Zomba Label Group
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| Parent company | Sony Music Entertainment |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Founder | Clive Calder, Ralph Simon |
| Distributing label | Sony Music Entertainment |
| Genre | Various |
| Country of origin | United States, United Kingdom |
| Location | Worldwide |
| Official website | http://www.zombalabelgroup.com/ |
Zomba Label Group is a record label group and division of Sony Music Entertainment which distributes different labels: Jive Records, LaFace Records, Silvertone Records, Battery Records, Verity Records, GospoCentric Records, and Volcano Entertainment. Zomba also owns the FirstCom Music production music library. Legacy Recordings, Sony Music Entertainment's catalog division, reissues Zomba Music Group’s classic releases.
The group is in the process of rebranding to "Jive Label Group". It also makes up one half of the newly formed "RCA-JIVE Label Group" division of Sony Music.
[edit] History
Zomba was formed in 1975 by Clive Calder and Ralph Simon. In 1971, the pair had founded a company in South Africa to promote and release music. When they moved to London in 1975, they renamed the label Zomba after the former capital of Malawi. In 1981, after having expanded to North America, Zomba officially moved into the recording business Zomba Recording Corporation with the forming of Jive Records.
In 1991, BMG purchased a 25% share of Zomba's music publishing division. Calder sold a 20% minority stake of its recorded music business to BMG in 1996 with an option for BMG to purchase the remaining interest in the company before the end of December 2001 and, on June 11, 2002, BMG bought the remainder of Zomba for a reported US$3 billion, ending its reign as the world's largest independent record label. Zomba's top UK publisher was Steven Howard, who has worked with Iron Maiden, Craig David, and is now heavily involved with Bryan Ferry, Roxy Music, Natasha Marsh and Darcey Bussel.
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