Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.

British record company, subsidiary of the US Columbia Graphophone Company
Organization record_company Q1112471
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Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.

Summary

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. is a record company[1]. Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. draws 312 Wikipedia views per month (record_company category, ranking #8 of 38).[2]

Key Facts

  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s instance of is recorded as record company[4].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s instance of is recorded as record label[5].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s instance of is recorded as trademark[6].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s founder is recorded as Charles Sumner Tainter[7].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s genre is subsidiary company[8].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s headquarters location is recorded as United Kingdom[9].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s headquarters location is recorded as London[10].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s has organizational division is recorded as Regal[11].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Columbia Phonograph Company, Inc.[12].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s industry is recorded as phonographic industry[13].
  • February 13, 1917 marks the founding of Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.[14].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. was dissolved in 1973[15].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s parent organization or unit is recorded as Columbia Graphophone Company[16].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s parent organization or unit is recorded as Constructive Finance Company Ltd.[17].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s parent organization or unit is recorded as EMI[18].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s replaced by is recorded as Electric & Musical Industries Ltd.[19].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Columbia Graphophone Company Limited'}[20].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s legal form is recorded as private company limited by shares[21].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s different from is recorded as Columbia Records[22].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s has list is recorded as list of Columbia Graphophone Company artists[23].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'}[24].
  • Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s has works in the collection is recorded as Design Museum Gent[25].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Production[26]

  • Began / founded: 1918[27]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1965-06[28]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 038e2295-81ec-4b36-a589-925d611ece87[29]

Body

Founding

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s founder is recorded as Charles Sumner Tainter[7]. February 13, 1917 marks the founding of Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.[14].

Identity

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Columbia Graphophone Company Limited'}[20].

Operations

Headquarters locations include United Kingdom[9], a sovereign state[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1927[32] and London[10], a metropolis[33], in Roman Empire[34], founded in 0047[35]. Parent organizations include Columbia Graphophone Company[16], a record company[36], in United States[37], founded in 1913[38]; Constructive Finance Company Ltd.[17]; and EMI[18], a business[39], in United Kingdom[40], founded in 1931[41], headquartered in London[42]. Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s child organization or unit is recorded as Columbia Phonograph Company, Inc.[12].

Industry

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd.'s industry is recorded as phonographic industry[13].

Dissolution

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. was dissolved in 1973[15].

Why It Matters

Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. draws 312 Wikipedia views per month (record_company category, ranking #8 of 38).[2] Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Columbia Graphophone Co. Ltd. is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

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  21. [23] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

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  12. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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