Divyanshu67/squad_v2 huggingface dataset:
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 2004, SME and Bertelsmann Music Group merged as Sony BMG Music Entertainment. When Sony acquired BMG's half of the conglomerate in 2008, Sony BMG reverted to the SME name. The buyout led to the dissolution of BMG, which then relaunched as BMG Rights Management. Out of the "Big Three" record companies, with Universal Music Group being the largest and Warner Music Group, SME is middle-sized.

Question: In what year did SME merge with another company?
Answer: 2004

Question: What was the name of the other company that SME merged with?
Answer: Bertelsmann Music Group

Question: What did the company call themselves after the  merger?
Answer: Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Question: In what year did Sony BMG Music Entertainment go back to being called SME?
Answer: 2008

Question: In 2014, SME and Bertelsmann Music Group merged as what?

Question: In 2018, Sony BMG reverted to what name?

Question: The 2008 buyout led to the dissolution of SME, which relaunched as what?

Question: Brickman Music Group merged with SME in what year?

Question: BMG Rights Music was relaunched in what year?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 1929, ARC was founded through a merger of several smaller record companies, which, ultimately, transformed into one enterprise known as SME. In the depths of the Great Depression, the Columbia Phonograph Company (founded in 1888) in the U.S. (including its Okeh Records subsidiary) was acquired by ARC in 1934.

Question: In what year did ARC form?
Answer: 1929

Question: In what year did Columbia Phonography Company form?
Answer: 1888

Question: In what year did ARC take over Columbia Phonography Company?
Answer: 1934

Question: ABC was founded through a merger in what year?

Question: The Columbia Phonograph Company in China was acquired by ARC in what year?

Question: The Columbia Photography Company was founded in what year?

Question: ARC was founded through a merger of several larger what?

Question: Okeh Records had whom as a subsidiary?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

ARC was acquired in 1938 by the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS, which, in turn, had been formed by the Columbia Phonograph Company, but then sold off). ARC was renamed Columbia Recording Corporation. The Columbia Phonograph Company had international subsidiaries and affiliates such as the Columbia Graphophone Company in the United Kingdom, but they were sold off prior to CBS acquiring American Columbia. RCA Victor Records executive Ted Wallerstein convinced CBS head William S. Paley to buy ARC and Paley made Wallerstein head of the newly acquired record company. The renamed company made Columbia its flagship label with Okeh its subsidiary label while deemphasizing ARC's other labels. This allowed ARC's leased labels Brunswick Records and Vocalion Records to revert to former owner Warner Bros. which sold the labels to Decca Records. Columbia kept the Brunswick catalogue recorded from December 1931 onward which was reissued on the Columbia label as well as the Vocalion label material from the same time period which was reissued on the Okeh label. Wallerstein, who was promoted at the end of 1947 from president to chairman of the record company, restored Columbia's status as a leading record company and spearheaded the successful introduction of the long playing (LP) record before he retired as Columbia's chairman in 1951. James Conkling then became head of Columbia Records. Also in 1951, Columbia severed its ties with the EMI-owned record label of the same name and began a UK distribution deal with Philips Records, whereas Okeh Records continued to be distributed by EMI on the Columbia label.

Question: Who bought out ARC?
Answer: Columbia Broadcasting System

Question: In what year was ARC bought?
Answer: 1938

Question: What did CBS call ARC after buying it?
Answer: Columbia Recording Corporation

Question: Who was the head of CBS at the time?
Answer: William S. Paley

Question: Who convinced Paley to buy ARC?
Answer: RCA Victor Records executive Ted Wallerstein

Question: ABC was acquired by the Columbia Broadcasting System in what year?

Question: The Colombia Phonograph Company had local subsidiaries and what?

Question: CBS Records executive Ted Wallerstein convinced whom to buy ARC?

Question: ARC kept the Brunswick catalogue recorded from what date?

Question: Ted Wallerstein became the head of Columbia what?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

Columbia founded Epic Records in 1953. In 1956, Conkling left Columbia, he would help establish the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences before eventually becoming the first president of the newly launched Warner Bros. Records, and Goddard Lieberson began the first of two stints as head of the record company. In 1958, Columbia founded another label, Date Records, which initially issued rockabilly music.

Question: In what year was Epic Records created?
Answer: 1953

Question: What company created Epic Records?
Answer: Columbia

Question: Who was one of the creators of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences?
Answer: Conkling

Question: What did Conkling later go on to lead?
Answer: Warner Bros. Records

Question: What type of music was Date Records known for?
Answer: rockabilly

Question: Epic Records founded Columbia in what year?

Question: Lieberson helped establish the National Academy of what?

Question: Columbia founded Daring Records in what year?

Question: Daring Records initially issued what kind of music?

Question: Lieberson left Columbia in what year?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 1960, Columbia/CBS began negotiations with its main international distributor Philips Records with the goal of CBS starting its own global record company. Philips' acquisition of Mercury Records in the US in 1961 paved the way for this. CBS only had the rights to the Columbia name in North America; therefore the international arm founded in 1961 and launched in 1962 utilized the "CBS Records" name only, with Philips Records distributing the label in Europe. CBS's Mexican record company, Discos Columbia, was renamed Discos CBS by 1963.

Question: In what year was Mercury Records (US) bought out?
Answer: 1961

Question: Who acquired Mercury Records (US)?
Answer: Philips Records

Question: What is the name of CBS' Mexican record label?
Answer: Discos CBS

Question: Columbia/ABC began negotiations with Philips Records in what year?

Question: Which company wanted to start its own local record company?

Question: Mercury Records acquired Philips in the US in what year?

Question: Philips Records distributed the music in what area?

Question: CBS's Chinese record company was called Discos what?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

By 1962, their Columbia Record Productions unit was operating four plants around the United States located in Los Angeles; Terre Haute, Indiana; Bridgeport, Connecticut; and Pitman, New Jersey, which manufactured records for not only Columbia's own labels, but also for independent record labels.

Question: What 4 areas of the country did Columbia Records have manufacturers in?
Answer: Los Angeles; Terre Haute, Indiana; Bridgeport, Connecticut; and Pitman, New Jersey

Question: Chinese Record Productions was operating four plants by what year?

Question: Which company was operating five plants around the US?

Question: The four plants were located in California, Iowa, Connecticut, and where?

Question: By 1972, Columbia Record Productions was operating how many plants?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 1964, CBS established its own UK distribution with the acquisition of Oriole Records. EMI continued to distribute Epic and Okeh label material on the Columbia label in the UK until the distribution deal with EMI expired in 1968 when CBS took over distribution.

Question: What lable was bought by CBS in the UK?
Answer: Oriole Records.

Question: ABC established it own UK distribution in what year?

Question: The distribution deal with CBS expired in what year?

Question: ABC took over distribution in what year?

Question: Who continued to distribute Epic and Oprah label material?

Question: CBS acquired Oakland Records in what year?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

With the record company a global operation in 1965, the Columbia Broadcasting System upper management started pondering changing the name of their record company subsidiary from Columbia Records to CBS Records.

Question: CBS began thinking of a name change to their record label in what year?
Answer: 1965

Question: In 1955, CBS was a global what?

Question: The company wanted to change their name from CBS Records to what?

Question: Which management wanted to change the name of their staff?

Question: The Columbia Broadcasting System low level staff wanted to change what?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

Also in late 1965, the Date subsidiary label was revived. This label released the first string of hits for Peaches & Herb and scored a few minor hits from various other artists. Date's biggest success was "Time of the Season" by the Zombies, peaking at #2 in 1969. The label was discontinued in 1970.

Question: Date Records gave rise to the group "Peaches and Herb" in what year?
Answer: 1965

Question: Date Records released what major success in 1969?
Answer: "Time of the Season" by the Zombies

Question: What place on the charts did Date Records' big success land on?
Answer: #2

Question: Despite the success, in what year did Date Records cease to exist?
Answer: 1970

Question: The Date subsidiary label expired in what year?

Question: Date's biggest success was "Turn of the Season" by what group?

Question: "Time of the Season" peaked at #1 in what year?

Question: In 1970, which label was revived?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 1966, CBS reorganized its corporate structure with Leiberson promoted to head the new "CBS-Columbia Group" which made the now renamed CBS Records company a separate unit of this new group run by Clive Davis.

Question: Who ran CBS-Columbia Group starting in 1966?
Answer: Leiberson

Question: In 1966, ABC reorganized what?

Question: Leiberson was promoted to secretary for what group?

Question: The new "ABC-Columbia Group" had whom as its head?

Question: Davis Clive ran which unit?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In March 1968, CBS and Sony formed CBS/Sony Records, a Japanese business joint venture. With Sony being one of the developers behind the compact disc digital music media, a compact disc production plant was constructed in Japan under the joint venture, allowing CBS to begin supplying some of the first compact disc releases for the American market in 1983.

Question: In what year did CBS and Sony come together?
Answer: 1968

Question: In what year did CDs come to the American market?
Answer: 1983

Question: In March 1988, CBS and Sony formed what group?

Question: CBS/Sony Records was a Chinese what?

Question: A compact disc production plant was constructed in China under what?

Question: ABC supplied some of the first compact disc releases in what year?

Question: Some of the first compact disc releases hit the Chinese market in what year?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

The CBS Records Group was led very successfully by Clive Davis until his dismissal in 1972, after it was discovered that Davis has used CBS funds to finance his personal life, including an expensive bar mitzvah party for his son. He was replaced first by former head Goddard Lieberson, then in 1975 by the colourful and controversial lawyer Walter Yetnikoff, who led the company until 1990.

Question: In what year was Clive Davis let go at CBS Records Group?
Answer: 1972

Question: ABC Records Group was led successfully by whom?

Question: Clive Davis was dismissed from ABC Records Group in what year?

Question: Who used CBS funds to finance his professional life?

Question: Who used company funds for an expensive bar mitzvah party for their daughter?

Question: Who replaced lawyer Walter Yetnikoff?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In February 2016, over a hundred thousand people signed a petition in just twenty-four hours, calling for a boycott of Sony Music and all other Sony-affiliated businesses after rape allegations against music producer Dr. Luke were made by musical artist Kesha. Kesha asked a New York City Supreme Court to free her from her contract with Sony Music but the court denied the request, prompting widespread public and media response.

Question: How many people signed a petition to boycott Sony Music in 2016?
Answer: over a hundred thousand

Question: Over a million people signed a petition in how many hours?

Question: In February 2006, how many people signed a petition calling for a boycott of Sony Music?

Question: Rape allegations were made against music producer Kesha against artist?

Question: Kesha asked a California Supreme Court to do what?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

Over the past two years,[clarification needed] dozens of rights-holders, including Sony Music, have sent complaints about Wikipedia.org directly to Google to have content removed.

Question: What search engine company giant has Sony sent requests to regarding content on a website?
Answer: Google

Question: What website does Sony have complaints against?
Answer: Wikipedia.org

Question: Thousands of rights-holders have sent complaints to whom?

Question: Rights-holders have complained about Google to which organization?

Question: Over the past twenty years, rights-holders have complained to whom?

Question: Why did rights-holders complain to Wikipedi.org?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In July 2013, Sony Music withdrew from the Greek market due to an economic crisis. Albums released by Sony Music in Greece from domestic and foreign artists are carried by Feelgood Records.

Question: In what year did Sony pull out of the Greek market?
Answer: 2013

Question: What label for the Greek market were artists on under the Sony umbrella?
Answer: Feelgood Records

Question: Sony withdrew from the China market in what year?

Question: A political crisis caused Sony to withdraw from what market?

Question: Felling Records carries artists released by whom?

Question: Albums released by Sony Music in China are carried by whom?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In March 2012, Sony Music reportedly closed its Philippines office due to piracy, causing to move distribution of SME in the Philippines to Ivory Music.

Question: In what year did Sony shut down their offices in the Philippines?
Answer: 2012

Question: Sony Music closed its Japan office in what year?

Question: The office in which country closed due to illness?

Question: In 2014, Sony Music closed which office?

Question: The distribution moved from Ivory Music to SME in what country?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

Doug Morris, who was head of Warner Music Group, then Universal Music, became chairman and CEO of the company on July 1, 2011. Sony Music underwent a restructuring after Morris' arrival. He was joined by L.A. Reid, who became the chairman and CEO of Epic Records. Under Reid, multiple artists from the Jive half of the former RCA/Jive Label Group moved to Epic. Peter Edge became the new CEO of the RCA Records unit. The RCA Music Group closed down Arista, J Records and Jive Records in October 2011, with the artists from those labels being moved to RCA Records.

Question: What famous music producer became CEO of Epic Records?
Answer: L.A. Reid

Question: Who joined the CEO of Epic Records in becoming the CEO of Sony Music?
Answer: Doug Morris

Question: In what year did he become the CEO of Sony Music?
Answer: 2011

Question: Who became the CEO of RCA Records?
Answer: Peter Edge

Question: What labels did RCA disband in 2011?
Answer: Arista, J Records and Jive Records

Question: Morris Doug became CEO in what year?

Question: Warner Music underwent a restructuring after whose arrival?

Question: Under Morris, multiple artists from Jive did what?

Question: Edge Peter became the new CEO of what?

Question: Arista closed down what group?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In the 1980s to early 1990s, there was a CBS imprint label in the US known as CBS Associated Records. Tony Martell, veteran CBS and Epic Records A&R Vice President was head of this label and signed artists including Ozzy Osbourne, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Jett, and Henry Lee Summer. This label was a part of (Epic/Portrait/Associated) wing of sub labels at CBS which shared the same national and regional staff as the rest of Epic Records and was a part of the full CBS Records worldwide distribution system.

Question: Name 3 artists that CBS Associated Records signed on in the 80s and 90s?
Answer: Ozzy Osbourne, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Electric Light Orchestra, Joan Jett, and Henry Lee Summer

Question: Martell Tony was the head of which label?

Question: What label was a part of wing of sub labels at ABC?

Question: Who didn't share the same staff as Epic Records?

Question: Who wasn't a part of  the full CBS Records worldwide distribution system?

Question: Ozzy Osbourne was the head of which label?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 1986, CBS sold its music publishing arm, CBS Songs, to Stephen Swid, Martin Bandier, and Charles Koppelman for $125 million making it the foundation of their SBK Entertainment.

Question: In what year did CBS sell CBS Songs?
Answer: 1986

Question: How much was the sale of CBS Songs?
Answer: $125 million

Question: Who were the 3 people who bought CBS Songs?
Answer: Stephen Swid, Martin Bandier, and Charles Koppelman

Question: In 1996, CBS sold what?

Question: ABC Songs was sold to whom?

Question: What publishing arm was sold for $155 million?

Question: SAK Entertainment acquired which publishing arm?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

By 1987, CBS was the only "big three" American TV network to have a co-owned record company. ABC had sold its record division to MCA Records in 1979, and in 1986, NBC's parent company RCA was sold to General Electric, who then sold off all other RCA units, including the record division (which was bought by Ariola Records, later known as BMG).

Question: In what year was CBS the only network to also have a record company?
Answer: 1987

Question: What label did ABC sell in 1979?
Answer: MCA Records

Question: What label did NBC sell in 1986?
Answer: RCA

Question: Who bought RCA?
Answer: Ge

Question: By 1997, which network was the only "big three" to also have its own record company?

Question: CBA sold its record division to whom in 1979?

Question: RCA's parent company NBC was sold to whom ?

Question: BMG was later known as what Ariola what?

Question: In what year was RCA's parent company NBC sold to General Electric?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

On November 17, 1987, SCA acquired CBS Records, which hosted such acts as Michael Jackson, for US$2 billion. CBS Inc., now CBS Corporation, retained the rights to the CBS name for music recordings but granted Sony a temporary license to use the CBS name. CBS Corporation founded a new CBS Records in 2006, which is distributed by Sony through its RED subsidiary.

Question: In what year did SCA buy CBS Records?
Answer: 1987

Question: Who was the biggest artist that CBS had?
Answer: Michael Jackson

Question: How much did SCA pay for CBS Records?
Answer: $2 billion

Question: In what year did the CBS Corporation begin another CBS Records?
Answer: 2006

Question: Who distributes CBS Records material?
Answer: Sony through its RED subsidiary

Question: On what date did CBS Records acquire SCA?

Question: How much did it cost for CBS Records to acquire SCA?

Question: Who retained the right to the CAS name for music recording?

Question: Who founded a new CBS Records in 2016?

Question: In what year did CBS Corporation found a new CAS Records?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 1989, CBS Records re-entered the music publishing business by acquiring Nashville music publisher Tree International Publishing for more than $30 million.

Question: In what year did CBS Records buy out Tree International Publishing?
Answer: 1989

Question: How much did CBS Records pay for Tree International Publishing?
Answer: $30 million

Question: In what city was Tree International Publishing located?
Answer: Nashville

Question: In 1999, CBS Records re-entered what?

Question: ABC Records acquired what Nashville music publisher?

Question: What music publisher was acquired for more then $40 million?

Question: New York music publisher Tree International Publishing was acquired for how much money?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

RCA/Jive Label Group CEO Barry Weiss left the company in March 2011 to become the new CEO of Island Def Jam and Universal Republic, which were both part of Universal Music Group. Weiss had been the RCA/Jive Label Group CEO since 2008 and was head of Jive Records since 1991.

Question: In what year did CEO of RCA/Jive Barry Weiss leave?
Answer: 2011

Question: What company did Barry Weiss move to?
Answer: Island Def Jam and Universal Republic

Question: When did Barry Weiss become CEO of RCA/Jive?
Answer: 2008

Question: When did Barry Weiss become head of Jive Records?
Answer: 1991

Question: Weiss Barry was the head of Jive Records since what year?

Question: Island Jam Def and Universal Republic were both part of what?

Question: CEO Weiss Barry left RCA/Jive Label Group in what year?

Question: Barry Weiss became the CEO of Island Jam Def in what year?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

On October 11, 2011, Doug Morris announced that Mel Lewinter had been named Executive Vice President of Label Strategy. Lewinter previously served as chairman and CEO of Universal Motown Republic Group. In January 2012, Dennis Kooker was named President of Global Digital Business and US Sales.

Question: Who was promoted to Executive VP of Label Strategy in 2011?
Answer: Mel Lewinter

Question: Who became President of Global Digital Business and US Sales in 2012?
Answer: Dennis Kooker

Question: Doug Morris was announced as Executive Vice President on what date?

Question: Lewinter previously served as secretary for which group?

Question: Who was named President of Local Digital Business and US Sales in 2012?

Question: Who was named Executive Vice President of Local Strategy in 2011?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In August 2004, Sony entered joint venture with equal partner Bertelsmann, by merging Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group, Germany, to establish Sony BMG Music Entertainment. However Sony continued to operate its Japanese music business independently from Sony BMG while BMG Japan was made part of the merger.

Question: In what year did Sony and BMG Germany merge?
Answer: 2004

Question: In August 2014, Sony entered a joint venture with whom?

Question: Who continued to operate its Chinese music business independently?

Question: ABC Japan was made part of what?

Question: Beckman Music Group is located in which country?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

On August 5, 2008, SCA and Bertelsmann announced that Sony had agreed to acquire Bertelsmann's 50% stake in Sony BMG. Sony completed its acquisition of Bertelsmann's 50% stake in the companies' joint venture on October 1, 2008. The company, once again named Sony Music Entertainment Inc., became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation through its US subsidiary SCA. The last few albums to feature a Sony BMG logo were Thriller 25 by Michael Jackson, I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyoncé, Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits by Christina Aguilera, and Safe Trip Home by Dido. A temporary logo was unveiled beginning December 1, 2008. The present logo was unveiled in March 2009.

Question: In what year did Sony take BMG's half stake in the company?
Answer: 2008

Question: Name one of the final albums to ever have the Sony BMG label?
Answer: Thriller 25 by Michael Jackson, I Am... Sasha Fierce by Beyoncé, Keeps Gettin' Better: A Decade of Hits by Christina Aguilera, and Safe Trip Home by Dido

Question: When was Sony's new logo revealed to the public?
Answer: 2009

Question: The first few albums to feature a Sony BMG logo were?

Question: A permanent logo was unveiled on December 1 of what year?

Question: The present logo was unveiled in December of what year?

Question: Bertelsmann acquired Sony's 50% stake on what date?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

On July 1, 2009, SME and IODA announced their global strategic partnership to leverage combined worldwide online retail distribution networks and complementary technologies to support independent labels and music rightsholders.

Question: What labels strove to support indie labels and music rightsholders?
Answer: SME and IODA

Question: In what year did they partner in order to do so?
Answer: 2009

Question: SME and IODA announced the end of their partnership on what date?

Question: Who announced their local strategic partnership on July 1, 2009?

Question: SEM partnered with whom?

Question: On July 1, 2019, who partnered together?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In March 2010, Sony Corp has partnered with The Michael Jackson Company with a contract of more than $250 million, the largest deal in recorded music history.

Question: Who did Sony partner with to create the biggest deal ever?
Answer: Michael Jackson Company

Question: How much was the partnership worth?
Answer: $250 million

Question: In what year was the partnership initiated?
Answer: 2010

Question: In March 2100, who partnered with The Michael Jackson Company?

Question: Sony Corp partnered with whom in July, 2010?

Question: Who partnered together in March 2010 with a contract of over $500 million?

Question: The second largest deal in recorded music history was worth how much?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

The merger made Columbia and Epic sister labels to RCA Records, which was once owned by RCA which also owned CBS rival NBC. It also started the process of bringing BMG's Arista Records back under common ownership with its former parent Columbia Pictures, a Sony division since 1989, and also brought Arista founder Clive Davis back into the fold. Davis is still with Sony Music as Chief Creative Officer.

Question: Columbia Pictures has been owned by Sony since what year?
Answer: 1989

Question: Who is the CCO of Sony Music?
Answer: Clive Davis

Question: Who became sister labels to ABC Records?

Question: ABC's Arista Records was brought what?

Question: Sony has been a Columbia Pictures division since what year?

Question: Epic founder Clive who was brought back into the fold?

Question: Davis no longer serves as what at Sony Music?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 1995, Sony and Michael Jackson formed a joint venture which merged Sony's music publishing operations with Jackson's ATV Music to form Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Question: In what year did the merger take place?
Answer: 1995

Question: In 1985, Sony and Michael Jackson formed what?

Question: Sony and Michael Jordan formed a joint venture in what year?

Question: Jackson's TAV Music merged with whom?

Question: In 1985, Sony and Michael Jordan formed what?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

Sony renamed the record company Sony Music Entertainment (SME) on January 1, 1991, fulfilling the terms set under the 1988 buyout, which granted only a transitional license to the CBS trademark. The CBS Associated label was renamed Epic Associated. Also on January 1, 1991, to replace the CBS label, Sony reintroduced the Columbia label worldwide, which it previously held in the United States and Canada only, after it acquired the international rights to the trademark from EMI in 1990. Japan is the only country where Sony does not have rights to the Columbia name as it is controlled by Nippon Columbia, an unrelated company. Thus, until this day, Sony Music Entertainment Japan does not use the Columbia trademark for Columbia label recordings from outside Japan which are issued in Japan. The Columbia Records trademark's rightsholder in Spain was Bertelsmann Music Group, Germany, which Sony Music subsequently subsumed via a 2004 merger, followed by a 2008 buyout.

Question: In what year did the name Sony Music Entertainment become the new name of Sony's record label?
Answer: 1991

Question: In what year did CBS Associated become Epic Associated?
Answer: 1991

Question: What is the only country where Sony has no rights to the Columbia label?
Answer: Japan

Question: Who owns the rights to the Columbia label in Japan?
Answer: Nippon Columbia

Question: ABC renamed the record company SME on what date?

Question: Renaming the company fulfilled the terms of the 1998 what?

Question: The ABC Associated label was renamed what?

Question: China is the only country where Sony does not have the rights to what?

Question: Berkman Music Group was a rightsholder from which country?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 1970, CBS Records revived the Embassy Records imprint in UK and Europe, which had been defunct since CBS had taken control of Embassy's parent company, Oriole, in 1964. The purpose of the revived Embassy imprint was to release budget reissues of albums that had originally been released in the United States on Columbia Records (or its subsidiaries). Many albums, by artists as diverse as Andy Williams, Johnny Cash, Barbra Streisand, the Byrds, Tammy Wynette, Laura Nyro and Sly & the Family Stone were issued on Embassy, before the label was once again discontinued in 1980.

Question: In 1980, CBS Records revived what?

Question: CBS had taken control of Oriole's parent company in what year?

Question: The purpose of the revived Oriole imprint was what?

Question: Which label was once again discontinued in 1990?

Question: Few albums were issued on what label before it was discontinued?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In 2011–2012, Sony Music Inc. expressed support for SOPA and PIPA. The Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act stirred up controversy within the entertainment industry since their introduction in the United States Congress.[citation needed]

Question: Sony Music expressed support for SOUP and whom?

Question: Which acts did not stir up any controversy?

Question: Which acts were introduced into the US Senate?

Question: In 2014-2015, Sony expressed support for whom?

Question: The Continue Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act stirred up what?
Sony_Music_Entertainment

In May 2012, Sony Music filed charges against the website IsoHunt. The plaintifs claims in the court document filed at the supreme court of British Columbia: "The IsoHunt Websites have been designed and are operated by the defendants with the sole purpose of profiting from rampant copyright infringement which defendants actively encourage, promote, authorize, induce, aid, abet, materially contribute to and commercially profit from."

Question: In May 2012, ABC Music filed charged against whom?

Question: Which document was filed at the supreme court of the China?

Question: The website IconicHunt had charges filed against them by whom?

Question: The website IsoHunt filed charges against Sony Music in what year?
Oklahoma_City

Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city ranks 27th among United States cities in population. The population grew following the 2010 Census, with the population estimated to have increased to 620,602 as of July 2014. As of 2014, the Oklahoma City metropolitan area had a population of 1,322,429, and the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area had a population of 1,459,758 (Chamber of Commerce) residents, making it Oklahoma's largest metropolitan area. Oklahoma City's city limits extend into Canadian, Cleveland, and Pottawatomie counties, though much of those areas outside of the core Oklahoma County area are suburban or rural (watershed). The city ranks as the eighth-largest city in the United States by land area (including consolidated city-counties; it is the largest city in the United States by land area whose government is not consolidated with that of a county or borough).

Question: What is the capital of Oklahoma?
Answer: Oklahoma City

Question: Which city is the largest in Oklahoma?
Answer: Oklahoma City

Question: What was the population of Oklahoma city in 2014?
Answer: 1,322,429
Oklahoma_City

Oklahoma City is on the I-35 Corridor and is one of the primary travel corridors into neighboring Texas and Mexico. Located in the Frontier Country region of the state, the city's northeast section lies in an ecological region known as the Cross Timbers. The city was founded during the Land Run of 1889, and grew to a population of over 10,000 within hours of its founding. The city was the scene of the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, in which 168 people died. It was the deadliest terror attack in the history of the United States until the attacks of September 11, 2001, and remains the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in U.S. history.

Question: What corridor is Oklahoma City situated in?
Answer: I-35 Corridor

Question: When was the city founded?
Answer: 1889

Question: When was the Oklahoma City bombing?
Answer: 1995

Question: What was the name of the building involved in the bombing?
Answer: Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building
Oklahoma_City

Oklahoma City was settled on April 22, 1889, when the area known as the "Unassigned Lands" was opened for settlement in an event known as "The Land Run". Some 10,000 homesteaders settled the area that would become the capital of Oklahoma. The town grew quickly; the population doubled between 1890 and 1900. Early leaders of the development of the city included Anton Classen, John Shartel, Henry Overholser and James W. Maney.

Question: What was the name of the land before being called Oklahoma City?
Answer: Unassigned Lands

Question: Who was an early leader of the city?
Answer: James W. Maney
Oklahoma_City

Before World War II, Oklahoma City developed major stockyards, attracting jobs and revenue formerly in Chicago and Omaha, Nebraska. With the 1928 discovery of oil within the city limits (including under the State Capitol), Oklahoma City became a major center of oil production. Post-war growth accompanied the construction of the Interstate Highway System, which made Oklahoma City a major interchange as the convergence of I-35, I-40 and I-44. It was also aided by federal development of Tinker Air Force Base.

Question: When was oil discovered in the city limits?
Answer: 1928

Question: What routes used Oklahoma City as a major route change?
Answer: I-35, I-40 and I-44
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In 1993, the city passed a massive redevelopment package known as the Metropolitan Area Projects (MAPS), intended to rebuild the city's core with civic projects to establish more activities and life to downtown. The city added a new baseball park; central library; renovations to the civic center, convention center and fairgrounds; and a water canal in the Bricktown entertainment district. Water taxis transport passengers within the district, adding color and activity along the canal. MAPS has become one of the most successful public-private partnerships undertaken in the U.S., exceeding $3 billion in private investment as of 2010. As a result of MAPS, the population living in downtown housing has exponentially increased, together with demand for additional residential and retail amenities, such as grocery, services, and shops.

Question: What was the name of the redevelopment passage that was passed in 1993?
Answer: Metropolitan Area Projects

Question: What is one thing that was added in this project?
Answer: baseball park

Question: How much money was invested in MAPS by 2010?
Answer: $3 billion
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According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 620.34 square miles (1,606.7 km2), of which, 601.11 square miles (1,556.9 km2) of it is land and 19.23 square miles (49.8 km2) of it is water. The total area is 3.09 percent water.

Question: How many square miles is Oklahoma City?
Answer: 620.34 square miles

Question: Out of the 620.34 square miles, how much of it is water?
Answer: 19.23 square miles
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The city is roughly bisected by the North Canadian River (recently renamed the Oklahoma River inside city limits). The North Canadian once had sufficient flow to flood every year, wreaking destruction on surrounding areas, including the central business district and the original Oklahoma City Zoo. In the 1940s, a dam was built on the river to manage the flood control and reduced its level. In the 1990s, as part of the citywide revitalization project known as MAPS, the city built a series of low-water dams, returning water to the portion of the river flowing near downtown. The city has three large lakes: Lake Hefner and Lake Overholser, in the northwestern quarter of the city; and the largest, Lake Stanley Draper, in the sparsely populated far southeast portion of the city.

Question: What river flows through Oklahoma city?
Answer: North Canadian River

Question: What is the new name for the part of the North Canadian River that resides within the city limits?
Answer: Oklahoma River

Question: When was a dam built for the river?
Answer: 1940s

Question: What was built in the 1990's to help return water to the river near downtown?
Answer: low-water dams
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The city is bisected geographically and culturally by the North Canadian River, which basically divides North Oklahoma City and South Oklahoma City. The two halves of the city were actually founded and plotted as separate cities, but soon grew together. The north side is characterized by very diverse and fashionable urban neighborhoods near the city center and sprawling suburbs further north. South Oklahoma City is generally more blue collar working class and significantly more industrial, having grown up around the Stockyards and meat packing plants at the turn of the century, and is currently the center of the city's rapidly growing Latino community.

Question: Which side is known for primarily being industrial?
Answer: South Oklahoma City

Question: Which side is more urban and fashionable?
Answer: North Oklahoma City
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The average temperature is 61.4 °F (16.3 °C), with the monthly daily average ranging from 39.2 °F (4.0 °C) in January to 83.0 °F (28.3 °C) in July. Extremes range from −17 °F (−27 °C) on February 12, 1899 to 113 °F (45 °C) on August 11, 1936 and August 3, 2012; the last sub-zero (°F) reading was −5 °F (−21 °C) on February 10, 2011. Temperatures reach 100 °F (38 °C) on 10.4 days of the year, 90 °F (32 °C) on nearly 70 days, and fail to rise above freezing on 8.3 days. The city receives about 35.9 inches (91.2 cm) of precipitation annually, of which 8.6 inches (21.8 cm) is snow.

Question: How much precipitation on average falls within the city?
Answer: 35.9 inches

Question: Out of the precipitation that falls, how much of it is snow?
Answer: 8.6 inches
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Oklahoma City has a very active severe weather season from March through June, especially during April and May. Being in the center of what is colloquially referred to as Tornado Alley, it is prone to especially frequent and severe tornadoes, as well as very severe hailstorms and occasional derechoes. Tornadoes have occurred in every month of the year and a secondary smaller peak also occurs during autumn, especially October. The Oklahoma City metropolitan area is one of the most tornado-prone major cities in the world, with about 150 tornadoes striking within the city limits since 1890. Since the time weather records have been kept, Oklahoma City has been struck by thirteen violent tornadoes, eleven F/EF4s and two F/EF5. On May 3, 1999 parts of southern Oklahoma City and nearby suburban communities suffered from one of the most powerful tornadoes on record, an F5 on the Fujita scale, with wind speeds estimated by radar at 318 mph (510 km/h). On May 20, 2013, far southwest Oklahoma City, along with Newcastle and Moore, was hit again by a EF5 tornado; it was 0.5 to 1.3 miles (0.80 to 2.09 km) wide and killed 23 people. Less than two weeks later, on May 31, another outbreak affected the Oklahoma City area, including an EF1 and an EF0 within the city and a tornado several miles west of the city that was 2.6 miles (4.2 km) in width, the widest tornado ever recorded.

Question: When is Oklahoma city sever weather season begin?
Answer: March

Question: When does Oklahoma city sever weather season end?
Answer: June

Question: Approximately How many tornadoes have reached the city limits?
Answer: 150

Question: How wide was the widest tornado ever?
Answer: 2.6 miles
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As of the 2010 census, there were 579,999 people, 230,233 households, and 144,120 families residing in the city. The population density was 956.4 inhabitants per square mile (321.9/km²). There were 256,930 housing units at an average density of 375.9 per square mile (145.1/km²).

Question: How many people were counted in the 2010 census?
Answer: 579,999

Question: How many households were recorded in the 2010 census
Answer: 230,233 households

Question: How many families were recorded in the 2010 census?
Answer: 144,120 families

Question: What was the density of the population per square mile?
Answer: 956.4

Question: How many housing units were there for the 2010 census?
Answer: 256,930
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There were 230,233 households, 29.4% of which had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.4% were non-families. One person households account for 30.5% of all households and 8.7% of all households had someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 3.11.

Question: How many households were in Oklahoma city?
Answer: 230,233

Question: What demographic was the most percentage of the households in total?
Answer: married couples

Question: What is the average size for households?
Answer: 2.47

Question: What is the average size for families?
Answer: 3.11

Question: What is the second highest demographic for households?
Answer: non-families
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Oklahoma City has experienced significant population increases since the late 1990s. In May 2014, the U.S. Census announced Oklahoma City had an estimated population of 620,602 in 2014 and that it had grown 5.3 percent between April 2010 and June 2013. Since the official Census in 2000, Oklahoma City had grown 21 percent (a 114,470 raw increase) according to the Bureau estimates. The 2014 estimate of 620,602 is the largest population Oklahoma City has ever recorded. It is the first city in the state to record a population greater than 600,000 residents and the largest municipal population of the Great Plains region (OK, KS, NE, SD, ND).

Question: When did the population increases begin in Oklahoma city?
Answer: late 1990s

Question: What was the estimated population of Oklahoma city in 2014
Answer: 620,602
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Oklahoma City is the principal city of the eight-county Oklahoma City Metropolitan Statistical Area in Central Oklahoma and is the state's largest urbanized area. Based on population rank, the metropolitan area was the 42nd largest in the nation as of 2012.

Question: What is Oklahoma's largest urbanized area?
Answer: Oklahoma City

Question: What place was Oklahoma cities population ranked in the nation in 2012?
Answer: 42nd
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On April 19, 1995, the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building was destroyed by a fertilizer bomb manufactured and detonated by Timothy McVeigh. The blast and catastrophic collapse killed 168 people and injured over 680. The blast shockwave destroyed or damaged 324 buildings within a 340-meter radius, destroyed or burned 86 cars, and shattered glass in 258 nearby buildings, causing at least an estimated $652 million worth of damage. The main suspect- Timothy McVeigh, was executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001. It was the deadliest single domestic terrorist attack in US history, prior to 9/11.

Question: Who detonated the bomb in 1995?
Answer: Timothy McVeigh

Question: How many people were killed in the bombing?
Answer: 168

Question: How many people were injured in the bombing?
Answer: 680

Question: How much money was the damage worth?
Answer: $652 million

Question: When was Timothy McVeigh Executed?
Answer: June 11, 2001
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While not in Oklahoma City proper, other large employers within the MSA region include: Tinker Air Force Base (27,000); University of Oklahoma (11,900); University of Central Oklahoma (2,900); and Norman Regional Hospital (2,800).

Question: How many universities are within the MSA region?
Answer: 2

Question: What hospital is in the MSA region
Answer: Norman Regional Hospital

Question: How many employees work for Tinker Air Force Base?
Answer: 27,000

Question: How many employees work for Norman Regional Hospital?
Answer: 2,800

Question: How many people work in University of Oklahoma?
Answer: 11,900
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In 2008, Forbes magazine named Oklahoma City the most "recession proof city in America". The magazine reported that the city had falling unemployment, one of the strongest housing markets in the country and solid growth in energy, agriculture and manufacturing. However, during the early 1980s, Oklahoma City had one of the worst job and housing markets due to the bankruptcy of Penn Square Bank in 1982 and then the post-1985 crash in oil prices.[citation needed]

Question: What year did forbes list Oklahoma city as "recession proof".
Answer: 2008

Question: When did Penn Square Bank go bankrupt?
Answer: 1982

Question: What year did the oil crash?
Answer: 1985
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The Science Museum Oklahoma (formerly Kirkpatrick Science and Air Space Museum at Omniplex) houses exhibits on science, aviation, and an IMAX theater. The museum formerly housed the International Photography Hall of Fame (IPHF) that exhibits photographs and artifacts from a large collection of cameras and other artifacts preserving the history of photography. IPHF honors those who have made significant contributions to the art and/or science of photography and relocated to St. Louis, Missouri in 2013.

Question: What was the original name of the Science Museum of Oklahoma?
Answer: Kirkpatrick Science and Air Space Museum at Omniplex

Question: When was the International Photography Hall of Fame relocated?
Answer: 2013
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The Oklahoma City National Memorial in the northern part of Oklahoma City's downtown was created as the inscription on its eastern gate of the Memorial reads, "to honor the victims, survivors, rescuers, and all who were changed forever on April 19, 1995"; the memorial was built on the land formerly occupied by the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building complex prior to its 1995 bombing. The outdoor Symbolic Memorial can be visited 24 hours a day for free, and the adjacent Memorial Museum, located in the former Journal Record building damaged by the bombing, can be entered for a small fee. The site is also home to the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, a non-partisan, nonprofit think tank devoted to the prevention of terrorism.

Question: What is the name of Oklahoma Cities memorial?
Answer: The Oklahoma City National Memorial

Question: What institute is located near the Oklahoma City National Memorial?
Answer: Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism
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The American Banjo Museum located in the Bricktown Entertainment district is dedicated to preserving and promoting the music and heritage of America's native musical instrument – the banjo. With a collection valued at $3.5 million it is truly a national treasure. An interpretive exhibits tells the evolution of the banjo from its humble roots in American slavery, to bluegrass, to folk and world music.

Question: What musical instrument has it's own museum in Oklahoma City?
Answer: the banjo

Question: How much is the collection worth in the museum?
Answer: $3.5 million
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The Oklahoma History Center is the history museum of the state of Oklahoma. Located across the street from the governor's mansion at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in northeast Oklahoma City, the museum opened in 2005 and is operated by the Oklahoma Historical Society. It preserves the history of Oklahoma from the prehistoric to the present day.

Question: When was the Oklahoma History Center created?
Answer: 2005

Question: Who operates the Oklahoma History Center?
Answer: Oklahoma Historical Society

Question: Where is the Oklahoma History Center located?
Answer: northeast Oklahoma City