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Republic Records
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American record label, division of Universal Music Group (UMG)
Key facts
- Parent company
- Universal Music Group
- Founded
- 1995 ; 31 years ago ( 1995 )
- Founder
- Monte Lipman , Avery Lipman
- Distributors
- Universal Music Group (International) Island / EMI (UK) Island Def Jam (France) Universal Music Enterprises (reissues)
- Genre
- Various
- Country of origin
- United States
- Location
- New York City , U.S.
- Official website
- republicrecords.com
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Encyclopedic overview
Republic Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. Based in New York City, it was founded by Avery Lipman and Monte Lipman as an independent label in 1995, and was acquired by UMG in 2000. Republic was initially an imprint of the Universal Motown Republic Group, and was renamed Universal Republic Records after a reorganization in 2006 before going back to its original name in 2012.
History
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