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== Sale to Sony ==
[[CBS]] sold the record company in 1988 to [[Sony Corporation of America]] for $US 2 billion.<ref name=yent/> In 1991, the CBS Records company was renamed [[Sony Music Entertainment]]. The CBS Records label was renamed Columbia Records after Sony acquired the Columbia name and trade marks from EMI.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/16/business/cbs-records-changes-name.html | work=[[Reuters]] in the [[New York Times]] | title=CBS Records Changes Name |quote=The Sony Corporation's CBS Records Inc. will change its name to Sony Music Entertainment Inc., the record company said yesterday. The change is required under the terms of the January 1988 agreement under which Sony paid CBS Inc. about $2 billion for the record company, CBS Records said. The new name will take effect on Jan. 1. ... CBS Records has been using the Columbia name in the United States and the CBS name overseas. ...| date=1990-10-16 | accessdate=2010-04-01}}</ref>
[[CBS]] sold the record company in 1988 to [[Sony Corporation of America]] for $US 2 billion.<ref name=yent/> In 1991, the CBS Records company was renamed [[Sony Music Entertainment]]. The CBS Records label was renamed Columbia Records after Sony acquired the Columbia name and trade marks from EMI.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nytimes.com/1990/10/16/business/cbs-records-changes-name.html | work=[[Reuters]] in the [[New York Times]] | title=CBS Records Changes Name |quote=The Sony Corporation's CBS Records Inc. will change its name to Sony Music Entertainment Inc., the record company said yesterday. The change is required under the terms of the January 1988 agreement under which Sony paid CBS Inc. about $2 billion for the record company, CBS Records said. The new name will take effect on Jan. 1. ... CBS Records has been using the Columbia name in the United States and the CBS name overseas. ...| date=1990-10-16 | accessdate=2010-04-01}}</ref>

====Presidents of CBS Records====<!-- Some references refer to the same entity as CBS Records and as CBS Records Group -->
*[[Clive Davis]] 1966-1973. He was fired for using corporate money to pay for his son's [[bar mitzvah]].<ref name=guard/><ref name=ugly>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Let CBS Tell Its Own Ugly Story |url=http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NshHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kv8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=944,2963654&dq=clive+davis+cbs+records&hl=en |quote=Beginning what may be the second most massive cover-up of the past months, CBS fired its records division president, Clive Davis, charging him in a curious ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] News Service |date=June 22, 1973 |accessdate=2012-08-23 }}</ref>
*[[Goddard Lieberson]] 1973-1975. In 1966 he was the head of [[CBS - Columbia Group]].<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Lieberson Heads New C.B.S. Group. Put in Charge of Activities Outside Broadcasting |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70611FC3859117B93C2A8178DD85F428685F9 |quote=Goddard Lieberson, one of the more prominent figures in the phonograph recording industry, has been named president of the C.B.S./Columbia Group, a new unit of the Columbia Broadcasting System for expanded activities in education and music. The unit is part of the company's longrange plans to achieve greater diversification outside the field of broadcasting. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=June 10, 1966 |accessdate=2012-08-25 }}</ref><!--After Davis was gone, former CBS television executive Irwin Segelstein was brought in to head up the CBS Record Division, while Goddard Lieberson became president of CBS Records Group.-->
*[[Walter Yetnikoff]] 1975-1990. He was president of [[CBS Records International]] from 1971-1975. In 1988 CBS Records was sold to Sony and in 1991 the name of the company was changed to [[Sony Music Entertainment]]. He remained as president until 1990.<ref name=yent>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Yetnikoff Stepping Down As Chief of CBS Records |url=http://www.nytimes.com/1990/09/05/business/yetnikoff-stepping-down-as-chief-of-cbs-records.html |quote=Mr. Yetnikoff was instrumental in the sale of CBS Records to Sony in January 1988 for $2 billion. ... Mr. Yetnikoff was made president of CBS records in 1975. Before that he was president of CBS Records International, which he took over in 1971. He had joined the company a decade earlier as a lawyer. |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=September 5, 1990 |accessdate=2012-08-23 }}</ref><!--Bruce Lundvall, president of CBS Records: Walter Yetnikoff , president of the CBS Records Group [August 16, 1980]-->
<!--*[[Alvin N. Teller]] ?-1988.<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=President of CBS Records resigns |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55827966.html?dids=55827966:55827966&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+20%2C+1988&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=President+of+CBS+Records+resigns&pqatl=google |quote= |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=April 20, 1988 |accessdate=2012-08-23 }}</ref>-->
<!--*[[Alvin N. Teller]] ?-1988.<ref>{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=President of CBS Records resigns |url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55827966.html?dids=55827966:55827966&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+20%2C+1988&author=&pub=USA+TODAY+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=President+of+CBS+Records+resigns&pqatl=google |quote= |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=April 20, 1988 |accessdate=2012-08-23 }}</ref>-->


====Presidents of CBS Records International====
====Presidents of CBS Records International====

Revision as of 17:34, 28 August 2012

CBS Records International
Parent companyCBS
Founded1962
StatusRenamed, January 1991 into Sony Music Entertainment
GenreVarious
Country of originUnited States

CBS Records International was the international arm of the Columbia Records unit of CBS that was formed in 1961 and launched in 1962.[1][2] Columbia Records had been using other record companies such as Philips Records in Europe to distribute Columbia recordings outside North America.

Formation

In 1960, CBS acquired the Australian Record Company[3] and with it its flagship label Coronet Records. The label was renamed CBS Coronet Records and became the distributor for Columbia Records for Australia. That same year, CBS began negotiations with its European distributor Philips Records with the goal of the establishment of a CBS label in Europe. Philips' acquisition of Mercury Records paved the way for the formation of the CBS Records label in 1961 with Philips distributing the first batch of CBS label recordings in Europe in 1962.

Columbia trade mark ownership issues

The use of the CBS Records name was necessary because EMI owned another record label called Columbia, which operated in every market except North America, Spain and Japan.

Expansion

In 1964, CBS acquired Oriole Records which gave CBS Records International its own distribution in the UK beginning in 1965.[4] Initially, only American Columbia product was distributed to go alongside Oriole's own roster on the renamed CBS label. EMI, which had distributed American Columbia recordings on their record label of the same name until the Philips deal in 1951, continued to distribute CBS' other American labels such as Epic Records and Okeh Records on EMI's Columbia label. The distribution deal with EMI expired in 1968 at which point CBS began distributing all their labels directly.[5]

1966 reorganization

In 1966, in a reorganization, it became a subsidiary of the newly formed CBS–Columbia Group.[6][7] CBS Records produced and marketed the output of the labels Columbia Records, Epic Records, Date Records, Okeh Records, and Harmony Records.[7]

Sale to Sony

CBS sold the record company in 1988 to Sony Corporation of America for $US 2 billion.[8] In 1991, the CBS Records company was renamed Sony Music Entertainment. The CBS Records label was renamed Columbia Records after Sony acquired the Columbia name and trade marks from EMI.[9]

Presidents of CBS Records International

References

  1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=CCEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&dq=%22merc+philips+move+cue+to+am-col%27s+cbs+label%22&hl=en&ei=1QF9Tc_cJYL5rAHRu4nVBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22merc%20philips%20move%20cue%20to%20am-col%27s%20cbs%20label%22&f=false
  2. ^ "Artists Help CBS". Billboard. March 16, 1963. Retrieved 2012-08-23. The CBS label made its European overseas bow in May, 1962, in Great Britain and Eire. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  3. ^ History of CBS Records Australia - Employee Induction Document, Published 1988, Ye Olde Networks Collection - Scanned Aug 2012, http://www.scribd.com/doc/104160541/History-of-CBS-Records-Australia-Published-1988?in_collection=3783875
  4. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=0iAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA3&lpg=PA3&dq=cbs+%2B+philips+%2B+oriole&source=bl&ots=zixRGaQsek&sig=O17l6pk6u-ykJuA8MM8iYUd7d_Q&hl=en&sa=X&ei=7-c8UNiiNvCGyQHxgIHACw&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=cbs%20%2B%20philips%20%2B%20oriole&f=false
  5. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=pwoEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46&dq=okeh+%2B+cbs&hl=en&ei=daUaTZ7gFsrYnAfog7DMDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CEcQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=okeh%20%20%20cbs&f=false
  6. ^ "Lieberson Heads New C.B.S. Group. Put in Charge of Activities Outside Broadcasting". New York Times. June 10, 1966. Retrieved 2012-08-25. Goddard Lieberson, one of the more prominent figures in the phonograph recording industry, has been named president of the C.B.S./Columbia Group, a new unit of the Columbia Broadcasting System for expanded activities in education and music. The unit is part of the company's longrange plans to achieve greater diversification outside the field of broadcasting. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  7. ^ a b "Changes Made in CBS Guard". Billboard. June 18, 1966. Retrieved 2012-08-23. CBS Records, under [Clive] Davis who had been administrative vice-president of Columbia Records, will continue to produce and market the Columbia, Epic, Harmony, Date, and Okeh record lines and the Columbia Legacy Collection. ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference yent was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "CBS Records Changes Name". Reuters in the New York Times. 1990-10-16. Retrieved 2010-04-01. The Sony Corporation's CBS Records Inc. will change its name to Sony Music Entertainment Inc., the record company said yesterday. The change is required under the terms of the January 1988 agreement under which Sony paid CBS Inc. about $2 billion for the record company, CBS Records said. The new name will take effect on Jan. 1. ... CBS Records has been using the Columbia name in the United States and the CBS name overseas. ...
  10. ^ "Asher Opens CBS Factory in England". Billboard. July 5, 1980. Retrieved 2012-08-26. Among those present at the opening ceremony were Allen A. Davis, president of CBS Records International ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
  11. ^ "Executive Turntable". Billboard. May 3, 1986. Retrieved 2012-08-26. Bob Summer brings strong international music ties to his new post as president of CBS Records International. The appointment of the former RCA ... {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
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