Phonogram Inc.

Phonogram Inc.
PredecessorPhilips Records
Founded1970
Defunct1997
SuccessorPolyGram
HeadquartersNetherlands
ParentPolyGram

Phonogram Incorporated was started in 1970 as a successor to Philips Phonographic Industries, a unit of the Grammophon-Philips Group (GPG), a joint venture of Philips N.V. of the Netherlands and Siemens AG of Germany. It was a holding company for labels which owned record labels such as Philips, Fontana, Vertigo and Mercury and distributed many other licensed labels.