Editing Elektra Records (section)

{{Short description|American record label}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2016}}
{{Infobox record label
| bgcolor     = #d42a33
| name        = {{color|white|Elektra Records}}
| image_name  = Elektra Records EE logo 2022 (modified).svg
| caption     = 
| parent      = <!-- Elektra Music Group<br>-->[[Warner Music Group]]
| founded     = {{start date and age|1950|2|6}}
| founder     = {{hlist|[[Jac Holzman]]|Paul Rickolt}}
| status      = <!--Leave blank unless "Inactive" or "Defunct"-->
| distributor = {{ubl|[[300 Elektra Entertainment]]|{{small|(United States)}}| [[300 Elektra Entertainment#Elektra France|Elektra France]] {{small|(France)}}|[[Parlophone]] {{small|(UK)}}|Warner Music Group|{{small|(International)}}|[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Entertainment Company]]|{{small|(Re-issues)}}}}
| genre       = Various
| country     = United States
| location    = 
| url         = {{url|elektra.com}}
}}

'''Elektra Records''' (or '''Elektra Entertainment''') is a former American [[record label]] owned by [[Warner Music Group]], founded in 1950 by [[Jac Holzman]] and Paul Rickolt.<ref name="CNNHistory">{{cite news|last1=Leopold|first1=Todd|title=Confessions of a record label owner|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/19/holzman.elektra/index.html?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|access-date=13 November 2016|publisher=CNN|date=20 April 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114170417/http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/19/holzman.elektra/index.html?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ|archive-date=November 14, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> It played an important role in the development of [[contemporary folk music|contemporary folk]] and [[rock music]] between the 1950s and 1970s. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's [[Atlantic Records Group]]. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived as an imprint of Atlantic in 2009. In October 2018, Elektra was detached from the [[Atlantic Records]] umbrella and reorganized into Elektra Music Group, once again operating as an independently managed frontline label of Warner Music. In June 2022, Elektra Music Group was merged with [[300 Entertainment]] to create the umbrella label [[300 Elektra Entertainment]] (3EE), though both Elektra and 300 continued to maintain their separate identities as labels. In Oct 2024, [[300 Elektra Entertainment]] merged with [[Atlantic Records]], though still retaining imprints on releases.<ref name="WMG">{{cite news|url=https://www.wmg.com/news/atlantic-music-group-begins-new-era|title=Atlantic Music Group Begins New Era |date=September 23, 2024 }}</ref>