Sonybmg

Sony BMG Music Entertainment, also known as sonybmg was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout of the remaining 50% held by Bertelsmann. BMG was instead rebuilt as BMG Rights Management on the basis of 200 remaining artists.
==History==
Sony BMG Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Music, was formed following a merger between Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group in 2004. As one of the Big Four music companies, it manages and distributes various recording labels including Arista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, J Records, Mchenry Records, Jive Records, RCA Victor Records, Legacy Recordings, and Sonic Wave America.
Sony Corporation purchased Bertelsmann AG's 50% stake in Sony Music Entertainment for $1.2 billion on August 1, 2008, renaming it Sony Music Entertainment and becoming a unit of Sony Corporation of America.https://web.archive.org/web/20071009122448/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101
On October 1, 2008, Sony BMG Music Entertainment was defunct due to Bertelsmann's share acquired by Sony. The successors of BMG is Sony Music and BMG Rights Management.
Sony and Bertelsmann last teamed up in 2013, unsuccessfully attempting to acquire Parlophone from Universal Music Group.https://web.archive.org/web/20170923052504/http://nypost.com/2013/01/07/sony-and-bmg-have-number-for-parlophone/ BMG would manage the label's back catalogue, while Sony's artists signed with them. Parlophone ultimately went to Warner Music Group, but BMG acquired Mute Records' back catalogue and licensed Depeche Mode and The Echo Label's catalogue.https://web.archive.org/web/20170923003147/https://www.bmg.com/de/news/intl-bmg-appoints-distribution-and-marketing-partners-for-sanctuary-and-mute-catalogues.html
==Channel==
On December 29, 2005, sonybmg created their YouTube channel.
==Trivia==
*The channel peaked at 853,860,747 views before it lost 851,488,973 views on December 17, 2012.https://web.archive.org/web/20130101060746/https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/sonybmg/monthly The channel lost the rest of their views on February 15, 2013.https://web.archive.org/web/20140609171208/https://socialblade.com/youtube/user/sonybmg/monthly
==References==
Category:Users who joined in 2005
Category:American YouTubers
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