Word Entertainment
a Warner/Curb company
25 Music Square West
Nashville, TN 37203
TELEPHONE:
(615) 251-0600, (615)-726-7900, Toll-Free: 1 (888)-483-0014
GENERAL E-MAIL:
WEBSITES:
DEMO SUBMISSION:
Word does not accept unsolicited demos or music.
COMPANY INFORMATION:
CEO:
Jim Van Hook
Word Entertainment is 80% owned by Warner Music Group,
20% by Curb Records.
Warner Music Group
is owned by an investment group headed by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
Mike Curb, founder and chairman of
Curb Records, was named by
Warner Music Group
in 2002 as a partner in and non-executive chairman of Word Entertainment.
Word Entertainment includes
Word Label Group,
Word Publishing, and
Word Distribution.
Word Label Group includes the following labels:
Word Records, Fervent Records, Myrrh Records, and
Canaan Records.
Word Publishing has approximately 45 Christian songwriters under contract and administers a catalog of more than 40,000 copyrighted songs.
Word Music is the industry's premier source for church hymnals, choral music, and associated instrumental music, vocal folios and accompaniment tracks.
Word Distribution provides sales, marketing and distribution services for several leading labels.
ARTISTS INCLUDE:
Amy Grant, Point Of Grace, BarlowGirl, Mark Schultz,
Building 429, Big Daddy Weave, Stellar Kart and Nicole C. Mullen.
WORD RECORDS HISTORY:
Word Records was founded in 1951 when a young
sportscaster for a local Waco, Texas radio station named Jarrell
McCracken recorded a play-by-play description with sound effects based on an
article by Jimmy Allen
of a football game between The Forces of Evil coached by
Satan and Christianity
coached by Jesus Christ, called
The Game Of Life,
and played in the Stadium of Life.
Word became successful to the point that after it
was sold by McCracken in 1974, it was variously owned through the years
by ABC/Capitol Cities, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Gaylord Entertainment,
and Warner Music Group who purchased Word for $84.1
million in December 2001.
Other labels from Word included their first contemporary label,
Myrrh,
which was started by Billy Ray Hearn in 1972,
their Southern Gospel label,
Canaan, founded by
Marvin Norcross in 1965, and
Dayspring in 1975.
In recent years, Word Entertainment has re-launched their
legendary Southern Gospel label, Canaan Records,
and Myrrh as a worship label.
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This page last updated August 21, 2008.
