Geffen Records [SEP] inception
Geffen Records
Geffen Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M Records imprint.
On March 23, 2017, "Billboard" announced that Geffen was relaunching with longtime A&R Neil Jacobson as President, who reports to John Janick, CEO and chairman of Interscope Geffen A&M.
History.
Geffen Records was started in 1980 by music industry businessman David Geffen who, in the early 1970s, had founded Asylum Records. Geffen stepped down from Asylum in 1975, when he crossed over to
The label was distributed by Warner Bros. Records since its inception but, in 1990, the label was sold to MCA Records. Geffen continued to run the label before leaving Geffen Records in 1995. The Geffen label is today is part of the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division of MCA's successor, Universal Music Group, formed as the result of the 1999 merger between the MCA and PolyGram families of labels.
Business career Geffen Film/DreamWorks SKG.
Through the Geffen Film Company, Geffen produced dark-tinged comedies such