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Which company merged with the Gramophone Company to form Electric & Musical Industries Limited (EMI)?

  • Columbia Graphophone Company

  • RCA Victor

  • Decca Records

  • Capitol Records

Answer

The Columbia Graphophone Company merged with the Gramophone Company on 31 March 1931 to form Electric & Musical Industries Limited (EMI). Columbia had acquired Parlophone's business, name, logo, and release library in 1926.
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