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Sony Music Entertainment is a major global record label controlled by the Sony Corporation. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ...

In 1988, Sony Corporation acquired CBS Records for $2 billion and renamed the label to Sony Music Entertainment in 1991. CBS Inc., now CBS Corporation, retained the rights to the CBS name. Also in 1991, Sony Music Ent. re-signed Michael Jackson, who's contract had just ended for CBS, for an estimated $1 Billion. The deal included multiple albums, motion pictures and books. It was the biggest contract in music history. 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sony Corporation (Japanese katakana: ソニー) (TYO: 6758), (NYSE: SNE) is a global consumer electronics corporation based in Tokyo, Japan. ... Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is a media conglomerate focused largely on the United States market, specifically broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production. ...

Sony re-introduced the Columbia label after it bought the international rights of the label from EMI. Epic Records is the other pop branch of Sony Music. The only country where Sony does not have rights to the Columbia name is Japan, where the name is controlled by Nippon Columbia, a unit of Denon. The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... Epic Records is an American record label, and subsidiary of Sony BMG. // History Epic was launched originally as a jazz and classical music label in 1953 by CBS. Its bright-yellow, black and blue logo became a familiar trademark for many jazz and classical releases. ... Denon is a Japanese electronics company that specializes in high-fidelity audio equipment. ...

In August 2004, Sony Music Entertainment created a joint-venture with BMG to form Sony BMG Music Entertainment; however, Sony continues to operate its Japanese music business. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) is one of the six divisions of Bertelsmann. ... The Sony BMG Music Entertainment logo. ... Sony Music Entertainment Japan is Sonys music arm in Japan. ...

In November 2005, Texas Attorney General as well as the Electronic Frontier Foundation (a digital rights group based in California) separately filed civil lawsuits against Sony BMG Music Entertainment for hiding spyware software on its compact discs that left computers that run the Windows operating system vulnerable to hackers. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Sony BMG may once again become simply Sony Music Entertainment should Sony purchase Bertelsmann's half of the venture. On March 27, 2006, the New York Times reported that Bertelsmann was looking to raise money by leveraging some of its media assets, and that executives from both companies were in talks about possibly altering the current venture. Two sources close to Sony BMG have suggested that Bertelsmann may offer Sony its half of the company, though executives have emphasized that any changes will likely take months to conclude. Bertelsmann AG is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in GÃ¼tersloh, Germany. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...

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Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. ... The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ... The 2005 Sony CD copy protection controversy is a public controversy relating to copy protection software known as Extended Copy Protection (XCP), created by First 4 Internet and used by the media company Sony BMG Music Entertainment (frequently referred to as Sony) on audio CDs. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Electronics: Walkman | Blu-ray | PSP | Memory Stick | Sony α | Cyber-shot | mylo | PlayStation | BRAVIA | VAIO | Cellular Walkman | Betacam | XDCAM
Sony Walkman Official Logo(2000) The Walkman is a popular Sony brand used by the company to market its portable audio players, and is synonymously used to refer to the original Walkman portable personal stereo player. ... Official Blu-ray Disc logo. ... The PlayStation Portable (officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ... Sony 128 MB Memory Stick with MagicGate support. ... Sony Î± (Î± mount system)(alphagreek letter) is a digital SLR camera system introduced on June 5, 2006. ... DSC-S80 camera DSC-T3 box Cyber-shot is the Sony trademark for its line of digital cameras. ... mylo is a first-of-its-kind device created and marketed by Sony for portable instant messaging and other Internet-based communications, browsing Internet web sites and playback and sharing of media files. ... For other versions of PlayStation, please see PlayStation (disambiguation) The PlayStation (Japanese: ãƒ—ãƒ¬ã‚¤ã‚¹ãƒ†ãƒ¼ã‚·ãƒ§ãƒ³) is a rubbish game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... BRAVIA model logo BRAVIA is a Sony brand used to market its high-definition LCD TVs. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The W800 Walkman, released in 2005, was the first Sony Ericsson phone to use the Walkman brand. ... Sony Betacam-SP VTP BVW-65 Betacam and VHS size comparison Betacam SP L (top), Betacam SP S (left), VHS (right) The early form of Betacam tapes are interchangeable with Betamax, though the recordings are not. ... XDCAM is a professional digital camera system introduced by Sony in 2003. ...

Historical Products: DVD | TR-55 | Trinitron | Betamax | CD | Mavica | Hi8 | NEWS | MiniDisc | MiniDV | WEGA | AIBO
This article is becoming very long. ... The TR-55 The TR-55, released in 1955, was Sonys first transistor radio, and the first to be made in Japan. ... Picture of a Dell-branded Sony Trinitron, still bearing the Triniton logo. ... Sonys Betamax is the 12. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Mavica FD5, the first digital model. ... A Video8 cassette The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats for the NTSC and PAL/SECAM television systems. ... Sony NEWS workstation: 2x 68030 @ 25mhz, 1280x1024 256-color display The Sony NEWS was a series of BSD-based Unix workstations sold during the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... // Overview The MiniDisc logo A MiniDisc (MD) is a disc-based data storage device intended for storage of digitized audio. ... A MiniDV tape Digital Video (DV) is a video format launched in 1996, and, in its smaller tape form factor MiniDV, has since become one of the standards for consumer and semiprofessional video production. ... WEGA (pronounced vega) was a pioneering German radio manufacturer, manufacturing some of Germanys earliest radio sets. ... The AIBO ERS-7 resembles a small dog AIBO (Artificial Intelligence roBOt, also means love or attachment in Japanese) is one of several types of robotic pets designed and manufactured by Sony; there have been several different models since their introduction in 1999. ...

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Sony Corp. (Sony Electronics in the US) | Sony Pictures | Sony Computer Entertainment | Sony BMG Music | Sony Financial Holdings | others
This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sony Electronics, Inc. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. ... The Sony BMG Music Entertainment logo. ... Sony Financial Holdings Inc. ... Corporate information for the Sony Corporation Shareholders (as of march 2004) Moxley & Co. ...

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Acquisitions: Columbia Records | Columbia Pictures | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (20%) | Aiwa
Joint Ventures: Sony Ericsson | Sony BMG Music | Sony/ATV | S-LCD | STLCD | Sony NEC Optiarc | FeliCa Networks
Key Personnel: Ibuka | Morita | Stringer | Kutaragi | Hirai | Pascal | Ohga | Idei
Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... Aiwa was a Japanese consumer electronics company, founded in 1951. ... Sony Ericsson is a joint venture established in 2001 by the Japanese consumer electronics company Sony Corporation and the Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson to make mobile phones. ... The Sony BMG Music Entertainment logo. ... Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC is one of the worlds largest music publishing firms. ... S-LCD Corporation (Japanese:ã‚¨ã‚¹ãƒ»ã‚¨ãƒ«ã‚·ãƒ¼ãƒ‡ã‚£ãƒ¼) is an electronic company of Japan and Korea. ... ST Liquid Crystal Display Corporation (STLCD) is a 50:50 joint venture between Sony Corporation and Toyota Industries Corporation, and was established in 1997. ... Sony NEC Optiarc Inc is a 55:45 (Sony 55%, NEC 45%) joint venture of Sony and NEC, and was established in April 2006. ... Mobile payment means using your cell phone to pay. ... Masaru Ibuka (April 11, 1908 in Nikko City, Japan - December 19, 1997 in Tokyo) was a Japanese electronics industrialist. ... Akio Morita (ç››ç”°æ˜å¤« Morita Akio, January 26, 1921 in Nagoya, Japan - October 3, 1999 in Tokyo) was a co-founder of Sony Corporation. ... Sir Howard Stringer Sir Howard Stringer (born 1942) is a British-American businessman and Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation, before that he was CEO of the Sony Corporation of America. ... Ken Kutaragi with two of his creations, the PSP and the PlayStation 2. ... Kazuo Hirai in a recent publicity photo. ... Amy Pascal (born 1958) is chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group and vice chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ... Norio Ohga (å¤§è³€å…¸é›„, ÅŒga Norio, otherwise spelt Norio Oga, born January 29, 1930) is a Japanese electronics businessman who originally trained as an opera singer. ... Nobuyuki Idei (å‡ºäº•ä¼¸ä¹‹, Idei Nobuyuki; born November 22, 1937) was the Chairman and Group Chief Executive Officer of Sony Corporation. ...

Annual Revenue: $63.98 billion USD (2006) | Employees: 158,500 (2006)
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