From: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org (oppositeview-digest) To: oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Subject: oppositeview-digest V4 #276 Reply-To: oppositeview@smoe.org Sender: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-oppositeview-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk oppositeview-digest Thursday, November 7 2002 Volume 04 : Number 276 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: OV: If only they hadn't dropped Del Amitri....tsk, tsk [=?iso-8859-1?] Re: OV: If only they hadn't dropped Del Amitri....tsk, tsk [Tairemartyn@a] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 12:52:30 +0000 (GMT) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Helen=20Pickering?= Subject: Re: OV: If only they hadn't dropped Del Amitri....tsk, tsk Hmm... more information about those friendly, ethical and morally pure record companies... Helen - --------- AOL Time-Warner is one of the remaining major label record companies and owns Atlantic, Elektra/Sire, Asylum, Reprise, Warner, American, Maverick, and others. It also owns AOL, which is involved in a co-venture with Hughes Electronics Corp called DirecTV . Hughes is owned 100% by General Motors. Hughes merged with Raytheon to form Hughes subsidiary Raytheon Industries. Raytheon Industries makes bombs. Sony Corporation is another of the major label companies. Sony is involved in a co-venture with the US Army and University of Southern California to develop advanced training simulations for use by the Army. Sony's face in this venture is known as Future Combat Systems. BMG owns Arista, RCA, BMG and other record labels. The Power Corporation of Canada is a significant shareholder in BMG, and in turn has holdings in Pargesa Group and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert. These holding companies own a stake in Totalfina, which owns an interest in the venture between Hutchinson Worldwide and Barry Controls. This venture produces sundry parts used in fighter aircraft and other military vehicles. Vivendi Universal is the fourth and final major label company, counting MCA, Polygram, Motown, Geffen-DGC, Interscope, and Universal among its holdings. It has an arm called Vivendi Environnement, which owns a stake in Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas, which in turn has a stake in Espelsa. Espelsa works on mission planning systems for the P-3 Orion aircraft. (Lockheed Martin), as well as systems for the Typhoon Fighter (or Eurofighter), made by British Aerospace . Espelsa also works with the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company, which produces military aircarafts and bombs, as well as with Alenia who, together with Boeing, makes bombs. --- doug brown wrote: > Hehe, I have to say I think they gave the Dels a > fair > shot. More than a lot of artists get. > > Dave will love this, from their homepage: > > "Vivendi Universal is a frontrunner in digital > distribution of music, and is deeply involved in the > fight to protect artists' rights." > > then ... > > "The Universal Music Publishing Group controls over > 850,000 copyrights, including some of the world's > most > popular songs: I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Candle in the > Wind, California Girls, I Will Survive, and > Strangers > in the Night." > > > ===== > -Doug > > > > . > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now > http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/ Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:21:08 EST From: Tairemartyn@aol.com Subject: Re: OV: If only they hadn't dropped Del Amitri....tsk, tsk In a message dated 11/6/02 4:53:20 AM Pacific Standard Time, hvp101@yahoo.co.uk writes: > AOL Time-Warner is one of the remaining major label > record companies and owns Atlantic, Elektra/Sire, > Asylum, Reprise, Warner, American, Maverick, and > others. It also owns AOL, Actually, I would not call AOL Time Warner a major label record company. Muisc is just a tiny part of our business. Time Warner Entertainment Company, L.P. is the owner or partner with some of those labels you just listed. Maverick is actually MADONNA's record company that she is in a partnership in with Warner Bros. which coincidentally is the label that took her out of the gutter and made her a star. Obviously she holds no grudges against them. Anyone want to take a look at the several hundred page corporate structure book I have on my desk? Didn't think so :) ------------------------------ End of oppositeview-digest V4 #276 **********************************