BMG may refer to:
Organizations
Music publishing companies
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Bertelsmann Music Group
Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) was a division of a German media company Bertelsmann before its completion of sale of the majority of its assets to Sony Corporation of America on 1 October 2008.
Although it was established in 1987, the music c ...
, a 1987–2008 division of Bertelsmann that was purchased by Sony on October 1, 2008
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Sony BMG
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was an American record company owned as a 50–50 joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann. The venture's successor, the revived Sony Music, is wholly owned by Sony, following their buyout o ...
, a 2004–2008 joint venture of Bertelsmann and Sony that was purchased by Sony in late 2008
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Sony Music
Sony Music Entertainment (SME), commonly known as Sony Music, is an American multinational music company owned by Japanese conglomerate Sony Group Corporation. It is the recording division of Sony Music Group, with the other half being the ...
, the purchaser of Sony BMG in 2008 and owner of the rights to its catalog
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Ariola Records
Ariola (also known as Ariola Records, Ariola Express, Ariola-Eurodisc and BMG Ariola) is a German record label. In the late 1980s, it was a subsidiary label of the Bertelsmann Music Group, which in turn has become a part of the international ...
, sometimes known as "BMG Ariola", originally a separate company, acquired in 1987 by Bertelsmann Music Group, then by Sony BMG in 2002, then by Sony Music in 2008
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BMG Rights Management
BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label.
BMG was formed in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its st ...
, a company established in late 2008 as a joint venture between Bertelsmann and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Other organisations
* Baader-Meinhof Group, the former name of the
Red Army Faction, one of the most violent and prominent left wing groups of post–World War II West Germany
* Badan Meteorologi dan Geofisika, the former name of the
Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics
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Banco BMG, formerly known as Banco de Minas Gerais, a Brazilian bank
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Bank Mendes Gans, a Dutch bank
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Beacon Medical Group, an Irish healthcare company
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Gates Foundation is an American private foundation founded by Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates. Based in Seattle, Washington, it was launched in 2000 and is reported to be the third largest charitable foundation in the world, holding $ ...
, a large U.S. charitable foundation
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Blue Man Group
Blue Man Group is an American performance art company formed in New York City in 1987. It is known for its stage productions that incorporate many kinds of music and art, both popular and obscure. Its performers, known as Blue Men, have their ...
, a (primarily American) performance art group
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BMG Research, a British social research company
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Bohlen, Meyer, Gibson and Associates, an architectural firm in Indianapolis, Indiana
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Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Verein für Leibesübungen 1900 e.V. Mönchengladbach, better known as Borussia Mönchengladbach () and colloquially known as just Gladbach, is a professional Association football, football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-W ...
, a German football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia
Places
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Beth Medrash Govoha, a Haredi yeshiva in Lakewood Township, New Jersey
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Monroe County Airport (Indiana) (IATA code: BMG), a county-owned public-use airport
Science and technology
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Bulk metallic glass (BMG), a type of alloy,
amorphous metal
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β2-Microglobulin (BMG) a protein
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benign monoclonal gammopathy (BMG)
*Bedside strip Measurement of venous/capillary blood Glucose (BMG)
Weaponry
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Browning machine gun, various machine gun designs by John Browning
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.50 BMG, a cartridge developed for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun in the late 1910s
Other uses
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''BMG'' (magazine) '' (Banjo, Mandolin, Guitar), a British magazine founded in 1903 by Clifford Essex
*"Be My Girl", or "B.M.G.", a 2019 song by
Keung To and Anson Lo
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