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# Why Music Will Never Be A Top Priority At Sony Corp [CHART]
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/why-music-will-never-be-a-top-priority-at-sony-corp-chart-1/
- Published: 2016-10-11T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2016-10-11T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: Record labels and other music companies are, by necessity, businesses. But in an age when each of the three major label groups is part of a larger conglomerate (WMG/Access Industries,. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/10/why-music-will-never-be-a-top-priority-at-sony-corp-char
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Major Labels, Music Business, 19 Entertainment, Merlin Network, Pandora Radio, record label, Sony, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Streaming media, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:13

[![Sony-Music-logo-wordmark](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d229aa22970c-150wi "Sony-Music-logo-wordmark")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b8d229aa22970c-popup?ref=hypebot.com)**Record labels** and other music companies are, by necessity, businesses. But in an age when **each of the three major label groups is part of a larger conglomerate** (WMG/Access Industries, UMG/Vivendi and Sony/Sony Corp.), how **much clout does a music division have** within its respective corporation?

As this charts shows, in the case of Sony, 

music is far down the revenue chain.

[![Sony Corp revenue](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c89fe189970b-500wi "Sony Corp revenue")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83451b36c69e201b7c89fe189970b-popup?ref=hypebot.com)

  
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