DGC Records
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DGC Records (an initialism for the David Geffen Company) was an American record label that operated as a division of Interscope Geffen A&M Records, which is owned by Universal Music Group.
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DGC Records | |
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Parent company | Universal Music Group |
Founded | 1990; 34 years ago (1990) 2007; 17 years ago (2007) (relaunch) |
Founder | David Geffen |
Defunct | 1999 (1999) (original) 2021 (2021) (relaunch) |
Status | Inactive |
Distributor(s) | Interscope Geffen A&M Records (United States) Polydor Records (United Kingdom) |
Genre | Various; general focus on rock |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | Santa Monica, California |
Official website | www |
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In 1999, after the PolyGram merger into UMG which created the Interscope Geffen A&M unit,[1][2] DGC was absorbed into Geffen Records, but was later revived in 2007 before being merged into Geffen again in September 2021 following eight years of inactivity.[3]