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WEA International Inc.

WEA International Inc. is an umbrella record company for local WEA branches outside of the United States founded in 1970.1 It ceased to exist in 1990.1

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Aug 25, 1970Founded1
  • Legal formcorporation1

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Corporate structure

WEA International Inc. is part of a group headed by Warner Music Group. 509 entities, 41 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • WEA Metronome Records AB
  • WEA Records Ltd.

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 1979WEA Metronome Records AB became a subsidiary1
  2. Succeeded Kinney Record Group International1
  3. Succeeded by Warner Music International, Inc.1

Timeline

  1. 1990Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. Aug 25, 1970Founded Founded1

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

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