name all media network llc type private industry entertainment predecessor all media guide allrovi founded june 26 1990 ; 26 years ago 1990 06 26 1 big rapids michigan u.s. founder michael erlewine headquarters san francisco california u.s. products allmusic allmovie allgame sidereel celebified number of employees 11 50 website www.allmedianetwork.com footnotes references 2 3 all media network formerly all media guide amg and allrovi is an american company that owns and maintains allmusic allmovie allgame until its closure in 2014 sidereel and celebified . the company was founded in 1990 by popular culture archivist michael erlewine . all music guide now allmusic was launched in 1991 . later in 1994 the all movie guide now allmovie was launched and in 1998 the all game guide now allgame . 4 contents 1 history 2 services and products 2.1 allmusic 2.1.1 guide series 2.2 allmovie 2.3 allgame 2.4 sidereel 2.5 celebified 3 content and data management 4 business model 5 company details 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit the company was founded in big rapids michigan in 1990 by michael erlewine . with the all music guide the aim was to compile discographic information on every artist who s made a record since enrico caruso gave the industry its first big boost which launched in 1991 . 5 they expanded with the all movie guide now allmovie in 1994 and then the all game guide now allgame in 1998 . moved to ann arbor michigan in 1999 to take advantage of the rich talent pool . 4 amg was a business unit within alliance entertainment corporation from 1996 until early 2005 . alliance was acquired in 1999 by yucaipa companies a multibillion dollar fund based in california . macrovision now rovi announced on november 6 2007 that it had agreed to purchase all media guide for a reported 102 million ; 72 million in cash was paid up front and 30 million in contingent payments were made one year later . 6 7 for a time all of the guides were controlled by rovi s nameservers and combined access to the all music and all movie guides was provided via allrovi.com from 2011 until 2013 . in 2013 rovi sold consumer access of the content to the newly established all media network llc but retained control of licensing the content to other businesses . the overall website is allmedianetwork.com previously allmediaguide.com and allrovi.com . rovi sold the consumer access to them to newly established all media network llc in 2013 while retaining ownership and maintenance of the content itself . 8 9 the allgame section of the site was shut down on december 12 2014 . 10 services and products edit allmusic edit allmusic logo main article allmusic allmusic is an online database which provides access to information about songs albums musicians bands and musical styles alongside staff authored news reviews biographies ratings and recommendations . the content was initially published in book form in 1991 as the all music guide and is now freely available to the public for online reference and information as well as available via licensing for point of sale systems media players and online music stores . 4 11 guide series edit all media network also produce the allmusic guide series that includes the all music guide to jazz and the all music guide to the blues . vladimir bogdanov is the president of the series . allmovie edit allmovie logo main article allmovie allmovie launched in 1994 as the all movie guide provides access to information about actors films and filmmakers with staff authored news reviews ratings and recommendations . it offers limited information about television productions focused mainly on those released on dvd . like allmusic this content is also available via licensing to point of sale systems media players and online stores . 4 12 13 allgame edit allgame logo main article allgame allgame was active between 1998 2014 as the all game guide it offered information and reviews about many console hand held arcade and pc games released in the us . 3 4 14 sidereel edit sidereel logo main article sidereel sidereel 15 launched in 2007 is a tv community site which provides information about tv shows and episodes . 3 celebified edit celebified offers celebrity news and interviews and started in 2012 . 3 content and data management edit all media network s database was initially set up by vladimir bogdanov to hold the information of erlewine s many lists . 4 information in the database is licensed and used in point of sale systems by some music retailers includes the following basic data names genres credits copyright information product numbers . descriptive content styles tones moods themes nationalities . relational content similar artists and albums influences . editorial content biographies reviews rankings . the company claims to have the largest digital archive of music including about six million digital songs as well as the largest cover art library with more than half a million cover image scans . business model edit the allmusic database is also used by several generations of windows media player and musicmatch jukebox to identify and organize music collections . windows media player 11 and the integrated mtv urge music store have expanded the use of allmusic data to include related artists biographies reviews playlists and other data . 4 all media network licenses large databases of metadata about movies video games audio books and music releases from rovi corporation and publishes them online for consumer use . this includes credits and staff written biographies reviews ratings and recommendations as well as categories such as theme or mood . 9 rovi also makes this content available for point of sale systems in stores globally for cd and dvd recognition in software media players such as windows media player and musicmatch jukebox and for providing content for a variety of websites including itunes pandora and spotify . 16 17 formerly all media guide sold print compilations of its information . 5 company details edit all media network offices are located in san francisco california and ann arbor michigan united states . see also edit stephen thomas erlewine senior editor of allmusic list of online music databases references edit whois record for amg.com . whois . retrieved 2016 03 11 . all media network llc . linkedin . retrieved february 27 2014 . a b c d digital entertainment veterans launch all media network to perfect digital media discovery . marketwatch . december 3 2013 . retrieved february 27 2014 . a b c d e f g bowe brian j. january 24 2007 . make it or break it . metro times . retrieved february 27 2014 . a b wolf gary february 1994 . all music . wired . retrieved february 27 2014 . macrovision agrees to acquire all media guide holdings inc. press release . businesswire . november 6 2007 . retrieved november 6 2007 . macrovision corporation acquired all media guide holdings inc. . mandasoft . december 17 2007 . retrieved june 18 2012 . rovi corporation reports second quarter 2013 financial performance . rovi corporation . july 31 2013 . retrieved february 27 2014 . a b zac johnson september 2013 . what s the story on rovi . retrieved february 27 2014 . allgame . allgame . archived from the original on november 15 2014 . retrieved 15 november 2014 . allmusic faq . all media network llc . retrieved march 29 2014 . 2014 allmusic a division of all media network llc what about tv information . allmovie . retrieved february 27 2014 . allmovie . all media network llc . retrieved march 29 2014 . 2014 allmovie a division of all media network llc allgame faqs . all media network llc . retrieved march 29 2014 . 2014 allgame a division of all media network llc about sidereel . all media network llc . retrieved march 29 2014 . 2014 sidereel a division of all media network llc allmusic . musicminder.com . retrieved february 27 2014 . bruno antony february 28 2011 . allmusic.com folding into allrovi.com for one stop entertainment shop . 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