Report. Paris-Based Because Music Acquires Portion Of London Records Catalog

Because Music

As part of WARNER MUSIC GROUP's continuing divestment of its PARLOPHONE divestments (NET NEWS 7/6), PARIS-based BECAUSE MUSIC has acquired a good portion of LONDON RECORDS' pop catalog, including recordings by BRITISH girl group ALL SAINTS and MANCHESTER's HAPPY MONDAYS (originally signed to FACTORY RECORDS), according to MUSIC BUSINESS WORLDWIDE. 

At the same time, it was announced the company's SVP A&R/Marketing JANE THIRD, was leaving the company to join [PIAS] as Global Chief Creative Officer, with her own label. 

THIRD has spent 10 years at BECAUSE, with signings including SWEDISH act LITTLE DRAGON and MERCURY MUSIC PRIZE-nominated bands DJANGO DJANGO and METRONOMY

Alongside founder and CEO EMMANUEL DE BURETEL, THIRD helped grow the UK company since its launch in 2005.

BECAUSE will apparently not have rights to the LONDON RECORDS name, last active as a UK label at UMG under NICK RAPHAEL and JO CHARRINGTON. 

Pop artists on the LONDON RECORDS label over the decades have included ACE OF BASE, BANANARAMA, BRONSKI BEAT and WHIGFIELD. 

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