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| Industry | Music & entertainment |
|---|---|
| Genre | Various |
| Predecessor |
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| Founded |
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| Founder | Island Records |
| Defunct | 2020 |
| Fate | Folded |
| Successor | Virgin Music Group |
| Headquarters | , |
| Services | Distribution, production, warehousing, marketing, sales, brand partnerships, merchandising, finance, back office |
| Parent | Universal Music Group |
| Divisions | Fontana Distribution Fontana Label Services Fontana International |
Fontana Distribution was a division of San Francisco–based Isolation Network (now owned by the Virgin Music Group unit of the Universal Music Group since 2019). A minority stake of the company was owned by Universal Music until Ingrooves acquired Fontana Distribution from UMG in 2012 to form Ingrooves Fontana.[1]
In 2019, Universal Music Group acquired Fontana's owner, Ingrooves, returning Fontana back to UMG. A year later, Fontana Distribution was folded into Caroline Distribution, acquired in 2013 via Universal's purchase of EMI, which, another year later, was rebranded as Virgin Music Label & Artist Services.[2][3]
- ^ "History | Universal Music". Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2013-02-13.
- ^ "Universal Music Group Rebrands Caroline Under New Relaunched Virgin Music Label & Artist Services -". mxdwn Music. 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ "Universal launches Virgin Music Label & Artist Services around the world, rebranding Caroline and Caroline International". Music Business Worldwide. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2022-11-21.