Warner Music Czech Republic

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Warner Music Czech Republic
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Parent company Warner Music Group
Founded1990
Country of origin Czech Republic
Official website warner-music.cz

Warner Music Czech Republic (formerly EMI Czech Republic and Parlophone Czech Republic) is a record label based in the Czech Republic. The company was founded under the name Monitor in 1990. EMI purchased the label in 1994 and maintained it under the name Monitor/EMI s.r.o. [1] Later, the label was renamed EMI Czech Republic s.r.o. It was sold to the Warner Music Group in 2013, with EMI labels, for £487 million. [2]

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References

  1. "s.r.o." in Czech corresponds to "L.l.c. or GmbH"
  2. "Obří gramofirma Warner Music se vrací na český trh". Borovan. 6 September 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2015.