Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a recorded music company, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG.However in August, 2008 Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann announced that Sony agreed to acquire Bertelsmann's 50% stake in Sony BMG. Sony completed its acquisition of Bertelsmann's 50% stake in the company on October 1, 2008. The company was, once again named Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (SME), became a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony.
Subsidiary labels
- Columbia Music Group
- Epic Label Group
- RCA Music Group
- Sony Music Nashvile
- Sony Masterworks
- Provident Music Group
- Red Distribution
- IODA Labels
Sony Music UK
- Columbia Records UK
- RCA Label Group
- Sony CMG
- Syco Music
- Phonogenic Records
Independent labels distributed by Sony Music Entertainment
- American Recordings
- Aware Records
- BNM Records (Australia)
- Century Music Malaysia
- D-Town Records
- Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
- Independiente Records
- In the Name Of
- Nettwerk America
- Nick Records
- NotNowMum! Records
- Shout! Factory
- Spazz Music Management
- Robbins Entertainment
- Drakkar Entertainment
- Rukus Avenue
- Suthun Music Entertainment
- Thugtertainment
- Top Stop Music
- Vibekingz
- Wind-up Records
- WWE Music Group
How are Sony vertically integrated (how do they profit from the different stages of music production, distribution and consumption)?
Sony are vertically integrated as they have different companies at different stages of production, distribution and consumption. They profit from this as they don't have to go externally to have a record distributed meaning it will cost them less in the long run.
How do Sony profit from media convergence at the level of the media product?
Sony profit from media convergence as they are a large corporation and can cover all the platforms of media, also with their signed a content deal with YouTube they are able to advertise their products through this convergence.
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