The Merger:
Kubatanidzwa kwaSon na BMG kwakave mutemo munaAugust, 2004, asi kuenda ikoko kwaiva hondo yekukwira. Mavara acho akatarisana nemhosva yokuti kubatana kwakaputsa mitemo yezvinyorwa uye zvisingatendi, uye mabhuku akazvimiririra mazita emitambo yakawanda yemimhanzi yakabatana pamwechete kuratidzira kubatana.
Apo sangano rakazopfuura, Sony neBomG imwe neimwe yaive nehomwe ye50% mukambani.
Mamwe emamwe manzwi makuru ekupikisa kwekubatana akanga ari muEuropean Union, uye nekuda kwechiitiko chakaunzwa neImala, boka rezvokuchengetedza boka rekukurudzira, EU yakasiya kubvumirwa kwavo kwechibvumirano muna July, 2006. Nyaya iyi iri kumirira.
Payola Scandal:
MunaJune, 2005, Sony BMG yakamanikidzwa kubhadhara mari inofungidzirwa $ 10 mamiriyoni mubhadharo mushure mokunge yawanikwa ane mhosva nehurumende yeNew York yekuita payola. Kuwanda kwemhosva yacho yakabhadharwa kubhadharira Jessica Simpson nheyo. Epic division ye Sony BMG yakasarudzwa kuti iite mitambo yakaipa kuti ivhare payola yavo - DJs ndivo chete vanhu vakambozowana mikomborero mumakwikwi avo.
Kumbani yeChina:
Sony BMG ine mahofisi munyika dzinopfuura 30 munyika yose, uye zviuru zvevashandi vane zviuru.
Sony BMG Labels:
Pasi pemusambura mukuru we Sony BMG, kune mazana emarenda makumi maviri ayo ane uye akaparadzirwa nekampani.
Sony BMG mabhii anosanganisira mamwe mazita makuru mubhizimisi, se:
- Epic
- Jive
- Columbia
- RCA
- Arista
- LaFace
- Zomba Music Group (kusanganisira Rough Trade uye Pinnacle)
- SoSo Def
- Nhaka
- J Records
- Red Music Distribution
Sony BMG uyewo kugovera uye kusarudzwa kwehutano kunobatanidza nemabhuku mashanu eane:
- Independiente
- MUSODZI WAKANAKA
- Nick Records
- Wind Up Records
Sony BMG Artists:
Sezvaunogona kufungidzira zvekambani iyo inokonzera 25% yevose mimhanzi yokutengesa, Sony BMG inomirira mamwe mazita makuru mumimhanzi. Mamwe emakambani makuru ekutengesa artists ndeaya:
- Britney Spears
- Jessica Simpson
- Celine Dion
- Franz Ferdinand
- The Fray
- Belle naSebastian
- Justin Timberlake
- Kelis