2. • Formally owned by Time Warner, WMG was put on the stock
exchange and was sold to Access Industries in July 2011.
• The current CEO is Stephen Cooper.
• WMG was founded in 1958.
• Some of the artists signed include: the Arctic Monkeys, ABBA,
Beyoncé, Fleetwood Mac and Panic! At the Disco.
• There is a wide range of genres within the Warner Music Group, the
main ones being pop, indie, rock and punk.
• “Warner Music Group is a major music company with interests in
recorded music, music publishing and artist services”
• The Warner Music is one of the ‘big three’ meaning it is in the top 3
largest record label companies.
