I-Sony BMG Profile

I-Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Inc., ingenye yezinkampani ezirekhodiwe ze- "Big Four", kanye ne-EMI, i-Warner Music Group, ne-Atlantic Music Groups. U-Sony BMG, ophethe isabelo se-25% semakethe yomculo, wazalwa ngaphandle kokuhlanganiswa kwamaqhawe amabili omculo womculo, i-Sony Music ne-BMG Music.

Umhlanganisi:

Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Sony ne-BMG kwaba ngokomthetho ngo-Agasti, 2004, kodwa ukufika kwakukhona impi ekhuphuka. Amalebula abhekene namacala wokuthi ukuhlanganiswa kwephule imithetho yokuzibusa nokulwa nokuthembana, futhi amalebula wokurekhoda ozimele ezimakethe eziningi ezinkulu zomculo ezihlanganiswe ndawonye ukuphikisana nokuhlanganiswa.

Lapho lo mkhiqizo usuqedile, u-Sony no-BMG ngamunye babambe iqhaza lika-50% kule nkampani.

Amanye amazwi amakhulu kakhulu okuphikisana nokuhlanganiswa ayese-European Union, futhi ngenxa yecala elilethwe yi-IMPALA, iqembu elizimele lokubamba i-label, i-EU yashiya imvume yabo kulo mcimbi ngoJulayi, 2006. Icala lilindile.

I-Payola Scandal:

Ngo-June, 2005, i-Sony BMG yaphoqeleka ukuba ikhokhe imali engama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyishumi ngemuva kokutholakala enecala yiNew York yokubandakanya i- payola. Iningi lala macala likhokhelwa ukukhokhela ukudlala amathrekhi kaJessica Simpson. Ukuhlukaniswa kwe-Epic ka-Sony BMG kwaqokwa ukuba kuqhutshwe imincintiswano yamanga ukumboza ama-payola - DJs kuphela abantu abaye bawina imiklomelo emincintiswaneni yabo.

Isakhiwo seNkampani:

I-Sony BMG inamahhovisi emazweni angaphezu kuka-30 emhlabeni jikelele, nabasebenzi abayizinkulungwane eziningana.

I-Sony BMG Labels:

Ngaphansi kwesambulela esikhulu se-Sony BMG, kunamalebula angaphezu kuka-20 anayo futhi asakazwa yi-corporation.

Ama-labels akwa-Sony BMG afaka amanye amagama amakhulu ebhizinisini, afana:

• I-Epic
• I-Jive
• Columbia
• RCA
• I-Arista
• LaFace
• I-Zomba Music Group (kuhlanganise neRough Trade and Pinnacle)
• NgakhoSo Def
• Ifa
• J Amarekhodi
• I-Red Music Distribution

I-Sony BMG iphinde isatshalaliswe kanye nama-ownership angama-label angama-indie ayisihlanu:

• Independiente

• Umculo omuhle
• Amarekhodi kaNick
• I-Wind Up Records

I-Sony BMG Abaculi:

Njengoba ungase ucabange ngenkampani ephethwe yi-25% yazo zonke izinhlobo zokuthengisa umculo, i-Sony BMG imelela amanye amagama amakhulu kumculo. Ezinye zezingcweti zokuthengisa eziphezulu zenkampani ziyi:

• I-Britney Spears
• Jessica Simpson
• Celine Dion
• UFranz Ferdinand
• I-Fray
• Belle noSebastian
• Justin Timberlake
• Kelis