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 | 3BG Holdings (50%) |  | A & M Records, Adrawing (50%), Alto Music (50%), Amadeo, Apollo-Verlag Paul Lincke (75%), Argo Record, Arigram Record (50%), Ariston s.r.l, Arrietty Films, Audio Club of New Zealand |  | B & M Spol s.r.o (70%), B.V. Lenox Films, Barclay Record S.A, British Phonograph Records |  | Capella B.V, Capricorn Records (51%), Carre' D'As, Cedarwood Music (50%), Centenary, Chapulin Edizioni Musicali, Cinea S.A (50%), Cinepoly Music, Cinepoly Records, CityWalk, Compact Disc Services, Cosima Music OHG, CR Films (50%) |  | D. J. M. Records, D.I.A.L., Decca, Decca Artists, DEF American (50%), Def Jam Records, Deutsche Grammophon, Dick James Musikverlag, Dominic Music, Doomwatch Ltd, DreamWorks Records, Dutchco "Before She Met Me" B.V |  | E.U.R. Music S.r.l, Edison Bell Records, Edsel Films Ltd, Elizabeth Films, Empire Music, Entertainment Today, Epithete Production, Equipe Edizioni Musicali e Produzioni Discografich, Eyeteecee Music |  | FA Productions, Fater Media Ltd (80%), Fonobras-Distribuidora Fonografica Brasileira 50%, Fontana B.V, Forbrooke Enterprises, Fun House & C. Musical |  | Gasoline Alley (55%), Geffen Records, Geffen/Outpost Record Ventures, Ghost Productions (50%), Gimell Records (51%), Go East Entertainment (80%), Go! Discs, Go! Records, Goldhawke Productions, Goldisk, Gralto Music, Grammofoonplaten-Maatschappij Barclay, Greatest Hits Entertainment Partnership (60%), GRP Records, GTS Records (51%), Gypsy Films |  | Hammersmith Records, Heliolodge, Hi Lo Films, High Noon Music, Hilltop Services, Hollandsche Decca |  | Imagine Films Entertainment, Interscope Records (50%), IPS Records Ltd (50%), Island Entertainment, Islands of Adventure |  | Jewel Box Music (50%) |  | K.K. Kitty, Karussell, Kejvings Musikforlag, Know Existence |  | La Bussola, Lavande, Leisure Marine |  | MacLeane Films, Madera Holding, Magic Records, Makeback, Management Corporation of America, Mars MUzik Yapim (51%), MCA Music, Mercury Records, Meteor Film Productions, MN Productions, Mother Records (50%), Motown Entertainment, Motown Record, Movie Film Productions, Movie Tune Publishers, Murphy's Productions, Music Plus (50%), Musical Rendezvous, MusiClub (50%) |  | NED Video, Nese MUzik Yapim Sanayi ve Ticaret (51%), New G.S. Records, Norse Music Productions, Nu-Taurus |  | Oakwood Films, OH AB Music Produktion |  | P.P.S. S.A.S, Pageant Music, Pan Europeenne Production (70%), Par Four, Par Three, Paragon Publicity & Public Relations (50%), Peekaboo, Perth Music, Petalcraft Demonstrations, Phonad, Phoninvest Participacoes, Phonodisc Sales, Phonogram, PMC Merchandising, Polar Music |  | Qualiton Records, Quicksilver Recording |  | R.S.O. Records, Radioactive Records (60%), Record Supervision, Reuter & Reuter Forlags, RM Productions |  | Sanctuary, Sci-Fi Channel, Sci-Fi Channel Europe (50%), Sogepaq Distribucion (50%), Sonet Music, Songs of Universal, Spectrum, Spencer Davis Music (50%), Spencer Gifts, Springtime Film, Stockholm Label Group, Stockholm Musikproduktion, Sundance Channel, Sweden Music Forlags, Systemtatic (50%) |  | Teal Record, Television/Cinema Distribution, Terra Properties, The Character Cafe, The Crayon Box (50%), The Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Co (50%), The Video Label (50%), The Wild Card Label, This Record Co, Tiger Music (50%), Timbaland Records (51%), Tolly Music, Total Distribucion (50%), Toutankhamon, Trutone Music (50%), TV Hamburg Fernseh-und Filmvertrieb |  | U/MRV Co (70%), UEX Beijing Holding (56%), United International Pictures (50%), Universal  , Universal City, Universal Music, Universal Pictures, Universal/Island Music, Universal/MCA Music, USA Networks (50%) |  | Vision Video |  | What's Music (60%), Working Title, WT Adventures | 
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 | 2004 | Universal sells 25,5% of the music bought in the world. | Les Echos | 
 | 2003 | Universal sells 29,7% of the Music bought in the United-States | La Libre Belgique | 
 | 2003 | Universal sells 27,9% of the Music bought in the United-States | PR Line | 
 | 2002 | Universal sells 28,7% of the Music bought in the United-States | PR Line | 
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 | 2003 | -800  | Internal restructuring:  | AFP | 
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 | 2006 | Assigné par le procureur de l'Etat de New York pour entente sur le prix de vente aux distributeurs de musique en ligne. |  |  |  |  |   |  | Les Echos | 
 | 2003 | Conspiracy to set minimum CD price: US$143 million settlement |  |  |  |  |   |  | AP | 
 | 2002 |  | 6,28 |  |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
 | 2001 |  | 5,81 |  |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
 | 2000 |  | 6,22 |  |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
 | 1999 |  | 3,75 |  |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
 | 1998 |  | 6,44 |  |  |   | billion US$ |  | 
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