Talk:Virgin Music

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Merge?[edit]

There is already an article at Caroline Records (U.S.), and presumably this page should redirect there. Jlittlet 00:52, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Caroline Distribution, though related in name and formerly a part of Caroline Records (U.S.) history is no longer a part of Caroline Records (U.S.). Caroline Records (U.S.) is currently a sub-label of Astralwerks Records and if anything Caroline Records (U.S.) should point to Astralwerks for the time being.

Caroline Distribution, a independent record distributor, maintains its own staff, offices, websites, etc. It can be merged and listed as a division of EMI, who is the parent corporation but it should not redirect to Caroline Records, it should remain it's own unique article on Wikipedia. We will add more wiki content shortly on the organization. Edited by an employee of Caroline Distribution midikris 11:59, 24 October 2006.

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label roster changes[edit]

Caroline no longer distributes Ninja Tune, Plug Research, Tee Pee, Morr, Frenchkiss, or Lex. Delete them, or move to a "used to distribute" section? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.19.112.202 (talk) 19:36, 31 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Meaning of Labels/artist partners section[edit]

I just added an artist (Steven Wilson) to the section, but I am not sure I did well there as I noticed most entries are labels, not their associated artists. Should my edit be reversed? Also, I tagged the edit as minor, but this is incorrect since I did alter the content. Excuse for this. ProgRockLover (talk) 23:50, 15 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge of Virgin Music Group with Virgin Music Label & Artist Services[edit]

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Clarification - in case I got the template backwards here, this is about merging this page (Virgin Music Label & Artist Services into Virgin Music Group ASUKITE 15:02, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Asukite: Virgin Music Label & Artist Services now operates as Virgin Music, as seen on it's website Virgin Music | Virgin Afí-afeti (talk) 13:37, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
As for Virgin Music Group, its a new arm that now operates as the parent company of Virgin Music, a music label and artist service company. Which was launched on 14 September 2022 by Universal Music Group as seen on Virgin website https://www.virgin.com Afí-afeti (talk) 13:41, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Asukite: Here's from Billboard showing the name of the label is now just Virgin Music Afí-afeti (talk) 08:44, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for the info (noting here that I don't have a strong opinion on this, but to any potential closer or other commenter, these replies will definitely help.) ASUKITE 14:04, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested at WP:RM/TR as opposed to a move, the rationale is explained in the thread below:

Extended content

Virgin Music Label & Artist Services (currently a redirect to Virgin Music) → Virgin Music – Label now operating as Virgin Music as soon on all its social and website Website Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Afí-afeti (talk) 13:27, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I'm having slight trouble finding sources that confirm this as many use "Virgin Music" without specifying whether they're referring to Virgin Music Group or this sub-entity. If it helps anyone decide, so far I've found this source. ASUKITE 15:07, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

To avoid confusion, I suggest that the current article on the "Services" department be merged into the main article at Virgin Music Group. Much of the content in the department's article appears to be about the larger corporate entity regardless. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 17:07, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Support - As seen in the "Extended content" box above, I originally suggested this merge and my reasoning can be seen there. Here is my official vote for this new discussion's purposes. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 15:11, 30 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Question for @Afí-afeti - So is the solution now to merge the two existing articles together and call the resulting page simply "Virgin Music"? I can do that on the technical side but need to know if it would be accurate on the business side. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 12:39, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Doomsdayer520 - the solution now, is to rename Virgin Music Label & Artist Services to Virgin Music, and keep Virgin Music Group. Afí-afeti (talk) 13:23, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Resolution - Nobody else is commenting and Afí-afeti is clearly the most knowledgeable on the company's structure. So I will do what they have recommended, which requires a move and then some re-writing, rather than a merge as proposed. ---DOOMSDAYER520 (TALK|CONTRIBS) 14:13, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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