Kinney Record Group International

American music and record company umbrella founded in late 1970 for distributing records from [l=Warner Bros. Records], [l=Elektra] and [l=Atlantic] and their sublabels outside USA. The publishing company is called [b]Kinney Music International[/b].
In 1972 it became [l=WEA International Inc.].


[b]History:[/b]

[b]July 1969[/b] Kinney National Service Inc. acquires [l=Warner Bros. - Seven Arts Records].
U.K. branch [l=Warner Bros. Seven Arts Records Ltd.] established.
[b]July 1970[/b] Kinney National Service Inc. buys [l=Elektra].
[b]October 1970[/b] Record distributorship in Cleveland opened.
Australian branch [b]Warner Bros. Records (Pty) Ltd.[/b] established.
[b]November 1970[/b] [a=Nesuhi Ertegun] will be director of newly created international record department [l=Kinney Record Group International] ([b]Kinney Music International[/b] as puplisher) with Phil Rose as managing director.
Japanese subdiary [l=Warner Bros.-Pioneer Corporation] established.
[b] February 1971[/b] Share-holders voted to change the name of the company from [b]Kinney National Service Inc.[/b] to [b]Kinney Services Inc.[/b]
[b]July 1971[/b] The Warner-Elektra-Atlantic-distributing corporation (W-E-A) has been set up by [b]Kinney Services Inc.[/b], but it will take one more years till the international department and the branches will be renamed officially to WEA.
[b]1971[/b] German branch [l=Kinney Music GmbH] and french branch [l=Kinney Filipacchi Music] S.A. established,
UK branch renamed to [l=Kinney Record Group Ltd.], canadian branch to [l=Kinney Music Of Canada, Ltd.] and australian branch to [l=Kinney Music (Pty) Limited].
[b]February 1972[/b] Kinney Services Inc. renamed to [l=Warner Communications Inc.]
[b]1972[/b] Reflecting of the initials of the parent record companies, [l=Warner Bros. Records], [l=Elektra] and [l=Atlantic], [b]Kinney Music International[/b] will be called [l=WEA International Inc.].
Similar name changes will be undertaken for WEA’s subdiary companies.
[b]1972[/b] All international branches were officially renamed
[l=Kinney Record Group Ltd.] to [l=WEA Records Ltd.],
[l=Kinney Filipacchi Music S.A.] to [l=WEA Filipacchi Music] S.A.,
[l=Kinney Music Of Canada, Ltd.] to [l=WEA Music Of Canada, Ltd.] and
[l=Kinney Music (Pty) Limited] to [l=WEA Records Pty. Limited]
[b]Januar 1973[/b] German branch was the last to be renamed from [l=Kinney Music GmbH] to [l=WEA Musik GmbH]