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Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.

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Record company - principal activities included distribution and production of records, tapes, videos, CDs from 1991 to 2004. [b]This is a company legally operating under this name from 1991 to 2008, it's not a label.[/b] [b] Please also do not confuse with [l264873], active since 2009.[/b] The company was established under the name of 'Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.' on 1 January 1991 (formerly known as [l272164]) following the acquisition of 'CBS Records Inc.' in 1987 by 'Sony Corporation of Japan'). On 31 October 2004 the trade and assets of the recorded music business of the company were transferred to [l=Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.] The legal entity 'Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.' continued to exist until 31 December 2008 when it was renamed 'SCA Music Holdings (UK) Limited'. Name variations: - Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd. - Sony Music Entertainment Ltd. (UK) - Sony Music Entertainment (U.K.) Ltd. - Sony Music Entertainment (United Kingdom) Ltd. - Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Limited - Sony Music ENtertainment (UK) Ltd. - Sony Music Ent. (U.K.) Ltd. - Sony Music Ent. (UK) Ltd. - Sony Music Ent (UK) Ltd Legal entity history: Incorporated: 13 December 1948 as [l142275] First name change: 1 April 1965 to [l265032] Second name change: 22 November 1967 to [l272164] Third name change: 1 January 1991 to 'Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd.' (this page) Fourth name change: 31 December 2008 to 'SCA Music Holdings (UK) Limited