WMG Acquisition Corp. engages in recording and publishing of music. It operates through two businesses: Recorded Music and Music Publishing. The Recorded Music business engages in marketing, sale and licensing of recorded music in various physical format such as CDs, LPs and DVDs, and digital format such as downloads, streaming and ringtones. The Music Publishing business owns and acquires rights to musical compositions, exploits and markets these compositions. The company was founded on March 18, 2004 and is headquartered in New York, NY.