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SONY ENTERTAINMENT
4-12-04
Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Howard Stringer, CEO
Located in New York, NY
Sales for fiscal year 2003: $5.3 billion
Produces, manufactures, distributes and markets recorded music and entertainment in a wide range of formats, including video, CD, DVD, MD, Super Audio CD and via the Internet
Comprised of three divisions:
Sony Music (domestic U.S.)
Sony Music International (all countries outside of the U.S. and Japan)
Sony Classical (the worldwide classical music division)
Sony Music
U.S. recording company, includes:
Automatic Productions; Columbia Records Group (Aquemeni, Columbia Records, Hypnotize Minds, Ill Will, Music World, RPM); Crescent Moon Records; Epic Records Group (Epic Records, Hidden Beach, Sony Wonder, Independiente/epic, Ruthless); Legacy Recordings; Sony/ATV Music Publishing; Sony Disc Manufacturing; Sony Music Custom Marketing Group; Sony Music Distribution; Sony Music Nashville (Columbia Records Nashville, Epic Records Nashville, Lucky Dog, Monument); and Sony Music Studios (recording and production facilities located in New York)
Artists include:
Audioslave, Aerosmith, Tony Bennett, David Bowie, Destiny's Child, Dixie Chicks, Celine Dion, Bob Dylan, Gloria Estefan, Good Charlotte, Lauryn Hill, Michael Jackson, Billy Joe, Korn, Jennifer Lopez, Ricky Martin, John Mayer, Nas, Offspring, James Taylor, Bruce Springsteen, Barbra Streisand, and many more
Sony Music International
A worldwide network of wholly owned subsidiaries, joint ventures and licensees
Active in over 67 countries, with headquarters in New York City and regional headquarters in Asia (Hong Kong), Europe (London) and Latin America (Miami).
SMI artists include:
Chayanne, Creed, Celine Dion, Evanescence, Gipsy Kings, Julio Iglesias, Jamiroquai, Ricky Martin, Oasis, Our Lady Peace, Sade, Shakira, and many others
Sony Classical
Home to one of the worlds oldest Classical music catalogues, which includes original Broadway cast recordings and performance film and videos.
It includes the Sony Classical Film & Video division, which produces and distributes classical music programming for worldwide television, video release and multimedia
Artists include:
Marcelo Alvarez, Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Kristin Chenoweth, Aselin Debison, Tan Dun, Mary Fahl, Mario Frangoulis, Salvatore Licitra, Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Midori, Murray Perahia, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lara St. John, Sonia Santana, Casey Stratton, Isaac Stern, Summer, Herbert von Karajan, Arcadi Volodos, John Williams (composer), and John Williams (guitarist)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Howard Stringer, President, Chairman and CEO
Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO
Amy Pascal, Chairman of the Motion Picture Group
Located in Culver City, CA
Group Sales for 2003: $6.7 billion
Produces and distributes motion picture and television programming
Acquires and distributes VHS and DVD's
Develops entertainment products and services for broadband distribution
Operates studios
Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group
Releases about 22 films per year
Sony Picture Entertainment's releasing companies, Sony Pictures Releasing (U.S.) and Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International, are responsible for sales, distribution, and marketing of SPE's film product in 67 territories worldwide
International motion picture operations include Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia in Hong Kong, Columbia Films Producciones Espanolas in Madrid, Columbia Pictures Producciones Mexico in Mexico City and operations in the United Kingdom and Brazil
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