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- ↑ Cairns, David (1 October 2004). "Obituary: Jack Boyce". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ↑ "Sanctuary's UK music arm to close". BBC News. 5 September 2007.
- ↑ Chmielewski, Dawn C. (14 February 2013). "Universal Music agrees to sell Sanctuary Records". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013.
- ↑ Christman, Ed (28 April 2016). "Warner Music's Global Deal for BMG's Catalog Sets Up Showdown With RED". Billboard.
- ↑ "BMG moves distribution of 8,000 albums to Warner's ADA - Music Business Worldwide". musicbusinessworldwide.com. 7 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.