Sony Music Entertainment () GmbH

German record company, operating under this name from 16 May 1991 to 8 June 2001 and again from 20 July 2004 to 24 March 2005. Absorbed into Sony BMG Music Entertainment () GmbH as part of the Sony-BMG merger.

Please note that this entry should not be confused with Sony Music Entertainment () GmbH & Co. KG (2001 to 2004).

Corporate chronology:
Company 1:
ed 27 June 1963 as C B S Schallplatten Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Frankfurt am Main company number HRB 6353)
Name change: 16 May 1991 - this page
Parent: Sony Music Holdings GmbH
Re-ed: 8 June 2001 as 'Sony Music Entertainment () GmbH & Co. KG' (Frankfurt am Main company number HRA 30060)

Company 2:
ed: 23 November 2000 as 'Landwell Zweite Vermögensberatungsgesellschaft mbH' (Offenbach am Main company number HRA 11668)
Name change: 29 May 2001 to 'Sony Music Entertainment () Verwaltungs GmbH'
Re-ed: 31 May 2002 in Berlin (company number HRB 84719)
Parent: Sony Entertainment Holdings GmbH
Name change: 20 July 2004 - this page
Merged: 24 March 2005 into BMG Records GmbH (renamed 'Sony BMG Music Entertainment () GmbH' on the same day)