Artemis Records was a New York–based
independent record label
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, founded in June 1999 by Danny Goldberg with
Daniel Glass as president, and closed in April 2006. The label was acquired by
E1 Entertainment.
As of 2006, Artemis Records was owned by Sheridan Square Entertainment LLC (SSE), an independent music company then based in New York.
In November 2005,
Richard Branson
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Branson expressed his desire to become an entrepreneu ...
sold the North America division of his
V2 Records
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label to SSE for $15 million. Sheridan Square then merged all of its labels, including Artemis Records, into V2 North America. V2 North America, and subsequently Artemis, was shuttered in January 2007 following a restructuring. In 2009, the newly formed IndieBlu Music Holdings LLC acquired SSE's business, including V2 North America, in a
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auction. IndieBlu was acquired by
Entertainment One
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in 2010.
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Baha Men
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Better Than Ezra
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Black Label Society
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Boston
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Confrontation Camp
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Cindy Bullens
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Crossbreed
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Dog Fashion Disco
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Dope
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Steve Earle
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Every Move a Picture
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The Fabulous Thunderbirds
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Jay Farrar
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Flipp
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The Fugs
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Jeffrey Gaines
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The first single ...
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Jaguar Wright
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Rickie Lee Jones
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Josh Joplin Group
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Khia
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She is known for her single, " My Neck, My Back (Lick It). ...
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Kittie
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Kurupt
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Little Barrie
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Lisa Loeb
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Lollipop Lust Kill
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Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
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Murphy's Law
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Alan Parsons
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The Pretenders
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Todd Rundgren
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The Spooks
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Stephan Smith
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Jill Sobule
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Spacehog
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Sugarcult
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Jimmie Vaughan
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Peter Wolf
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Early life and education
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Warren Zevon
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References
External links
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American independent record labels
Alternative rock record labels
Indie rock record labels
Record labels established in 1999
Record labels disestablished in 2006
1999 establishments in New York (state)
MNRK Music Group