Elektra Entertainment Group Inc. (not for release label use! a division of Warner Music Group)

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note the distinction between this label and its sibling company Elektra Entertainment Group (without the "Inc."), “a division of Warner Communications, Inc. for the United States, and WEA International Inc. for the world outside the United States.”
according to its discogs profile, it was incorporated November 1998 in Delaware.

company history:
1950: founded by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt as Elektra Records.
1973-08: renamed Elektra/Asylum Records upon merger with Asylum Records, but informally still referred to itself as Elektra Records thereafter.
1989: renamed Elektra Entertainment, "a division of Warner Communications Inc."
1994: renamed again as Elektra Entertainment Group
2004-02: merged into Atlantic Records and moved under the newly-formed Atlantic Records Group; became dormant until 2009.
2009-06-01: Elektra formally revived as independent entity under Warner Music. the new Elektra uses a modified version of the circa-1970s Elektra logo.

Annotation last modified on 2024-08-03 07:37 UTC.

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