Companies

Sony Music Entertainment

Record Label

Sony Music Entertainment (SME or ‘Sony Music’) is the New York-based recorded music company fully owned by Japan’s Sony Corporation. Run by CEO Rob Stringer, Sony Music counts brands such as Epic Records, Columbia Records and RCA within its frontline label family. Sony Music also fully owns The Orchard, the global distribution and services platform, … Continued

Spotify

Streaming Service

Spotify was founded in 2006, launched in 2008, and floated on the New York Stock Exchange in 2018

Warner Music Group

Music Publisher, Record Label

Warner Music Group is the world's third biggest music rights company

Universal Music Group

Music Publisher, Record Label

Universal Music Group is the world's biggest music rights company, majority-owned by Vivendi

Sony

Sony is the parent company of Sony Music Group, and owns both Sony Music and Sony/ATV

Access Industries

Access Industries, founded in 1986, is the majority owner of Warner Music Group and Deezer

Apple Music

Streaming Service

Apple Music launched in 2015, and now has more than 60 million subscribers worldwide

IFPI

Industry Org

IFPI is the global body for the recorded music industry, originally founded in 1933

Goldman Sachs

Goldman takes a particular interest in the music business via its Music In The Air reports

Netflix

Netflix was founded as a mail-order DVD rental business in 1997

Deezer

Streaming Service

Founded in 2007, Deezer is now majority-owned by Access Industries

Luminate

Luminate is an analysis and data monitoring company operating in the music industry. It issues half-year and annual reports on the US and global market consumption of music.