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'''Sony Wonder''' was the children's division of Sony Music Entertainment. It was the distributor of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' albums and videos from [[1995]] to [[2007]]. Some albums had previously been released on [[Columbia Records]], [[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]] and [[Golden Music]], and some videos had previously been released on [[Random House Home Video]]. Some albums were later released on [[Koch Records]], and some videos were later released on [[Genius Entertainment]] and [[Warner Home Video]]. The label also released two volumes of ''[[Dog City (series)|Dog City]]'', as well as one of the soundtrack albums from ''[[Muppets from Space]]''.
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'''Sony Wonder''' was the children's division of Sony Music Entertainment. It was the distributor of ''[[Sesame Street]]'' albums and videos from [[1995]] to [[2007]].
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Many new titles were introduced into the ''Sesame Street'' line of [[Sesame Street videography|home video]] and [[Sesame Street discography|audio]], and most would be rereleased thereafter by other distributors. A few audio releases are rebranded versions of albums previously released by [[Columbia Records]], [[Sesame Street Records (label)|Sesame Street Records]] and [[Golden Music]]. Sony Wonder also reissued many videos that had been released by [[Random House Home Video]]. The label also released two volumes of ''[[Dog City (series)|Dog City]]'', as well as the soundtrack from ''[[Muppets from Space]]''.
   
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In 2007, after [[Genius Entertainment]] gained the video distribution rights to ''Sesame Street'', Sony Wonder was nearly shut down by Sony Music in order to focus on its core music business.<ref>Reuters. [https://www.reuters.com/article/industry-sonywonder-dc/kids-label-sony-wonder-going-under-sources-idUSN1321108620070314 "Kids Label Sony Wonder Going under: Sources."] Thomas K. Arnold. March 14, 2007.</ref> Instead, ownership was transferred to [[Sony]]'s main home video division, [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]].<ref>Animation World Network. [https://www.awn.com/news/sony-home-ent-takes-over-sony-wonder "Sony Home Ent. Takes Over Sony Wonder."] Rick DeMott. June 21, 2007.</ref> Under this new ownership, Sony's final [[Wubbulous World videography|video releases]] of ''[[The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss]]'', which were repackaged box sets of earlier DVDs, carried the Sony Wonder label.
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The company's Sony Wonder Technology Lab continued to play the ''[[Count it Higher]]'' video months after the association between the two companies ended.<ref>Laurel Graeber, "[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/20/arts/20kids.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Spare Times: For Children]," ''The New York Times'', July 20, 2007.</ref>
  
   
 
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Revision as of 20:49, 29 October 2019

File:Sesamestreethomevideoandaudiosonywonderpreview.jpg

Sony Wonder's Home Video and Audio Preview promotional flat

Sony Wonder was the children's division of Sony Music Entertainment. It was the distributor of Sesame Street albums and videos from 1995 to 2007.

Many new titles were introduced into the Sesame Street line of home video and audio, and most would be rereleased thereafter by other distributors. A few audio releases are rebranded versions of albums previously released by Columbia Records, Sesame Street Records and Golden Music. Sony Wonder also reissued many videos that had been released by Random House Home Video. The label also released two volumes of Dog City, as well as the soundtrack from Muppets from Space.

In 2007, after Genius Entertainment gained the video distribution rights to Sesame Street, Sony Wonder was nearly shut down by Sony Music in order to focus on its core music business.[1] Instead, ownership was transferred to Sony's main home video division, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.[2] Under this new ownership, Sony's final video releases of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, which were repackaged box sets of earlier DVDs, carried the Sony Wonder label.

Album releases

Video releases

Sources

  1. ↑ Reuters. "Kids Label Sony Wonder Going under: Sources." Thomas K. Arnold. March 14, 2007.
  2. ↑ Animation World Network. "Sony Home Ent. Takes Over Sony Wonder." Rick DeMott. June 21, 2007.

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