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1. Media Ownership?
What Subsidiary labels do Sony Music Own?
 Columbia Records
 RCA Records
 Epic Records
 Arista Nashville
 RCA Records Nashville
 Columbia Nashville
 Legacy Recordings
 Sony Music Latin
 Masterworks
 Vested in Culture
 RCA Inspiration
 Provident Label Group
What other Media companies does Sony own?
- Music (Sony Music)
- Internet (Sony network)
- TV
- Movies (James Bond)
- Games/Consoles (Play Station)
How is Sony music apart of an Oligopoly?
Son is part of an Oligopoly because there is limited competition between the big
companies in the music industry you can see from the chart there are the big
three Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner music which own most of the
music industry, as they were at 27% of the market in 2015.

2. Which record labels are subsidiaries of Sony?
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What are the advantages for Sony having a wide range of labels in their
organisation?
Because Sony are 1 of the big 3 in the music industry the more subsidiary labels
they have and own means they will profit more from those labels, they also own
more of the share of the market if they expand.
How are the advantages for a record labels operating within a huge
conglomerate with interest in other media sectors?