Warner Music Group

Grammy Award-Winning Songwriter Nate “Danja” Hills Recognized as “Songwriter of the Year”

05/09/08 -- Warner/Chappell Music, the award-winning publishing arm of Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG), and one of the world's largest music publishers, was named ”Publisher of the Year” for the sixth year in a row at SESAC's 12th Annual Music Awards last night in New York City.

Additionally, Warner/Chappell songwriter Nate "Danja" Hills was recognized with his second “Songwriter of the Year” award based on his multiple chart-topping hits in 2007 including SESAC’s Song of the Year, “Say it Right” performed by Nelly Furtado.    » read more »

03/31/08 -- SpiralFrog, Inc., the free ad-supported, Web-based music experience, and Warner/Chappell Music (WCM), the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE:WMG), today announced an agreement to make the company’s catalog of music compositions available to complement SpiralFrog’s growing roster of audio and video content.    » read more »

Winners Include Alejandro Sanz, Calle 13, Eric Clapton, Gerald Levert, Michael Bublé, Tim McGraw And The White Stripes

02/11/08 -- Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) artists and distributed recordings earned 27 awards at the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles last night. Among the winners were Alejandro Sanz, Calle 13, Eric Clapton, Lupe Fiasco, Madonna, Michael Bublé, Tim McGraw and The White Stripes.    » read more »

California Gov. Arnold Governor Schwarzenegger Applauds WMG’s “Zero Waste” Efforts

02/05/08 -- Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) today announced an extension of its industry-leading environmental program to include a “zero landfill waste” and “carbon-neutral” post-Grammy event. The WMG event will be held immediately following the 50th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, February 10, 2008.    » read more »

02/05/08 -- Warner/Chappell Music (WCM), the global music publishing arm of Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE:WMG), today announced a worldwide publishing agreement with Grammy Award-winning producer, hit songwriter and singer, Barry Gibb. As both leading member of the Bee Gees and the co-writer of the group’s remarkable body of work, Gibb has been awarded seven Grammys and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame along with his brothers in 1997.    » read more »

Leading French tour production, promotion and booking company joins Warner Music family

01/07/08 -- Warner Bros. Records, led by Chairman and CEO Tom Whalley, has ended 2007 with the Number One U.S. album market share among individual record labels for the year according to Nielsen SoundScan figures released last week. Outperforming the marketplace, the label has also claimed the Number One market share in current albums and digital albums in a year when digital album sales are up 53 percent over 2006 with 50 million albums sold.

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Customers can now choose from more than 2.9 million MP3 songs on Amazon MP3, including music from Warner Music’s renowned catalog of artists

12/18/07 -- Joel Dorn, the producer behind many of Atlantic Records' most successful jazz releases, passed away suddenly yesterday. He was 65.    » read more »

New Company to Manage and Preserve Legacy of the “Chairman Of The Board”

11/28/07 -- Warner Music Group Corp (NYSE:WMG) and the family of Frank Sinatra announced today that they have established a worldwide partnership to integrate content, rights management and the preservation of the legendary entertainer’s inspirational personality and prodigious body of work under a single entity.    » read more »

11/13/07 -- Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music Group Corp. (NYSE: WMG) today addressed the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress, a global conference of mobile operators, technology vendors and content companies.

To read the text of the speech, please click HERE. [ http://www.wmg.com/media/cms/docs/200711/ebj-3gsm-macau-speech-final_119... ]

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10/31/07 -- Zazzle, the only on-demand retail platform to offer billions of retail quality, one-of-a-kind products shipped within 24 hours, today announced the availability of artist-based products from Warner Music Group's (NYSE: WMG) award-winning artists.    » read more »

30,000 Indie Label MP3 Tracks Added

- CD And 2-DVD Package Features Linkin Park, Metallica, Madonna, Smashing Pumpkins, The Police, Kelly Clarkson, Dave Matthews Band, Foo Fighters, John Mayer, Beastie Boys, Keith Urban, Rihanna And Many More!
- Live Earth Net Proceeds Go To Benefit The Alliance For Climate Protection

The Legendary Band's Original Albums Available for the First Time at All Online Music Retailers November 13

10/15/07 -- Led Zeppelin's catalog is among the most enduring bodies of musical composition to come out of the 20th century -- and now it's coming to the 21st. As one of digital music's final holdouts, the band's illustrious catalog is one of the most highly anticipated digital releases to date. Beginning November 13, the band's original albums will be available for full-album or a la carte download from all online music retailers.    » read more »