1. Research companies
The Music Industry is made up of many people including songwriters, producers, artists, managers, marketing,
distribution etc. It is a vast industry but is largely controlled by the record companies The music industry is
dominated by the ‘big four’ or the music majors:
- Sony Music Entertainment
- EMI
- Universal Music Group
- Warner
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Looking at music labels was essential within our research as it informs us of the business aspects of why artists
make music videos. It looks out how a music video can provide branding and identity as well as how the industry
are making their money back. We also look as how the music industry is doing currently with persist reports
regarding loss of profits.
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2. • http://www.slideshare.net/CharlotteVincent/the-big-four-record-labels-
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• http://www.slideshare.net/keelsmvo/record-labels-
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• http://www.slideshare.net/keelsmvo/record-labels-
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3. • Universal Music Group is an American-based and French-owned multinational music corporation. The company currently operates as a
subsidiary of Paris-based media conglomerate Vivendi. the largest music corporation. It is made up of many record labels (subsidiaries).
Some of the more well known labels would be
• niversalMusic Group (UMG Recordings, Inc.) (UMG) is the largest music corporation in the world.[1] An American-based, French-owned
multinational music corporation, it currently operates as a subsidiary of Paris-based media conglomerate Vivendi. UMG also owns Universal
Music Publishing Group, which is the second largest music publishing company in the world. Universal Music Group's global corporate
headquarters are located in Santa Monica, California.