Deutsche Grammophon is a German

Germany

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 classical record label

Record label

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 which was the foundation of the future corporation to be known as PolyGram

PolyGram

PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...

. It is now part of Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is an American music group, the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations...

 (UMG) since its acquisition and absorption of PolyGram in 1999, and it is also UMG's oldest active label. It is also the oldest surviving established record company.
Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft was founded in 1898 by German-born United States

United States

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 citizen Emile Berliner

Emile Berliner

Emile Berliner or Emil Berliner was a German-born American inventor. He is best known for developing the disc record gramophone...

 as the German branch of his Berliner Gramophone

Berliner Gramophone

Berliner Gramophone was an early record label, the first company to produce disc "gramophone records" .-History:...

 Company.