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BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label. BMG was founded in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its stake in Sony BMG.
Bertelsmann Music Group ( BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008.
May 17, 2023 · Thomas Coesfeld will take over in July from outgoing chief executive Hartwig Masuch, who has presided over the music group since 2008 and made it into one of the most successful arms of the...
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Nov 30, 2021 · BMG currently represents or owns rights in many of hard rock’s most elite and ground-breaking artists including Black Sabbath, Dio, Iron Maiden, Motörhead, Scorpions, Uriah Heep and many of the...
Jun 7, 2022 · BMG’s position as the largest independent rival to the three U.S.-based “majors” has been confirmed after new research published by U.S. music trade publication Billboard. BMG is the only global music company not based in the U.S. Bertelsmann’s music subsidiary has its headquarters in Berlin.
For four years from 2009 onwards, the investment firm KKR owned 51% of BMG, with Bertelsmann a minority partner, but in 2013, Bertelsmann bought out KKR’s stake to take 100% control of the music company. In 2019, BMG’s company-wide global revenues increased 10.1% year-on-year to €600m ($674m).
Mar 24, 2021 · BMG is owned by international media, services and education company Bertelsmann, whose other content businesses include the broadcaster RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House...
