History Creator / WarnerMusicGroup

!!Artists whose publishing rights are with Warner/Chappell Music:

* Music/SelenaGomez

* Music/SamHunt

* Roadrunner Records (Warner acquired a majority stake in the label in 2007 after a contract with Universal Music Group expired and came back for the rest in 2010)

* Creator/AtcoRecords

* Creator/ElektraRecords

* Creator/RepriseRecords

* Roadrunner Records (Warner acquired a majority stake in the label in 2007 after a contract with Universal Music Group expired)
* Creator/SireRecords

* Roadrunner Records

* Atco Records

* Atlantic Records

WMG's roots go back to 1958, when the Creator/WarnerBros film studio formed Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, which in turn bought Creator/RepriseRecords in 1963. In 1967, the studio (then known as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts) increased its presence in the music industry by acquiring Atlantic Records. In 1970, Warner's corporate parent (then Kinney National Company) added Creator/ElektraRecords to the roster, and WEA Records ('''W'''arner-'''E'''lektra-'''A'''tlantic) was born.

In the world of fandom, Warner's lawyers have a reputation for [[ScrewedByTheLawyers zealously defending]] the company's copyrights; many Website/YouTube videos have been removed or altered for using WMG-owned songs. Also, the WMG-affiliated publisher Warner/Chappell Music claimed to own "HappyBirthdayToYou", resulting in its conspicuous absence from media for many years, until a legal challenge ended with the song definitively entering the PublicDomain.

In the world of fandom, Warner's lawyers have a reputation for [[ScrewedByTheLawyers zealously defending]] the company's copyrights; many Website/YouTube videos have been removed or altered for using WMG-owned songs. Also, the WMG-owned Warner/Chappell Music claimed to own "HappyBirthdayToYou", resulting in its conspicuous absence from media for many years, until a legal challenge ended with the song definitively entering the PublicDomain.

For decades, WEA (which was eventually renamed Warner Music Group) was one of the most profitable divisions of the Warner conglomerate, which was variously known as Warner Communications, AOL Time Warner, and Time Warner. This lasted until 2004, when debt-ridden Time Warner sold WMG to a group of independent investors, who in turn sold it to its current owner, Access Industries, in 2011. In 2013, the company became even larger after the British music conglomerate EMI went out of business; its assets were divided between Creator/{{Universal}} Music Group (which got Creator/CapitolRecords and Music/TheBeatles' catalog) and WMG, which got Creator/ParlophoneRecords, owner of EMI's non-American catalog (except for the aforementioned Beatles). [[{{Irony}} Ironically]], WMG and EMI had tried to merge and/or buy each other out several times beforehand.

For decades, WEA (which was eventually renamed Warner Music Group) was one of the most profitable divisions of the Warner conglomerate, which was variously known as Warner Communications, AOL Time Warner, and Time Warner. This lasted until 2004, when debt-ridden Time Warner sold WMG to a group of independent investors, who in turn sold it to its current owner, Access Industries, in 2011. In 2013, the company became even larger when the British music conglomerate EMI went out of business; its assets were divided between Creator/{{Universal}} Music Group (which got Creator/CapitolRecords and Music/TheBeatles' catalog) and WMG, which got Creator/ParlophoneRecords, owner of EMI's non-American catalog (except for the aforementioned Beatles). [[{{Irony}} Ironically]], WMG and EMI had tried to merge and/or buy each other out several times beforehand.

WMG's roots go back to 1958, when the Creator/WarnerBros film studio formed Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, which in turn bought Creator/RepriseRecords in 1963. In 1967, the studio (then known as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts) increased its presence in the music industry by acquiring a second label, the successful independent Atlantic Records. In 1970, Warner's corporate parent (then Kinney National Company) added Creator/ElektraRecords to the roster, and WEA Records ('''W'''arner-'''E'''lektra-'''A'''tlantic) was born.

WMG's roots go back to 1958, when the Creator/WarnerBros film studio formed Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, which in turn bought Creator/RepriseRecords in 1963. In 1967, the studio (then known as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts) increased its presence in the music industry by acquiring a second label, the successful independent Atlantic Records. In 1970, Warner's corporate parent (then Kinney National Compoany) added Creator/ElektraRecords to the roster, and WEA Records ('''W'''arner-'''E'''lektra-'''A'''tlantic) was born.

WMG's roots go back to 1958, when the Creator/WarnerBros film studio formed Creator/WarnerBrosRecords, which in turn bought Creator/RepriseRecords in 1963. In 1967, the studio (then known as Warner Bros.-Seven Arts) increased its presence in the music industry by acquiring a second label, the successful independent Atlantic Records. In 1970, Warner's corporate parent (then Kinney National Compoany) added Creator/ElektraRecords to the roster, and WEA Records ('''Warner'''-'''E'''lektra-'''A'''tlantic) was born.