CBS Records, Inc.

Summary

CBS Records, Inc. is a business^[1].

Key Facts

• CBS Records, Inc. is in the country of United States^[2].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as business^[3].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s instance of is recorded as record company^[4].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s has organizational division is recorded as CBS Masterworks^[5].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s has organizational division is recorded as CBS Special Products^[6].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s has organizational division is recorded as Epic Records^[7].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Columbia Records, Inc.^[8].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s child organization or unit is recorded as CBS Discos, Inc.^[9].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s industry is recorded as phonographic industry^[10].
• November 17, 1987 marks the founding of CBS Records, Inc.^[11].
• CBS Records, Inc. ended on December 31, 1990^[12].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s parent organization or unit is recorded as Sony Corporation of America^[13].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s replaced by is recorded as Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.^[14].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s official name is recorded as CBS Records, Inc.^[15].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s legal form is recorded as corporation^[16].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s has characteristic is recorded as media company^[17].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s has characteristic is recorded as holding company^[18].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s has characteristic is recorded as subsidiary company^[19].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s different from is recorded as CBS Records^[20].
• CBS Records, Inc.'s trading name is recorded as CBS Records Group^[21].

Product Details

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• Began / founded: 1962^[22]

• Ended / dissolved: 1991-01-01^[23]

• MusicBrainz ID: de46c917-df55-4b7e-be7b-924a667ca93b^[24]

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Founding

November 17, 1987 marks the founding of CBS Records, Inc.^[11].

Identity

CBS Records, Inc.'s official name is recorded as CBS Records, Inc.^[15].

Operations

CBS Records, Inc.'s parent organization or unit is recorded as Sony Corporation of America^[13]. Subsidiaries include Columbia Records, Inc.^[8], a record company^[25], in United States^[26], founded in 1954^[27], headquartered in New York City^[28] and CBS Discos, Inc.^[9], a record company^[29], in United States^[30], founded in 1979^[31], headquartered in Miami^[32].

Industry

CBS Records, Inc.'s industry is recorded as phonographic industry^[10].