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Word, Inc.

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U.S. record company that operated the Christian music label [l=Word]. The company emerged around 1967, after the merger of [l=Word Records, Inc.] and the Word Distributing Company. In 1974, Word Inc. was acquired by ABC Inc. and later it became part of [l=Capital Cities/ABC Inc.]. In 1992 [l=Capital Cities/ABC Inc.] sold the company to [l=Thomas Nelson, Inc.] in 1992 for $72 million. For the label, please use [l106394].