Music Video Institutions

Cliona Martin

What are music video institutions?

• Music video institutions are companies who help produce and fund music videos

• In this PowerPoint, I will be discussing the following music video institutions:

• EMI Music• Sony Music• Universal Music Group• Warner Music Group

EMI Music• EMI Music is one of the world’s leading music companies • Through their own companies and network of licensees,

EMI are able to serve artists, consumers and partners all over the world.

• Artists that are signed to EMI include: Lily Allen, Bat For Lashes, The Beatles, Beastie Boys, Gorrilaz, Iron Maiden, Katy Perry, Pink Floyd, Snoop Dogg, Robbie Williams etc…

• EMI have seamless access to an expanding range of revenue streams and business models including: sales, press and promotion, marketing, licensing, synch, brand partnerships, live recordings and merchandising.

Sony Music

• Sony Music Entertainment Inc., provides music labels and recordings of artists and international superstars.

• The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in New York.

• It offers hip-hop, country, classical, gospel, pop and rock archival recordings and labels.

• Sony’s artist’s include: Avril Lavigne, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Chris Brown, Foo Fighters, Pitbull, Foster The People etc…

• Sony Music has a worldwide distribution access for music artists who want to be well-known around the globe, consisting of artists promoting their music around the world.

Universal Music Group

• UMG is the worlds largest music content company with market leading positions, in recorded music, music publishing and merchandising.

• The recorded music business discovers and develops recording artists and then markets and promotes their music across a wide array of formats and platforms.

• Artists signed to UMG include: Akon, Justin Bieber, Nicki Minaj, Mariah Carey, Cheryl Cole, Adele, Duffy, Mumford and Sons etc…

• UMG are the leaders in both International and local repertoire.

Warner Music Group

• For it’s wide list of new stars and legendary artists, Warner Music Group is the home to a collection of the best known record labels in the music industry. They have a catalogue of more than 1 million copyrights worldwide.

• WMG comprises an array of businesses aimed at helping artists achieve long-term creative and financial success by providing consumers with the highest quality music content available.

• Artists include: James Blunt, Paramore, Kid Rock, Plan B, Estelle, Bruno Mars etc…

• These artists have become extremely successful through the guidance of Warner Music Group, having published their music to a worldwide audience.