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Warner Records Inc. (formerly Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2019) is an American record label. A subsidiary of the Warner Music Group, it is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. It was founded on March 19, 1958, as the recorded music division of the American film studio Warner Bros.
- March 19, 1958; 65 years ago
- Warner Music Group
- Various
The film studio Warner Bros. had no record label division at the time one of its contracted actors, Tab Hunter, scored a No. 1 hit song in 1957 for Dot Records, a division of rival Paramount Pictures.
- April 6, 1958; 65 years ago
May 28, 2019 · Warner Bros. Records was founded in March 1958 as an arm of Warner Bros. Pictures, whose “shield” logo was adopted by the fledgling label and has been used by the company ever since.
May 28, 2019 · Some 61 years after the founding of Warner Bros. Records, the label is being rebranded as Warner Records across the globe — yes, Warner Bros. Records is now Warner Records. The new logo appears...
Jan 12, 2022 · The financial distress of the film company caught the attention of Charles Allen and Serge Semenenko, two longtime financiers of the brothers and company board members, representing Allen & Company and the First National Bank of Boston. The duo wanted the aging brother out.
After more than 60 years using the Warner Bros. name and logo (and following the end of a 15-year licensing agreement with AT&T/WarnerMedia, until 2018 Time Warner), the label was rebranded in May 2019 to simply Warner Records.
May 28, 2019 · I Iconic label Warner Bros. Records boasts a new moniker after 61 years: Warner Records. The global rebranding also comes with a new logo and is part of the label’s continuing evolution under ...
