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38-697: RCA/Jive configuration began as the BMG Label Group during the last year of the Sony BMG merger. The group was officially formed in September 2007 when Bertelsmann Music Group restructured their RCA and Zomba groups into one entity bearing the BMG branding. Bob Anderson and Kevin Twitchell led the sales department for the new group, and John Fleckenstein was named senior VP of international. By early 2008,

76-595: A US$ 2.74 billion transaction that required BMG to purchase the remaining shares of the Zomba Group of Companies . When BMG began their integration of Zomba labels into their operations, they created the Zomba Label Group in early 2004. Initially the group consisted of LaFace, Volcano, Silvertone and Jive, though later expanded to include other labels. In 2005, Zomba Label Group created a gospel division called Zomba Gospel to collate their gospel interests at

114-563: A division of Sony Music Entertainment . Jive Label Group was founded in 2004 as Zomba Label Group by BMG , their parent company at the time. In January 2009. BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger to Sony and Zomba Label Group was rebranded to the current Jive Label Group. During the existence of the RCA/Jive Label Group, the Jive Label Group consisted of the following labels: In late 2002, Zomba completed

152-524: A less public presence and no known website. Instead, both the RCA Music Group and the Jive Label Group operate as standalone units, but shared back-office functions and reported to CEO Barry Weiss . RCA/Jive consisted of several flagship record labels , which originally formed part of BMG before being absorbed into Sony's operations. RCA Music Group was created by BMG in March 2004 shortly after

190-399: A way of shuffling Davis out of the company, he quickly reasserted his position as a hitmaker for Sony working with artists such as Leona Lewis and Jennifer Hudson . In August 2008, BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger back to Sony. Since Bertelsmann retained the use of the "BMG" name, Sony renamed the BMG Label Group to RCA/Jive Label Group in early 2009, while at the same time,

228-711: Is mainly active in European markets. The basis of the company was formed through BMG's decision to withhold selected European music catalogues from the former Sony BMG joint venture and the BMG Publishing businesses. Also kept separate from the acquisition by Sony Corporation of America was Sony BMG's wholly owned and operated BMG Japan. Sony Music Japan remained independent from the Sony BMG joint venture, therefore BMG and Sony labelling were kept separate in Japan under

266-456: The Big Four music companies and includes ownership and distribution of recording labels such as Arista Records , Columbia Records , Epic Records , J Records , Mchenry Records, Jive Records , RCA Victor Records , RCA Records , Legacy Recordings , Sonic Wave America and others. The merger affected all Sony Music and Bertelsmann Music Group companies worldwide except for Japan, where it

304-577: The Federal Trade Commission Act and the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act . Sony did not restrict minor children's participation in its websites. Sony paid a $ 1 million fine. Bertelsmann Music Group 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. Although it

342-554: The Kazaa file-sharing network. Thomas, who made US$ 36,000 a year, was ordered to pay US$ 222,000 in damages. Thomas had allegedly shared 1702 files in total; the court upholding the award called it an "aggravated case of willful infringement". In 2008, the Federal Trade Commission sued Sony BMG for collecting and displaying personal data of 30,000 minors without parental consent via its websites since 2004, violating

380-724: The 50% share of the joint venture with Sony Music , which established the German American Sony BMG from 2004 to 2008. In 1994, BMG acquired Italian publisher Casa Ricordi , which had been founded in 1808. In March 1998, BMG sold its video game publisher BMG Interactive to Take-Two Interactive , with Bertelsmann taking a 16 percent stake in Take-Two. BMG Interactive published the Grand Theft Auto video game series. The joint venture between Sony and Bertelsmann to merge both companies' music divisions

418-763: The All-American Rejects , Clannad , Iron Maiden , Maroon 5 , Mayra Verónica , Backyard Babies , Hipster Daddy-O and the Handgrenades , Soda Stereo , Gustavo Cerati , Keane , HARD-Fi , Horace Andy , the Cure , the Killer Barbies , Joss Stone , Tom Jobim , Vinícius de Moraes , Elvis Costello , Paul Weller , Sara Evans , Sneaker Pimps , Take That (1991–1996), Five , Westlife , D-Pryde, Louis Tomlinson , Luke Friend and Mikolas Josef . Through Zomba Music Publishing , BMG controlled

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456-540: The BMG Label Group was said to consist of RCA Records , Jive Records , J Records , LaFace , Arista , Volcano Entertainment , Verity , GospoCentric and Fo Yo Soul. In April 2008, Jive head Barry Weiss was promoted to chairman and CEO of the whole BMG Label Group, a position he still held since the groups rebranding . Weiss replaced longtime music exec Clive Davis , who became the Chief Creative Officer. Though some interpreted this move by Sony as

494-509: The Black Eyed Peas , Kenny Chesney , The Game , Mario , Rascal Flatts , Milli Vanilli , No Doubt , Thomas Anders , Jessica Simpson and 50 Cent as well as legends like Bob Dylan , Elvis Presley , Frank Sinatra and Roselyn Sánchez . BMG Music Publishing was the global leader in classical music and was number one in contemporary Christian music . Through international sub-publishing deals, BMG Music Publishing represented

532-493: The United States (US) declined from 33% to 26% according to Nielsen SoundScan . This, and Lack's negotiation of what some called an "ill-conceived" deal with Bruce Springsteen led to Bertelsmann informing Sony that it would not renew Lack's contract. The company signed a content deal with the popular video sharing community YouTube . On August 5, 2008, Sony Corporation agreed to buy Bertelsmann AG's 50 percent stake in

570-519: The Zomba Label Group officially began the process of rebranding to Jive Label Group. During 2009, branding for both Zomba Label Group and Jive Label Group linked to the same website while RCA/Jive seemed to eschew the Zomba name, suggesting that the branding was in process during this time. By early 2010, the Zomba site was completely reworked as the rebranding process was completed. Following

608-497: The catalogue of The Echo Label to Sony. Epic Records , one of their labels, was specifically cited for using fake contests in order to hide the fact that the gifts were going to disc jockeys rather than listeners. On 31 October 2005, a scandal erupted over digital rights management (DRM) software produced and shipped by Sony BMG that automatically installed itself on people's computers and made them more vulnerable to computer viruses . The scandal and attendant controversy about

646-439: The catalogues of Famous Music Publishing, Walt Disney , Roadrunner Records , Leiber & Stoller , Fremantle Media , Pete Waterman , and Malaco Records in various territories. BMG Music Publishing acquired Complete Music in 2006. Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing was BMG Music Publishing's Christian publisher and owned over 60,000 copyrights. Like with other assets of BMG Music Publishing acquired by Universal Music, it

684-545: The company included: Elvis Presley , Ann Wilson , Todd Terry , Julieta Venegas , Anastacia , Kylie Minogue , Jaguares , Diana Yukawa , Kent , Alcazar , Gloria Trevi , Angélica María , Dido , Lee Ryan , Ai Uemura , Julieta Venegas , the Troubadours , Powderfinger , Nelly , Rammstein , Milli Vanilli , Modern Talking , Slayer , Shania Twain , Nikki Webster , Ville Valo , Christina Aguilera , Kelly Clarkson , Coldplay , Yellowcard , Hum , Rob Dougan ,

722-470: The computer user as a security threat to computer users, saying that a Sony-provided uninstallation option also introduced computer system vulnerabilities. US-CERT advised, "Do not install software from sources that you do not expect to contain software, such as an audio CD." In its "Top Flops of '05" issue, the enterprise newsweekly eWeek had to create a new category for the "Sony BMG root-kit fiasco." Peter Coffee of eWeek Labs reported, "The Sony brand name

760-476: The current venture. In 2008, Bertelsmann sold its 50% share of Sony BMG to Sony Corporation of America for a total of $ 1.5 billion and the company was renamed back to Sony Music Entertainment Inc. While officially withdrawing from the business of recorded music, Bertelsmann continued its strong presence in other areas of the music industry by establishing BMG Rights Management, which specializes in music rights management and by representing artists and authors. It

798-421: The formation of Zomba Label Group . It became a part of the BMG Label Group along with Zomba, and remained unscathed after the rebranding. The group continued its operations following the dissolution of its parent group in 2011. During the existence of the RCA/Jive Label Group, the RCA Music Group consisted of the following labels: Jive Label Group is a music group which formed half of the RCA/Jive Label Group,

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836-402: The music company for $ 1.2 billion to get full control. The music company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment and became a unit of Sony Corporation of America. This allowed Sony the rights to artists on the current and historic BMG roster and allowed Sony Corporation to better integrate its functions with its PlayStation 3 and upcoming new media initiatives. As part of the buyout, Bertelsmann kept

874-427: The newly formed Epic Label Group . Because of the stylistic focus of the new group (largely urban music ), some of Jive's non-urban artists, such as Britney Spears, stayed with RCA Records. List of RCA Records artists Sony BMG Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann . The venture's successor,

912-482: The non-urban artist from Jive, such as notable pop superstar Britney Spears . L.A. Reid became Chairman and CEO of Epic Records and Peter Edge became Chairman and CEO of RCA Music Group. Though the RCA/Jive Label Group was often mentioned in press releases, and the entity often appeared as a copyright and phonograph rights holder on actual releases (this changed recently as of 2010, with each individual label being credited as itself on phonograph rights), it had

950-631: The practice of software auto-installation spawned several lawsuits. Sony BMG eventually recalled all of the affected CDs. On November 16, 2005, US-CERT , the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team , part of the United States Department of Homeland Security , issued an advisory on Extended Copy Protection DRM, citing the XCP use of rootkit technology to hide certain files from

988-415: The restructuring, Barry Weiss remained head of both RCA/Jive Label Group, and its constituent Jive Label Group. Weiss left the RCA/Jive Label Group in March 2011. In mid-2011, Sony Music split RCA/Jive Label Group. Staff and artists associated with Jive were moved to a restructured Epic Records which is aimed to focus on (mostly) urban music . RCA Music Group remained on its own, and even took on some of

1026-407: 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. Sony BMG Music Entertainment began as the result of a merger between Sony Music (part of Sony ) and Bertelsmann Music Group (part of Bertelsmann ) completed on August 6, 2004. It was one of

1064-516: The rights to Linkin Park , Britney Spears , Iron Maiden , 30 Seconds to Mars , R. Kelly , Justin Timberlake , Michael Jackson , Bowling for Soup , Daft Punk , Katatonia , Ne-Yo , Anthrax , Mudvayne , and Poison . These artists' European rights are currently controlled by Concord Music Publishing , through Imagem . The company's songwriters wrote chart-topping hits for Mariah Carey ,

1102-540: The rights to master recordings by 200 artists, which formed the basis for a second version of BMG . Sony and Bertelsmann last teamed up in 2013, in a failed bid to acquire Parlophone from Universal Music Group . BMG would administer the label's back catalogue, while its current artists would sign with Sony. While Sony BMG failed to win Parlophone (which ultimately went to Warner Music Group ), BMG acquired Mute Records ' back catalogue and licensed Depeche Mode and

1140-497: The time. The group primarily consisted of GospoCentric Records and Verity Records , but also included some artist-owned imprints. After being shuffled under Sony in late 2008, the Zomba Label Group began rebranding to the Jive Label Group. Additionally, Zomba Gospel was rebranded as the Verity Gospel Music Group . In mid-2011, Jive Label Group was separated from the RCA Music Group and joined Epic Records under

1178-410: The venture. During Sony BMG's buyout, BMG Japan was instead picked up by Sony Music Entertainment Japan . It briefly continued to operate as a distinct entity until a reorganization in early 2009 folded the company into Sony Music Japan. Now part of Sony Music Entertainment after the buyout of Bertelsmann 's 50% stake in Sony BMG. BMG Music Publishing (formerly known as RCA Music Publishing ), which

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1216-469: Was already in trouble—it lost 16 percent of its value between 2004 and 2005.... Now it has taken a blow among tech-product opinion leaders. "We've never done it before, and we hope we'll never have [an] occasion to do it again but, for 2005, eWeek Labs awards a Stupid Tech Trick grand prize to Sony." eWeek Vol. 22, No.50 In October 2007, Sony BMG, alongside other large music firms, successfully sued Jammie Thomas for making 24 songs available for download on

1254-516: Was established in 1987, the music company was formed as RCA/Ariola International in 1985 as a joint venture to combine the music label activities of RCA 's RCA Records division and Bertelsmann's Ariola Records and its associated labels which include Arista Records . It consisted of the BMG Music Publishing company, the world's third largest music publisher and the world's largest independent music publisher and (since August 2004)

1292-433: Was felt that it would reduce competition in that country's music industry significantly. Financial analysts covering the merger anticipated that up to 2,000 jobs would be cut as a result, saving Sony BMG approximately $ 350 million annually. The company's chief executive officer (CEO) was Rolf Schmidt-Holtz , who succeeded Andrew Lack on February 10, 2006. In the first half of 2005, the company's share of new releases in

1330-590: Was not part of the Sony BMG merger, was a business of the Bertelsmann Music Group until it was sold to Universal Music Group for €1.63 billion in 2007. Universal then folded the company into Universal Music Publishing Group , and the BMG name was retired. The company had been headquartered at 245 Fifth Avenue in New York , and had 36 offices in 25 countries. BMG Music Publishing controlled over one million copyrights. Writers/artists signed to

1368-538: Was originally founded with capital support of KKR , and later became a wholly owned subsidiary of Bertelsmann. It now serves as a division within Bertelsmann and as a replacement to the defunct Bertelsmann Music Group. Between 1995 and 2000, music companies were found to have used illegal marketing agreements such as minimum advertised pricing to artificially inflate prices of compact discs in order to end price wars by discounters such as Best Buy and Target in

1406-443: Was renamed to Universal Music Brentwood-Benson. It is nowadays managed by Capitol CMG Publishing, Universal Music's christian publishing operations under Capitol Christian Music Group . After Sony bought out Bertelsmann's share in Sony BMG, Bertelsmann was allowed to keep the rights to several recordings from the former joint venture and rights to BMG trademark. These songs served as the foundation to BMG Rights Management. The company

1444-661: Was set up in August 2004. It reduced the Big Five record companies to the Big Four record companies . At that time, the company had a 21.5% share in the global music market. Sony Music and BMG remained separate in Japan, although BMG Music Japan was wholly owned by Sony BMG. On 27 March 2006, the New York Times reported that Bertelsmann was looking to raise money by leveraging some of its media assets and that executives from both companies were in talks about possibly altering

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