Helen Humphrey-Taylor

WARNER MUSIC GROUP RESEARCH History - Warner Bros. had no record label division at the time one of its contracted actors scored a No. 1 hit song in 1957 for Dot Records, a division of Paramount Pictures. To try and prevent any of its actors recording for rival companies, Warner Bros. Records was created in 1958. - In 1963, Warner purchased Reprise Records, which was founded by Frank Sinatra 3 years before. - After Warner Bros. was sold to Seven Arts Production in 1967, it purchased Atlantic Records, founded in 1947 (WMG's oldest label). - in 1969, Warner Bros. Seven Arts company was sold to the Kinney National Company. General Information - American multinational entertainment and record-label conglomerate in Los Angeles. - Founded by Warner Bros. - The CEO of WMG is Stephen Cooper and the companies revenue in 2018 was $4 billion. - WMG's subsidiaries are Uproxx and Gold Typhoon. - It is one of the "big three" recording companies and the third larg...

RESEARCH ON MICHAEL GONDRY - He grew up in Versailles with a family who was very influenced by pop music. - As a young boy, Gondry wanted to be a painter or inventor, so in the 80s he entered in an art school in Paris so he could develop his graphic skills. - He met some friends there and together they formed a band which Gondry was the drummer for as well as directing their video clips. One of the videos was on MTV and Bjork saw this and contacted him to make the music video for 'Human Behaviour'. - Their partnership was famous and he directed 5 other videos by Bjork, with huge budgets. This led to commissions from other artists in the world such as Massive Attack. - Gondry is the most highly-awarded director for a one-off commercial too. - His trade mark was surreal settings and visual effects. - He was originally known for commercial and music videos, so he directed 'Drugstore' for Levi's, his music video for Bjork, 'Human Behaviour', won al...

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