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Finnish record label founded in 1990 by Riku Pääkkönen. Initially a mailorder/distribution company for rock and metal releases, but soon started to release albums of Finnish metal bands. In March 2002 Spinefarm became part of Universal Music, when [l=Universal Music Oy] became the majority shareholder of [l=Spin-Farm Oy] (the record company that runs Spinefarm). In 2005 Universal bought the whole company and on December 31st 2014 Spin-Farm Oy was merged to Universal Music Oy. Founder Riku Pääkkönen left the company in 2011, but continued working on [l532289], a Spinefarm sub-label. Spinefarm has two regional offices outside of Finland: Spinefarm UK in London, United Kingdom, and Spinefarm US in New York, United States. Other territories are covered by either Caroline / Universal Music or by local distribution partners. Sometimes credited for distribution as "Spinefarm".