Universal
UNIVERSAL: · Founded in September 1934 by the American branch of Decca records · A global music corporation that is mostly owned by the French media conglomerate Vivendi and a small part of it owned by a Chinese company Tencent. · Part of the big three which is the biggest music company in the world along with Sony Music And Warner Music Group. · Universal Music groups origins began in 1962 when US based MCA merged with American Decca · In 1998, Seagram acquired music company PolyGram for $10.6 billion they then merged it into Universal Music Group. · Vivendi struck a $1.154 billion deal to buy 20% of UMG they then bought all of it holding fell control over everything in UMG including the film studios. · ...