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{{Short description|US music distributor}}
{{distinguish|Red Records}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = RED Music
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* Important Record Distributors * RED Distribution }}
| logo = RED Music (Logo) (2017).svg
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| founded = {{Start date|1979}} <!-- in [[city]], state, country -->
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| fate = Merged Into The Orchard<ref name="Billboard">{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7817640/sony-music-orchard-red-indie-distributors-merged|title=Sony Merges RED Into The Orchard: What the Music Giant's Latest Consolidation Means for Indie Labels|magazine=Billboard|date=Jun 5, 2017|first=Ed|last=Christman}}</ref>
| hq_location_city = New York City
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| key_people = Bob Morelli (president)
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'''RED Music''', stylized '''RED MUSIC''', formerly '''RED Distribution, LLC''' ('''R'''elativity '''E'''ntertainment '''D'''istribution)
== History ==
Founded in 1979 as mainly a hard rock [[record distributor|music distributor]] called Important Record Distributors, which originally distributed [[Metallica]]'s first two LPs in the US, it became RED Distribution in the 1990s.
In October 1999, [[Sony Music Entertainment]] sold 80% of RED Distribution to [[Edel SE & Co. KGaA]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 Oct 1999 |title=Red is 80% Acquired by Edel Music From Sony Music |url=https://www.telecompaper.com/news/red-is-80-acquired-by-edel-music-from-sony-music--190225 |url-access=registration |website=Telecompaper}}</ref>
In March 2016, Sony announced the acquisition of Essential Music and Marketing. As part of this deal, a new company was launched, '''Red Essential''', which is based at the [[Cooking Vinyl]] Group’s West London offices. The company is now located in Farringdon.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/sony-acquires-essential-music-marketing-launches-red-essential/|title=Sony acquires Essential Music & Marketing, launches Red Essential - Music Business Worldwide|date=2016-03-02|newspaper=Music Business Worldwide|language=en-US|access-date=2017-01-13}}</ref>▼
▲In March 2016, Sony announced the acquisition of Essential Music and Marketing. As part of this deal, a new company was launched, '''Red Essential''', which is based at the [[Cooking Vinyl]]
== Acquisition ==
On June 1, 2017, Sony Music announced that it would merge RED's British affiliate,
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Sony Music}}
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[[Category:Record label distributors]]
[[Category:Sony Music]]
[[Category:Musical theatre record labels]]
[[Category:Entertainment companies of the United States]]
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