology platform.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> More recently, it has added film, television, and books to its roster of services.<sup id="cite_ref-:7_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:7-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Publishing">Publishing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Publishing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BMG publishing represents the rights of songwriters.<sup id="cite_ref-:9_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:9-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Production_music">Production music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Production music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>BMG has a significant library of <a href="/wiki/Production_music" title="Production music">production music</a> (library music), for use in films, television, advertising, and other media. These catalogues include MusicDirector (part of Talpa Music), Human Music, Music Beyond, X-Ray Dog, Beds & Beats, Valentino Production Music, <a href="/wiki/Immediate_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Immediate Music">Immediate Music</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AXS Music,<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Altitude Music, and Must Save Jane.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Labels">Labels</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Labels"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/19_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="19 Records">19 Records</a></li> <li>43B</li> <li>Too Lost LLC</li> <li><a href="/wiki/BBR_Music_Group" title="BBR Music Group">BBR Music Group</a> <ul><li>Broken Bow Records</li> <li>Stoney Creek Records</li> <li>Wheelhouse Records</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rise_Records" title="Rise Records">Rise Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S-Curve_Records" title="S-Curve Records">S-Curve Records</a> (back catalogue)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infectious_Music" title="Infectious Music">Infectious Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vagrant_Records" title="Vagrant Records">Vagrant Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chrysalis_Music" title="Chrysalis Music">BMG Chrysalis</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Echo_Label" title="The Echo Label">The Echo Label</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Go-Feet_Records" title="Go-Feet Records">Go-Feet Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MAM_Records" title="MAM Records">MAM Records</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mute_Records" title="Mute Records">Mute Records</a> (pre-2010 catalogue)</li> <li>Union Square Music <ul><li>Salvo</li> <li>Metro</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skint_Records" title="Skint Records">Skint Records</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Loaded_Records" title="Loaded Records">Loaded Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Goapele" title="Goapele">Skyblaze Recordings</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sanctuary_Records_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanctuary Records Group">Sanctuary Records Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Communications" title="Castle Communications">Castle Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pye_Records" title="Pye Records">Pye Records</a></li> <li>Precision Records and Tapes</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transatlantic_Records" title="Transatlantic Records">Transatlantic Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sugar_Hill_Records_(hip_hop_label)" title="Sugar Hill Records (hip hop label)">Sugar Hill Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CMC_International" title="CMC International">CMC International</a></li> <li>Mayan Records</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neat_Records" title="Neat Records">Neat Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noise_Records" title="Noise Records">Noise Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAS_Records" title="RAS Records">RAS Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trojan_Records" title="Trojan Records">Trojan Records</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jet_Records" title="Jet Records">Jet Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upsetter_Records_(Jamaican_record_label)" class="mw-redirect" title="Upsetter Records (Jamaican record label)">Upsetter Records</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Urban_Records" title="Urban Records">Urban Records</a></li></ul></li> <li>Countdown Media <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Miller_(producer)" title="Dave Miller (producer)">Alshire/Somerset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everest_Records" title="Everest Records">Everest Records</a></li> <li>Mediaphon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Lawrence_(record_producer)" title="Ray Lawrence (record producer)">Dobre Records</a></li> <li>SRP Records</li> <li>Glove Music</li> <li>Alto Records</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RAM_Records" title="RAM Records">RAM Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RBC_Records" title="RBC Records">RBC Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_Circuit_(record_label)" title="World Circuit (record label)">World Circuit Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disques_Dreyfus" class="mw-redirect" title="Disques Dreyfus">Disques Dreyfus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert Music">Albert Music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Productions" title="Albert Productions">Albert Productions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_End_Records" title="The End Records">The End Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verse_Music_Group" title="Verse Music Group">Verse Music Group</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Records" title="Golden Records">Golden Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Records" title="Bethlehem Records">Bethlehem Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salsoul_Records" title="Salsoul Records">Salsoul Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_End_Records" title="West End Records">West End Records</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Waterman_Entertainment" title="Pete Waterman Entertainment">Pete Waterman Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paracadute" title="Paracadute">Paracadute</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strictly_Rhythm" title="Strictly Rhythm">Strictly Rhythm</a> (back catalogue)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dark_Horse_Records" title="Dark Horse Records">Dark Horse Records</a></li> <li>Cavalcade Recordings<sup id="cite_ref-minder_93-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-minder-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>BMG Talpa Music (Netherlands)</li> <li>BMG Production Music</li> <li>Cheyenne Records<sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Intertwine (joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Eshy_Gazit" title="Eshy Gazit">Eshy Gazit</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Modern Recordings</li> <li>Telamo</li> <li>Renew Records</li> <li>OM Records (joint-venture with <a href="/wiki/Olympique_de_Marseille" title="Olympique de Marseille">Olympique de Marseille</a>)</li> <li>Tag8 Music</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>2016, 2017, 2018: "Independent Publisher of the Year" by <a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers" title="American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers">American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers</a><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018: "Production Music Awards" for BMG Production Music<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2018: "Publisher of the Year", A&R Awards, United Kingdom<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=BMG_Rights_Management&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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href="#cite_note-ref1-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/VOXup" class="mw-redirect" title="VOXup">VOXup</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nitro_(German_TV_channel)" title="Nitro (German TV channel)">Nitro</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Up" class="mw-redirect" title="RTL Up">RTL Up</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Super_RTL" title="Super RTL">Super RTL</a> <dl><dd>Toggolino</dd> <dd>Toggo</dd> <dd>RTL Super</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Toggo_Plus" class="mw-redirect" title="Toggo Plus">Toggo Plus</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/N-tv" title="N-tv">n-tv</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Crime_(German_TV_channel)" title="RTL Crime (German TV channel)">RTL Crime</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Living" title="RTL Living">RTL Living</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Passion" title="RTL Passion">RTL Passion</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Geo_Television_(Germany)" title="Geo Television (Germany)">GEO Television</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Radio" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Radio" title="RTL Radio">RTL Radio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/104.6_RTL" title="104.6 RTL">104.6 RTL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antenne_Bayern&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antenne Bayern (page does not exist)">Antenne Bayern</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref3_102-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref3-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antenne_Niedersachsen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antenne Niedersachsen (page does not exist)">Antenne Niedersachsen</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref13_103-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref13-103"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Radio_Hamburg" title="Radio Hamburg">Radio Hamburg</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref4_104-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref4-104"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_NRW&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio NRW (page does not exist)">Radio NRW</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref9_105-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref9-105"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>e<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=105%275_Spreeradio&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="105'5 Spreeradio (page does not exist)">105'5 Spreeradio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_21_(Germany)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio 21 (Germany) (page does not exist)">Radio 21</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref10_106-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref10-106"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>f<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Regenbogen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio Regenbogen (page does not exist)">Radio Regenbogen</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref11_107-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref11-107"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>g<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/BigFM" title="BigFM">BigFM</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref12a_108-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref12a-108"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>h<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hitradio_RTL_Sachsen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hitradio RTL Sachsen (page does not exist)">Hitradio RTL Sachsen</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref12b_109-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref12b-109"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>i<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Brocken&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio Brocken (page does not exist)">Radio Brocken</a> (50%)</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/89.0_RTL" title="89.0 RTL">89.0 RTL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Antenne_Th%C3%BCringen&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Antenne Thüringen (page does not exist)">Antenne Thüringen</a> (15%)</dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Ton&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio Ton (page does not exist)">Radio Ton</a> (2%)</dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rock_Antenne&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rock Antenne (page does not exist)">Rock Antenne</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref3_102-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref3-102"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sachsen_Funkpaket&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sachsen Funkpaket (page does not exist)">Sachsen Funkpaket</a> (31.9%) <dl><dd>Radio Dresden</dd> <dd>Radio Leipzig</dd> <dd>Radio Chemnitz</dd> <dd>Radio Lausitz</dd> <dd>Radio Zwickau</dd> <dd>Radio Erzgebirge</dd> <dd>Vogtland Radio</dd></dl></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Oldie_95&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oldie 95 (page does not exist)">Oldie 95</a> (4.78%)</dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Radio_Top_40&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Radio Top 40 (page does not exist)">Radio Top 40</a> (15%)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="RTL_Publishing" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Gruner_%2B_Jahr" title="Gruner + Jahr">RTL Publishing</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brigitte_(magazine)" title="Brigitte (magazine)">Brigitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capital_(German_magazine)" title="Capital (German magazine)">Capital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GEO_(magazine)" title="GEO (magazine)">GEO</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stern_(magazine)" title="Stern (magazine)">Stern</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/RTL_Nederland" title="RTL Nederland">RTL Nederland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="TV" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_4" title="RTL 4">RTL 4</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_5" title="RTL 5">RTL 5</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_7" title="RTL 7">RTL 7</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_8" title="RTL 8">RTL 8</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Z" title="RTL Z">RTL Z</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Crime_(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="RTL Crime (Dutch TV channel)">RTL Crime</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Lounge" title="RTL Lounge">RTL Lounge</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Telekids" title="RTL Telekids">RTL Telekids</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <dl><dt>Video on Demand</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Videoland_(Netherlands)" title="Videoland (Netherlands)">Videoland</a></dd></dl></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Groupe_M6" title="Groupe M6">Groupe M6</a> <small>(48.6%)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="TV" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dd><a href="/wiki/M6_(TV_channel)" title="M6 (TV channel)">M6</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/W9_(TV_channel)" title="W9 (TV channel)">W9</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/6ter" title="6ter">6ter</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Paris_Premi%C3%A8re" title="Paris Première">Paris Première</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A9va" title="Téva">Téva</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9rie_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Série Club">Série Club</a><sup id="cite_ref-ref5_110-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ref5-110"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>j<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/M6_Music" title="M6 Music">M6 Music</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Gulli" title="Gulli">Gulli</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tiji" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiji">Tiji</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Canal_J" title="Canal J">Canal J</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MCM_(TV_channel)" title="MCM (TV channel)">MCM</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MCM_Top" title="MCM Top">MCM Top</a></dd> <dd>RFM TV</dd> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Radio" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_(French_radio)" title="RTL (French radio)">RTL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL2_(France)" title="RTL2 (France)">RTL2</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fun_Radio_(France)" title="Fun Radio (France)">Fun Radio</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <dl><dt>Catchup and Video on Demand</dt> <dd><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/M6%2B" class="extiw" title="fr:M6+">M6+</a></dd></dl> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="International" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd>Gulli Girl</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Tiji" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiji">Tiji</a> (Russia)</dd> <dd>Gulli Africa</dd> <dd>Gulli Bil Arabi</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/MCM_Pop" title="MCM Pop">MCM Pop</a></dd> <dd>M6 International</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">RTL Luxembourg</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="TV" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_(Luxembourgian_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="RTL (Luxembourgian TV channel)">RTL Télé Lëtzebuerg</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_Zwee" title="RTL Zwee">RTL Zwee</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Radio" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd>RTL Radio</dd> <dd>RTL Today Radio</dd> <dd>RTL LX</dd> <dd>RTL Gold</dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <dl><dt>Catchup</dt> <dd>RTL Play</dd></dl></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">RTL Magyarország</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="TV" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_(Hungarian_TV_channel)" title="RTL (Hungarian TV channel)">RTL</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/RTL_II_(Hungary)" class="mw-redirect" title="RTL II (Hungary)">RTL II</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Cool_TV" title="Cool TV">Cool</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Film%2B" title="Film+">Film+</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=RTL_Gold&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RTL Gold (page does not exist)">RTL Gold</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=RTL_H%C3%A1rom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="RTL Három (page does not exist)">RTL Három</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sorozat%2B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sorozat+ (page does not exist)">Sorozat+</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Muzsika_TV&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muzsika TV (page does not exist)">Muzsika TV</a></dd> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <dl><dt>Catchup and Video on Demand</dt> <dd>RTL+</dd></dl></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Atresmedia" title="Atresmedia">Atresmedia</a> <small>(18.65%)</small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="TV" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">TV</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dd><a href="/wiki/Antena_3_(Spain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Antena 3 (Spain)">Antena 3</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/LaSexta" title="LaSexta">laSexta</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Neox_(TV_channel)" title="Neox (TV channel)">Neox</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Nova_(Spain_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nova (Spain TV channel)">Nova</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mega_(Spanish_television_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mega (Spanish television channel)">Mega</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Atreseries" title="Atreseries">Atreseries</a></dd> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Radio" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Radio</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Onda_Cero" title="Onda Cero">Onda Cero</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Europa_FM_(Spain)" title="Europa FM (Spain)">Europa FM</a></dd> <dd><a href="/w/index.php?title=Melodia_FM&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melodia FM (page does not exist)">Melodia FM</a></dd></dl> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> <dl><dt>Catchup</dt> <dd>Atresplayer</dd></dl></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_(company)" title="Fremantle (company)">Fremantle</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dt>United Kingdom</dt> <dd>Dancing Ledge</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Euston_Films" title="Euston Films">Euston Films</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Euston_Films#Euston_North/Castlefield" title="Euston Films">Castlefield</a></dd> <dd>Hare and Tortoise</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Thames_(production_company)" title="Thames (production company)">Thames</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Talkback_(production_company)" title="Talkback (production company)">Talkback</a></dd> <dd>Naked</dd> <dd>Full Fat TV</dd> <dd>Label 1</dd> <dd>Man Alive</dd> <dd>Wild Blue Media</dd> <dl><dt>Ireland</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Element_Pictures" title="Element Pictures">Element Pictures</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>France</dt> <dd>Kwai</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Germany</dt> <dd>Grundy UFA</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/UFA_GmbH" title="UFA GmbH">UFA GmbH</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Universum_Film_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="Universum Film AG">UFA Fiction</a></dd> <dd>UFA Show & Factual</dd> <dd>Teamworx</dd> <dd>Phoenix Film</dd> <dd>We Are Era</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Finland</dt> <dd>Grillifilms</dd> <dd>Moskito Television</dd> <dd>Production House Finland</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Sweden</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Strix_(TV_production_company)" title="Strix (TV production company)">Strix</a></dd> <dd>Baluba</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Italy</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Lux_Vide" title="Lux Vide">Lux Vide</a></dd> <dd>The Apartment Pictures</dd> <dd>Wildside</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Denmark</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Miso_Film" title="Miso Film">Miso Film</a></dd> <dd>Blu Productions</dd> <dd>Strong Productions</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Norway</dt> <dd>One Big Happy Family</dd> <dd>Rakett TV</dd> <dd>Monster</dd> <dd>Playroom</dd> <dd>Novemberfilm</dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Strix_(TV_production_company)" title="Strix (TV production company)">Strix</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Australia</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Australia" title="Fremantle Australia">Fremantle Australia</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Productions" title="Eureka Productions">Eureka Productions</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>United States</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Original_Productions" title="Original Productions">Original Productions</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Random_House_Studio" title="Random House Studio">Random House Studio</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Productions" title="Eureka Productions">Eureka USA</a></dd> <dd>The Immigrant</dd> <dd>Fabel</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Netherlands</dt> <dd>Blue Circle</dd> <dd>Fiction Valley</dd> <dd>No Pictures Please</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Israel</dt> <dd>Abot Hameiri</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2" style="font-size: 95%; background:#ABCDEF;text-align:left;"><div><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ref1-101"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref1_101-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Leonine_Holding" title="Leonine Holding">Leonine Holding</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">The Walt Disney Company</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bauer_Media_Group" title="Bauer Media Group">Bauer Media Group</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hubert_Burda_Media" title="Hubert Burda Media">Hubert Burda Media</a>.<br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref3-102"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ref3_102-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ref3_102-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with Amperwelle Studio München Programmanbietergesellschaft, <a href="/wiki/Axel_Springer_AG" class="mw-redirect" title="Axel Springer AG">Axel Springer AG</a>, Burda, Studio Gong, m.b.t. Mediengesellschaft der bayerischen Tageszeitungen für Kabelkommunikation, Medienpool and Radio Bavaria Rundfunkprogrammgesellschaft.<br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref13-103"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref13_103-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with Verlagsgesellschaft Madsack, Studio Gong Niedersachsen and Brune-Rieck-Beteiligungs.<br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref4-104"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref4_104-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with Axel Springer, Heinrich Bauer Verlag, Lühmanndruck Harburger Zeitungsgesellschaft and Morgenpost Verlag.<br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref9-105"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref9_105-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with Pressefunk Nordrhein-Westfalen and <a href="/wiki/Westdeutscher_Rundfunk" title="Westdeutscher Rundfunk">Westdeutscher Rundfunk</a>.<br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref10-106"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref10_106-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Ffn_(radio_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ffn (radio channel)">Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland</a>, Antenne Niedersachen and Niedersachsen Radio.<br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref11-107"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref11_107-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with Mediengruppe Dr. Haas.<br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref12a-108"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref12a_108-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with Rheinland-Pfälzische Rundfunk.<br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref12b-109"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref12b_109-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with Broadcast Sachsen.<br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ref5-110"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ref5_110-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">joint venture with <a href="/wiki/TF1_Group" title="TF1 Group">TF1 Group</a>.<br /></span> </li> </ol></div></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Penguin_Random_House" title="Penguin Random House">Penguin<br />Random House</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">USA</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Knopf Doubleday</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf" title="Alfred A. Knopf">Knopf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doubleday_(publisher)" title="Doubleday (publisher)">Doubleday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Everyman%27s_Library" title="Everyman's Library">Everyman's Library</a> (US)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pantheon_Books" title="Pantheon Books">Pantheon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schocken_Books" title="Schocken Books">Schocken</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vintage_Books" title="Vintage Books">Vintage</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Random_House" title="Random House">Random House</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballantine_Books" title="Ballantine Books">Ballantine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bantam_Books" title="Bantam Books">Bantam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boom!_Studios" title="Boom! Studios">Boom! Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dell_Publishing" title="Dell Publishing">Dell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Del_Rey_Books" title="Del Rey Books">Del Rey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dial_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Dial Press">Dial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Modern_Library" title="Modern Library">Modern Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bantam_Spectra" title="Bantam Spectra">Spectra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Villard_(imprint)" title="Villard (imprint)">Villard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Publishing_Group" title="Crown Publishing Group">Crown</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Broadway_Books" title="Broadway Books">Broadway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmony_Books" title="Harmony Books">Harmony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hogarth_Press" title="Hogarth Press">Hogarth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rodale,_Inc." title="Rodale, Inc.">Rodale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Three_Rivers_Press" title="Three Rivers Press">Three Rivers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Speed_Press" title="Ten Speed Press">Ten Speed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watson-Guptill" title="Watson-Guptill">Watson-Guptill</a></li></ul></li> <li>Children's <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beginner_Books" title="Beginner Books">Beginner Books</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Publishing" title="Western Publishing">Golden</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Penguin_Group" title="Penguin Group">Penguin</a> Adult</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Avery_Publishing" title="Avery Publishing">Avery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutton_Penguin" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutton Penguin">Dutton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penguin_Books" title="Penguin Books">Penguin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._P._Putnam%27s_Sons" title="G. P. Putnam's Sons">Putnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Riverhead_Books" title="Riverhead Books">Riverhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sentinel_(publisher)" title="Sentinel (publisher)">Sentinel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TarcherPerigee" title="TarcherPerigee">TarcherPerigee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viking_Press" title="Viking Press">Viking</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Berkley Publishing Group</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ace_Books" title="Ace Books">Ace</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berkley_Books" title="Berkley Books">Berkley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_American_Library" title="New American Library">New American Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jove_Books" title="Jove Books">Jove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plume_(publisher)" title="Plume (publisher)">Plume</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roc_Books" title="Roc Books">Roc</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Penguin_Group" title="Penguin Group">Penguin</a> Young Readers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dial_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Dial Press">Dial Young Readers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutton_Children%27s_Books" title="Dutton Children's Books">Dutton Children's</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Firebird_Books" title="Firebird Books">Firebird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/G._P._Putnam%27s_Sons" title="G. P. 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bharti_Enterprises" title="Bharti Enterprises">Bharti Enterprises</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caf%C3%A9_Coffee_Day" title="Café Coffee Day">Café Coffee Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capsugel" title="Capsugel">Capsugel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laureate_Education" title="Laureate Education">Laureate Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nielsen_Holdings" title="Nielsen Holdings">Nielsen Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ProSiebenSat.1_Media" title="ProSiebenSat.1 Media">ProSiebenSat.1 Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sealy_Corporation" title="Sealy Corporation">Sealy Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seven_West_Media" title="Seven West Media">Seven West Media</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TDC_A/S" class="mw-redirect" title="TDC A/S">TDC A/S</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toys_%22R%22_Us" title="Toys "R" Us">Toys "R" Us</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visma" title="Visma">Visma</a></li></ul> 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<li><a href="/wiki/Wild_(company)" title="Wild (company)">Wild</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Electronics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alludo" title="Alludo">Alludo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BMC_Software" title="BMC Software">BMC Software</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DZS" title="DZS">DZS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leonine_Holding" title="Leonine Holding">Leonine Holding</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northgate_Public_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="Northgate Public Services">Northgate Public Services</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OverDrive_Inc" class="mw-redirect" title="OverDrive Inc">OverDrive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trainline" title="Trainline">Trainline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yageo" title="Yageo">Yageo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Financial</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/China_International_Capital_Corporation" title="China International Capital Corporation">CICC</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_First_State" title="Colonial First State">Colonial First State</a> (55%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Data" title="First Data">First Data</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Health & retail</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Academy_Sports_%2B_Outdoors" title="Academy Sports + Outdoors">Academy Sports + Outdoors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/America%27s_Best_Contacts_%26_Eyeglasses" title="America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses">America's Best Contacts & Eyeglasses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hospital_Corporation_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="Hospital Corporation of America">Hospital Corporation of America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oasis_Shopping_Centre" title="Oasis Shopping Centre">Oasis Shopping Centre</a> (60%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pets_at_Home" title="Pets at Home">Pets at Home</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Industrial manufacture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Colonial_Pipeline" title="Colonial Pipeline">Colonial Pipeline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Energy_Future_Holdings" title="Energy Future Holdings">Energy Future Holdings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/KION_Group" title="KION Group">KION Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legrand_(company)" title="Legrand (company)">Legrand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marelli_Holdings" title="Marelli Holdings">Marelli Holdings</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marelli_Europe" title="Marelli 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Dale</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aricent" title="Aricent">Aricent</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borden_(company)" title="Borden (company)">Borden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/El_Paso_Corp" class="mw-redirect" title="El Paso Corp">El Paso Corp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legg_Mason" title="Legg Mason">Legg Mason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RJR_Nabisco" title="RJR Nabisco">RJR Nabisco</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#4B0082; color:white;;width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kohlberg_%26_Company" title="Kohlberg & Company">Kohlberg & Company</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barbarians_at_the_Gate" title="Barbarians at the Gate">Barbarians at the Gate</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Barbarians_at_the_Gate_(film)" title="Barbarians at the Gate (film)">film</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3" style="background:#4B0082; color:white;"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/31px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Category:Kohlberg_Kravis_Roberts" title="Category:Kohlberg Kravis Roberts">Category</a></li></ul> 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Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas">AMPROFON</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundesverband_Musikindustrie" title="Bundesverband Musikindustrie">BVMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federazione_Industria_Musicale_Italiana" title="Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana">FIMI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Federation_of_the_Phonographic_Industry" title="International Federation of the Phonographic Industry">IFPI (worldwide)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pro-M%C3%BAsica_Brasil" title="Pro-Música Brasil">PMB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Productores_de_M%C3%BAsica_de_Espa%C3%B1a" title="Productores de Música de España">PROMUSICAE</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/RIAA_certification" title="RIAA certification">RIAA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SNEP" title="SNEP">SNEP</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Publishers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">BMG Rights Management</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sony_Music_Publishing" title="Sony Music Publishing">Sony Music Publishing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Publishing_Group" title="Universal Music Publishing Group">Universal Music Publishing Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Chappell_Music" title="Warner Chappell Music">Warner Chappell Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disney_Music_Publishing" title="Disney Music Publishing">Disney Music Publishing</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Record labels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Record_label#Major_labels" title="Record label">Major</a></b></i>: <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music" title="Sony Music">Sony</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Universal_Music_Group" title="Universal Music Group">Universal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_record_label" title="Independent record label">Independent</a></b></i>: <a href="/wiki/Concord_(entertainment_company)" title="Concord (entertainment company)">Concord</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_independent_UK_record_labels" title="List of independent UK record labels">Independent UK record labels</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allied_Artists_Music_Group" title="Allied Artists Music Group">AAMG</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Retailers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amazon_(company)" title="Amazon (company)">Amazon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Digital_music_store" title="Digital music store">Digital music stores</a> (<a href="/wiki/ITunes_Store" title="ITunes Store">iTunes Store</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fnac" title="Fnac">Fnac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HMV" title="HMV">HMV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaspien" title="Kaspien">Kaspien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virgin_Megastores" title="Virgin Megastores">Virgin Megastores</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live music</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CTS_Eventim" title="CTS Eventim">CTS Eventim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Live_Nation_Entertainment" title="Live Nation Entertainment">Live Nation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LiveStyle" title="LiveStyle">LiveStyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticketmaster" title="Ticketmaster">Ticketmaster</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_genres_and_styles" title="List of music genres and styles">Major genres</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Blues" title="Blues">Blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easy_listening" title="Easy listening">Easy listening</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electronic_music" title="Electronic music">Electronic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Experimental_music" title="Experimental music">Experimental</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folk_music" title="Folk music">Folk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gospel_music" title="Gospel music">Gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Latin_music" title="Latin music">Latin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metal_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Metal music">Metal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New-age_music" title="New-age music">New Age</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_music" title="Pop music">Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">Reggae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues" title="Rhythm and blues">Rhythm and blues</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/World_music" title="World music">World</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sectors<br />and roles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Album_cover#Design" title="Album cover">Album cover design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">Artists and repertoire (A&R)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">Disc jockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_industry#Business_structure" title="Music industry">Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_law" title="Entertainment law">Entertainment law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_education" title="Music education">Music education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_executive" title="Music executive">Music executive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_and_fashion" title="Music and fashion">Music and fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_journalism" title="Music journalism">Music journalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_publisher" title="Music publisher">Music publisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_store" title="Music store">Music store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_venue" title="Music venue">Music venue</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arrangement" title="Arrangement">Arrangement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Composer" title="Composer">Composer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyricist" title="Lyricist">Lyricist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Conducting" title="Conducting">Conductor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Disc_jockey" title="Disc jockey">Disc jockey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_production" title="Hip hop production">Hip hop producer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horn_section" title="Horn section">Horn section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Record producer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rhythm_section" title="Rhythm section">Rhythm section</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orchestration" title="Orchestration">Orchestrator</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Session_musician" title="Session musician">Session musician</a> <ul><li><a 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title="Cassette single">Cassette single</a>, <a href="/wiki/CD_single" title="CD single">CD single</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maxi_single" title="Maxi single">Maxi single</a>)</small></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Album" title="Album">Album</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Double_album" title="Double album">Double album</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mixtape" title="Mixtape">Mixtape</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">Music video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Promotional_recording" title="Promotional recording">Promotional recording</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phonograph_record" title="Phonograph record">Phonograph record</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8-track_cartridge" title="8-track cartridge">Eight-track</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compact_Cassette" class="mw-redirect" title="Compact Cassette">Compact cassette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Compact_disc" title="Compact disc">CD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DVD" title="DVD">DVD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Airplay" 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