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2. Who owns/ runs Capitol Records?
 1/42016- Ashley Newton was
named president of Capitol
music group.
 Ashley Newton’s, the former
Columbia Records president,
role as president of Capitol
records entails managing day-
to-day tasks and operations
including music projects.
My source of information:
http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6828951/ashley-
newton-president-capitol-music-group

3. When was Capitol Records started?
 Capitol Records was founded in 1942 by 3 men named:
Johnny Mercer, Buddy Desylva and Glenn Wallichs.
 there parent company is universal music group and
their distributors are Capitol Music group.
 They are based in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California,
US.
My source of information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records

4. What artists do
they sign?
(Not including the
Beatles)
1 of 5

5. 2 of 5

6. 3 of 5

7. 4 of 5

8. 5 of 5
My source of information:
http://www.capitolrecords.com/artists/

9.  This is only a few of the artists that Capitol records have signed and there
are a range of different genres and types of people and music
 The most famous band they signed was The Beatles
What artists do
they sign?

10. What is the genre of music Capitol
Records focuses on?
Capitol records doesn’t focus
on a specific genre however I
haven’t found any rock or
metal bands so they do have
specific genres they want to
sign.
Genre: various
My source of information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Records

11. Thank you for watching
my presentation for
research into Capitol
Records