Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group Corp.
	Logo used since November 2021
	Headquarters in 1633 Broadway, New York City
Trade name	Warner Music Group
Formerly	Warner Bros. Records (1958–1967, 1970–1971); Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967–1970); Kinney Record Group International (1970–1972); Warner-Elektra-Atlantic (1972–1991); Warner Music (1991–2001);
Company type	Public subsidiary
Traded as	Nasdaq: WMG (Class A);
ISIN	US9345502036
Industry	Music; Entertainment;
Founded	April 6, 1958
Founder	Warner Bros.
Headquarters	1633 Broadway, New York City, New York, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Michael Lynton (chairman); Len Blavatnik (vice chairman); Robert Kyncl (CEO);
Revenue	US$5.919 billion (2022)
Operating income	US$0.714 billion (2022)
Net income	US$0.555 billion (2022)
Total assets	US$7.828 billion (2022)
Total equity	US$0.168 billion (2022)
Owners	Tencent (1.6%)
Number of employees	5,900 (2021)
Parent	Access Industries (86.3% equity interest, 99.2% voting power)
Divisions	List of Warner Music Group labels
Subsidiaries	Arts Music, Inc.; Warner Chappell Music; 615 Music; Warner Records Inc.; Warner Classics; Warner Music Sweden; IMGN Media;
Website	www.wmg.com
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Warner Music Group Corp. (d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly part of Time Warner (now Warner Bros. Discovery), WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. With a multibillion-dollar annual turnover, WMG employs more than 3,500 people and has operations in more than 50 countries throughout the world.

The company owns and operates some of the largest and most successful labels in the world, including Elektra Records, Reprise Records, Warner Records, Parlophone Records (formerly owned by EMI), and Atlantic Records. WMG also owns Warner Chappell Music, one of the world's largest music publishers.

Since August 2, 2018, WMG has expanded its business to digital media operations through its acquisition of Uproxx.

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