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Key facts
- Parent company
- Universal Music Group (1996–present), Previously , MCA Inc. (1990–1996)
- Founded
- October 1980 ; 45 years ago ( 1980-10 )
- Founder
- David Geffen
- Distributors
- Interscope Capitol Labels Group (U.S.) Polydor (UK and France)
- Genre
- Various
- Country of origin
- United States
- Location
- Santa Monica, California , U.S.
- Official website
- interscope.com
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Encyclopedic overview
Geffen Records (formerly The David Geffen Company from 1980 to 1992 and Geffen Records Inc. from 1993 to 2004) is an American record label owned by Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA), a division of the Interscope Capitol Labels Group, which is owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1980 by David Geffen, as a music subsidiary of his then film company Geffen Pictures, with financial and distribution support from Warner Bros. Records.
In 1990, the label was sold to MCA Music Entertainment, which later became Universal Music Group (UMG) through acquisitions by Panasonic and Seagram. Since its merger into the Interscope Geffen A&M group in 1999, Geffen has served as a syndicate label within Interscope Records, expanding its catalog through the absorption of other imprints. It has operated as a key platform for new releases, especially following its 2003 expansion and 2017 relaunch. As of 2024, Geffen is part of Universal Music Group's Interscope Capitol Labels Group.
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