Type: Business Segment
On the web: http://www.atlanticrecords.com

This record company makes sure there's music to please fans from sea to shinning sea. Atlantic Records Group is one of the top purveyors of pop music in the US, promoting such artists as Southern rapper T. I. and the rock band Death Cab for Cutie. It distributes such imprints as Elektra Records, as well as the venerable Atlantic Records label. Music industry mogul Ahmet Ertegun and partner Herb Abramson started Atlantic in 1947. Atlantic Records and Elektra Records merged in 2004 to form The Atlantic Records Group. Along with Warner Bros. Records, today the company is one of the two flagship recorded music operations of Warner Music Group.

Officers:
Co-Chairman and COO: Julie Greenwald
Co-Chairman and CEO: Craig Kallman
Public Relations: Sheila Richman

Competitors:
Columbia Records
EMI Music North America
Island Def Jam

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