Research: Media Institutions - Ms Begum

Music Institutions

 

What are Media Institutions ?

- Music video institutions are companies who help produce and fund music videos for their signed artists.

 

 

- There are four largest and most popular media institutions from all around the world, they are:

 

1) EMI

2) Sony Music Entertainment

3) Universal

4) Warner Bros

 

 

EMI

- EMI is one of the world's leading music companies. They are an international institution who owns record labels such as Angel, Astralweaks, Blue Note, Capitol, Capotol Latin etc...

- They've signed artists from all around the world and some of their artists are extremely well known in the music industry. These includes stars singers/rappers such as Katey Perry, Tiny Tempah, Kylie Minogue, Gorillaz, Snoop Dog, Lily Allen, The Beatles, Coldplay and many more...

 

 

 

Sony Music Entertainment

- Sony Music Entertainment provides music labels for international superstars. It is formerly known as Sony BMG Music Entertainment and changed its name to Sony Music Entertainment in October 2008.

- Sony offers all type of music genres, these includes hip hop, country, classical, gospel, pop and rick archival recordings and labels. They also owns many popular record labels such as Anista Records, Columbia Records, Epic Records, Jive Records, RCA Victor Records plus many more.

- They've signed many superstar artist such as Avril Lavigne, Brittney Speare, Chris Brown, Beyoncé, Willow Smith and many more.

Universal Music Group

- Universal Music Group is the world's largest music content company.

- The recorded music business discovers and develops recording artists and then market and promotes their music across a wide array of formats and platforms.

- They've signed many superstar artists such as Akon, Busta Rhymes, Mary J Blige, Mariah Carey, Nikki Minaj, Justin Bieber, Adele, Cheryl Cole and many more.

Warner Bros Music Group

- This media institution is not as popular as the others, however an it also counts as an international institution.

- They owns many record labels such as Asylum, Atlantic, Cordless, East West, Elektra, Nonesuch, Roadrunner, Rhino, Sire and Warner Bros.

- They help artists achieve long-term creative and financial success by providing consumers with the highest quality music content available.

- They've also signed a lot of star singers such as James Blunt, T.I, Bruno Mars, Plan B, Kid Rock, Estelle and Paramore.

Conclusion

- All the information above has helped me to develop a wider range of knowledge of all the world's largest music institution. Personally, I would like to pick Universal because they are the world's largest music content company and have produced many superstars singer in various different music genres.