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...with Sony Records- his label since Off The Wall- was anything but. Just before the release of 2001's Invincible, he accused Sony chief Tommy Mottola of being a racist. It was another commercial success, though short of Jackson's...

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Simultaneous to this release, Sony released the material as two separate double-albums, entitled Friday Night: In Person at the Blackhawk in San Francisco, Complete and Saturday Night: In Person at the Blackhawk in San Francisco, Complete.

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After a long period of uninterrupted growth, Sony (NYSE: SNE) has announced its first full-year loss in 14 years due to a downturn in consumer spend on gadgets and the collapse of financial markets and currencies in Japan and worldwide. In...

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...Combat to exist for a brief period of time, before Combat Records would cease to exist. Later, Sony would discontinue Relativity Records as well. Combat Records briefly reformed in 2005, as an imprint under KOCH Records , releasing...

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...by The Zombies, peaking at #2 in 1969. The label was discontinued in 1972. In March 1968, CBS and Sony formed CBS/Sony Records, a Japanese business joint venture. With Sony being one of the developers behind the compact disc digital music...

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...executive vice president. By 1971 Morita was president of Sony, and the next year, believing its American subsidiary needed American leadership, he turned to Mr. Schein, naming him president and chief executive. Among the first Americans...

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...signed The Dixie Chicks, Montgomery Gentry and Mary Chapin Carpenter. He went on to produce Waylon Jennings, Billy Ray Cyrus, Little Big Town and many other Sony artists. The Dixie Chicks' 1998 album Wide Open Spaces and their 1999 ''Fly ''...

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...Group/Atlantic Records. According to Billboard.com, a distribution deal is "95 per cent complete" to bring Roc Nation to Sony's Epic Records and a formal announcement is said to be expected in the coming weeks. The deal would see Jay-Z...

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...of the bands releases. Although The Squids lean towards a comedic style, the band once turned down a recording contract with Sony Records when Sony wanted to promote The Squids as the new The Village People of punk. The Original Lineup was...

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