Editing EMI (section)

== History ==
[[File:Emi building.jpg|thumb|EMI's former building in London. The building is now owned by [[Warner Music Group|Warner Music UK]].]]
Electric and Musical Industries Ltd was formed in March 1931 by the merger of the [[Columbia Graphophone Company]] and the [[Gramophone Company]], with its "[[His Master's Voice (British record label)|His Master's Voice]]" record label, firms that have a history extending back to the origins of [[Sound recording and reproduction|recorded sound]]. The new vertically integrated company produced sound recordings as well as recording and playback equipment.

The company's gramophone manufacturing led to 40 years of success with larger-scale [[electronics]] and [[electrical engineering]].

In October 1979, EMI merged with [[Thorn Electrical Industries]] to create [[Thorn EMI]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/3670516/EMI-A-giant-at-war-with-itself.html|title=EMI: a giant at war with itself|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=18 January 2008}}</ref>

On 16 August 1996, Thorn EMI shareholders voted in favour of demerging Thorn from EMI again: the company became EMI Group plc, and the electronics and rentals divisions were divested as [[Thorn plc]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/vote-solid-for-thorn-demerger-1310081.html|title= Vote solid for Thorn demerger|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=17 August 1996|author-first1=Nigel|author-last1=Cope}}</ref>

The company broke up in 2012.