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  DreamWorks SKG Fansite
DreamWorks reportedly was in talks with Seagram and Co. and MGM as recently as two months ago, but those negotiations were inconclusive.
DreamWorks spokesmen have denied th at any such merger plans are afoot, and the other companies rumored to be involved have declined comment.
DreamWorks has been under fire from environmentalists for years because the 1,087-acre Playa Vista development is being built in the Ballona wetlands, supposedly home to several endangered species.
www.dreamworksfansite.com /company   (775 words)

  
 DreamWorks Records - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The label was presided over by Lenny Waronker and Mo Ostin, who ran Warner Bros. Records until the mid-1990s and were forced out of that label during the shake-up of the management of the WEA labels during that time.
The DreamWorks Records logo was the last project completed by artist Roy Lichtenstein.
DreamWorks Records never lived up to expectations and was sold in October 2003 to Universal Music Group, which operated the label as DreamWorks Nashville Records until August 31, 2005, when it was shut down.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/DreamWorks_Records   (185 words)

  
 Dreamworks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
DreamWorks was never able to produce enough films to cover the high cost of being their own distributors.
DreamWorks SKG was born in October of 1994, the brainchild of a creative trio of industry giants: director
DreamWorks was planning to build a state-of-the-art studio in the Playa Vista area on the west side of Los Angeles, on the site of the old Hughes Aircraft factory, near Marina Del Rey.
www.seeing-stars.com /Studios/Dreamworks.shtml   (862 words)

  
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In October of 1994 DreamWorks SKG was created by three pronounced figures of the electronic media industry.
DreamWorks SKG also operates smaller companies such as DreamWorks Records and DreamWorks Games (Seeing Stars).
DreamWorks SKG is a large company that has investments in several areas of electronic media.
www.bsu.edu /web/bpdeugan/Dreamworksproject.html   (467 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Business | Universal buys Dreamworks Records
The Dreamworks label includes artists such as pop singer Nelly Furtado and the band Papa Roach.
Neither Universal nor Dreamworks disclosed the value of the deal, although the Reuters news agency reported a person close to the talks as saying it was worth about $100m (£60m).
Dreamworks Records is the music unit of the Dreamworks entertainment company which was formed in 1994 by film and music leaders Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3262215.stm   (255 words)

  
 Punknews.org | Universal Music reported to buy DreamWorks Records
DreamWorks SKG is close to a deal to sell its music unit to Vivendi Universal SA's Universal Music Group for about $100 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
DreamWorks Records, part of the larger entertainment concern formed in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, has never risen above boutique status despite a management team led by industry legend Mo Ostin and overseen by Mr.
DreamWorks is currently closely tied with the UMG (hence the topic icon) but has so far been a separately owned and managed operation.
www.punknews.org /article/7474   (5792 words)

  
 Universal Music Group
Since its first releases in 1996, DreamWorks Records has earned 59 RIAA gold, platinum and multiplatinum sales certifications; 26 Grammy Awards and nominations; and countless critical accolades, primarily through launching the careers of developing recording artists.
The acquisition of DreamWorks Records is subject to customary conditions, including regulatory approvals.
DreamWorks SKG was formed in October 1994 as a multi-faceted entertainment company by its three principal partners, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.
new.umusic.com /News.aspx?NewsId=190   (553 words)

  
 Record Labels and Companies: Interview with DreamWorks Records A&R Head Luke Wood
For instance, the way Michael Goldstone (DreamWorks AandR and principal) markets his records is that he is constantly patient, but he is constantly persevering and pushing, and looking for opportunities.
I would change the way commercial radio is programmed so that more records could get played, and so there was a way for more people to be exposed to new and developing artists.
I certainly actually think that although it takes longer for "passive" records to research, there are a lot of beautiful records out there that could have a tremendous life.
www.record-labels-companies-guide.com /interview-dreamworks.html   (2540 words)

  
 Johnnie Walker
At the end of the summer of 2003 after 14 years of tenure at Def Jam Recordings, widely respected music industry executive Johnnie Walker took the reins of Urban Promotion for DreamWorks Records.
DreamWorks Records senior executive Johnny Barbis made the formal announcement.
She has the energy to match her skills, and we are all very pleased to be ushering in the Johnnie Walker era at DreamWorks Records.
www.womenet.org /partners/Johnnie_Walker   (574 words)

  
 Activision Teams With DreamWorks - Xbox
DreamWorks Home Entertainment will also promote the Minority Report videogame with an extensive national television advertising effort for the DVD, including programming on high-profile primetime, syndicated programs and cable outlets.
Activision will also work with DreamWorks Records on a cross-promotional partnership to leverage in-game exposure for DreamWorks Records recording artist The Apex Theory, whose track "Apossibly" is included within the game and whose music video is featured in the game's bonus materials section.
DreamWorks Records in turn will feature the music video and the videogame's promotional trailer on more than 30,000 copies of its Fall Sampler CD-ROM to be distributed to more than 350 record retailers nationwide.
news.teamxbox.com /xbox/3814/Activision-Teams-With-DreamWorks   (577 words)

  
 Ecast Inc.Signs Licensing Agreement With Dreamworks Records / Ecast
DreamWorks Records boasts an eclectic catalog of music from world famous artists and rising stars including 2001 GRAMMY award winner Nelly Furtado, Toby Keith, Lifehouse, Jimmy Eat World, Papa Roach, Darryl Worley, The Isley Brothers, Chris Rock, Alien Ant Farm, Jessica Andrews, Eels, Rufus Wainwright, Jimmy Fallon, OURS and others.
"Ecast’s partnership with DreamWorks Records is directly in keeping with our goal to deliver the best music possible," stated Robbie Vann-Adibe, CEO of Ecast.
DreamWorks Records is a division of DreamWorks SKG, which was formed in October 1994 by its three principal partners -- Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen - to produce live-action motion pictures; animated feature films; network, syndicated and cable television programming; home video entertainment; records; books; toys and consumer products.
www.ipressroom.com /pr/ecast/info/PR-Dreamworks.asp   (359 words)

  
 Wired News: DreamWorks Records Tries MP3
A record label featuring the likes of Henry Rollins, Elliott Smith, and Rufus Wainwright in its catalog posted a song for download in the controversial MP3 format -- a move likely to draw the recording industry's ire.
DreamWorks Records said Friday it posted a song from the band Buckcherry for free download on its Web site and on the Ultimate Band List.
Landskron said he had to lobby for a while before DreamWorks agreed to use MP3, but now "everyone here is on board." And although Buckcherry isn't widely known, the band is a marketing priority for the label.
www.wired.com /news/culture/0,1284,17763,00.html   (508 words)

  
 DreamWorks Records
An eclectic pop-oriented label that was founded in 1996 as a part of the budding DreamWorks SKG empire.
Initially distributed by Geffen/MCA, the label founded by the "G" of SKG, David Geffen, it switched to Interscope/Universal during the merger of the MCA and PolyGram families of labels that formed the Universal Music Group.
DreamWorks SKG never lived up to its potential: the label was sold to Universal in 2005, and the movie studio was sold to Paramount Pictures/Viacom the same year.
hiphop.discogs.com /label/DreamWorks+Records   (234 words)

  
 Terms and Privacy Policy
DreamWorks is a parent company of P.D.I., DreamWorks Records and DreamWorks Digital, therefore all data submitted may be shared with these and other of our affiliate companies but only for the purposes mentioned above.
DreamWorks is not responsible for the content or practices of third party websites that may be linked to our Sites.
DreamWorks does not target children in the marketing of movies, DVDs and videos that are rated R for violence.
www.dreamworks.com /privacypolicy.htm   (786 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Universal Acquires Dreamworks
The Universal Music Group, the world's largest record label, has agreed to purchase the previously privately held Dreamworks Records for an undisclosed sum.
Dreamworks was launched in 1995 as part of the multi-media conglomerate started by partners Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Dreamworks Records was modeled in a similar fashion to the Warners of the Seventies, cultivating artists like Elliott Smith and Rufus Wainwright who might not have offered short-term profitability.
www.rollingstone.com /news/story/5936034/universal_acquires_dreamworks   (300 words)

  
 Robbie Robertson to Join DreamWorks Records; Acclaimed Artist Will Tackle First-Of-Its-Kind Multidimensional Role
"When (DreamWorks Records principal) Mo Ostin and David (Geffen) first approached me about this, they said there was no name for what they were proposing," Robertson explains.
In 1966 Robertson sculpted the extended guitar solos on Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde," and in 1967 he and his mates recorded with Dylan what would be issued officially in 1975 as "The Basement Tapes." The Band released their debut album, "Music From Big Pink," in 1968.
Equal parts Native music, rock, hip-hop and dance, the record received four stars in Rolling Stone, which described it as "a haunting, richly textured blend of ancient spirituality, rattle-the-walls guitar and hypnotic beats" (March 19, 1998).
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/11-10-1998/0000799303&EDATE=   (878 words)

  
 Universal Music to buy DreamWorks Records - Nov. 01, 2003
NEW YORK -- Universal Music, the recorded music division of the French group Vivendi Universal, is set to buy the music division of DreamWorks studios for around 100 million dollars, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition late Thursday.
DreamWorks studios, founded in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen, never really found a recording artist capable of driving its sales to the peaks envisioned at the outset, despite a management team headed by music business legend Mo Ostin, said the Journal.
Dreamworks' music division represented but a small part of the California group's global action, and its compact disc sales have been decimated, along with those of the recording industry at large, by the effects of music piracy via the Internet.
www.inq7.net /ent/2003/nov/01/ent_5-1.htm   (211 words)

  
 Shania Twain - Mercury
Whether her songs are bursting with attitude or declaring her love in sweet and simple terms, they resonate with listeners.
Though she released an album in the early 1990s with little fanfare, most people consider 1995’s The Woman In Me to be the first true Shania Twain album.
That’s because, unlike her debut record, it contained songs that Twain herself wrote and delivered in her own distinctive way.
www.dreamworksnashville.com /artist.aspx?ob=ros&src=lb&aid=185   (1134 words)

  
 Forbes.com: UPDATE 1-Universal Music to buy DreamWorks Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
DreamWorks was formed in 1994 by Steven Spielberg, David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg.
Its record label's roster of recording artists includes country star Toby Keith, pop singer Nelly Furtado and rock acts such as Papa Roach and Alien Ant Farm.
DreamWorks has also enjoyed deep ties to Universal Music parent, Vivendi Universal, and the two sides also said that they had extended a film and home video and DVD distribution partnership until October 2010.
www.forbes.com /newswire/2003/11/11/rtr1143709.html   (448 words)

  
 Blogcritics.org: Universal Music Snags DreamWorks Records
Former Epic Records Group president Polly Anthony is currently in talks to take an executive role at UMG — possibly at DreamWorks, as it is likely that DreamWorks Records principals Mo Ostin and Lenny Waronker will leave.
Extensive layoffs are expected at DreamWorks Records as part of the transition.
DreamWorks Records' artist roster includes: Nelly Furtado, Papa Roach, Rufus Wainwright, AFI, the late Elliott Smith, Toby Keith, the Isley Brothers and Floetry.
blogcritics.org /archives/2003/11/12/122339.php   (802 words)

  
 Reports say UMG will buy DreamWorks Records - Friday, 10/31/03   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
DreamWorks was started in 1994 by Hollywood moguls Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.
The country imprint is a bright spot in DreamWorks' overall record division, generating about half the company's sales by some accounts.
If the deal goes through, it could return Keith to his onetime record label home; he was on Mercury before signing with DreamWorks.
www.tennessean.com /business/archives/03/10/41658646.shtml   (303 words)

  
 Universal inks deal to buy DreamWorks Records (printable version)
The purchase is expected to be completed early next year, subject to regulatory approval.
Universal plans to fold DreamWorks Records into its Interscope Geffen A&M label, which is run by veteran music executive Jimmy Iovine, sources said.
DreamWorks Records launched in 1996 and is home to a number of established rock and country acts, such as Nelly Furtado, Papa Roach, Toby Keith and the late Elliott Smith.
www.rgj.com /news/printstory.php?id=56503   (236 words)

  
 Medialine News - Universal to Acquire DreamWorks Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
(Nov. 26, 2003) DreamWorks SKG and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced in November an agreement for UMG to acquire DreamWorks Records.
Since its first releases in 1996, DreamWorks Records has earned 59 RIAA gold, platinum and multiplatinum sales certifications, as well as 26 Grammy Awards and nominations, primarily through launching the careers of developing recording artists.
DreamWorks and Vivendi Universal Entertainment concurrently announced an extension of their distribution and fulfillment agreements for film and home video to October 2010.
www.medialinenews.com /issues/2003/november/news1126_6.shtml   (242 words)

  
 Toby Keith - DreamWorks
The first began with his 1993 signing to Mercury Records and closed with the 1999 release of his first greatest hits collection.
The second began with his subsequent move to DreamWorks Records and closed last year with the release of his Greatest Hits 2.
And though the new company was competing in a market dominated by increasingly consolidated conglomerates, the move initiated an era of explosive growth for artist and label alike.
www.umgnashville.com /artist.aspx?aid=32&src=redirdwn   (1103 words)

  
 GM Halper resigns from job with DreamWorks Records - Saturday, 01/31/04   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Wayne Halper has resigned from his post as general manager and head of label operations at DreamWorks Records Nashville for personal reasons, the label said.
He also is involved in numerous charitable and civic organizations and received a ''Father of the Year'' award last year from the American Diabetes Association.
DreamWorks had its best year ever in 2003 on the strength of No. 1-selling artist Toby Keith.
tennessean.com /business/archives/04/01/46226470.shtml?...   (306 words)

  
 NELLY FURTADO - 'Folklore' - November 24th Dreamworks Records
A record firmly rooted in folk tradition, as the title might suggest, 'Folklore' is a record that plays on traditional themes while remaining modern and fresh in sound.
With 'Powerless' a search for order in a complicated world, the frantic 'Explode' which draws upon the language of Brazilian marshal arts brought to the country by African slaves and 'Forca', which is a Portuguese slang word, some of those references are clear.
After a year spent in LA, Nelly returned to her adopted hometown of Toronto to record the follow up (she is originally from the city of Victoria, British Columbia).
www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/nellyfurtadox20x11x03   (395 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - DreamWorks sells music unit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The company threw in the towel Tuesday and announced a deal to sell its small DreamWorks Records to Universal Music Group (Parent: V) for an estimated $100 million.
The DreamWorks label, which boasts performers Toby Keith and Nelly Furtado, issued its first releases in 1996 but never grew to challenge the Big Five music companies: Universal, Sony (SNE), Warner (Parent: TWX), BMG and EMI Group.
The DreamWorks sale is a tiny step in what is likely to be a major consolidation of the music industry that could see the five majors reduced to three.
usatoday.com /money/media/2003-11-11-universal-dreamworks-records_x.htm   (383 words)

  
 Privacy Policy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Interscope Records, AandM Records, Geffen Records, Dreamworks Records, Island
Lost Highway Records, MCA Nashville, Mercury Records, Motown Records, Universal Records, Verve Music Group, Universal Classics and
Universal Music Enterprises as well as a multitude of record labels owned or distributed by its record company subsidiaries around the world.
www.dreamworksrecords.com /privacypolicy.html   (1755 words)

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