Editing Jive Records (section)

===2010s: Dormancy===
After two decades as president of Jive, Barry Weiss left for [[Universal Music Group]]<ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine|last=Perpetua|first=Matthew|date=7 October 2011|title=RCA Folds Arista, Jive and J Records|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rca-folds-arista-jive-and-j-records-236750/|access-date=22 June 2021|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> in March 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 March 2011 |title=Barry Weiss Exits RCA/Jive |url=https://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=291609&title+Barry-Weiss-Exits-RCA-Jive |access-date=2021-09-28 |website=HITS Daily Double |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Universal Music Hires Sony Executive Barry Weiss|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-07/universal-music-hires-sony-executive-barry-weiss.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 December 2010|access-date=22 June 2021|website=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|date=7 December 2010|author-first1=Andy|author-last1=Fixmer|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211051824/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-12-07/universal-music-hires-sony-executive-barry-weiss.html}}</ref> On October 7, 2011, it was announced that Jive, along with Arista and [[J Records]], would be retired to refresh and re-brand [[RCA Records]] by not confusing or diluting it with other labels.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Halperin |first=Shirley |date=2011-10-07 |title=RCA Execs Confirm Jive and Arista Labels Shut Down |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/rca-execs-confirm-jive-arista-245392/ |access-date=2021-09-28 |website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |language=en-US}}</ref> All retained artists on those labels were then moved to RCA Records.<ref>{{cite web |last=Szalai |first=Georg |date=8 August 2011 |title=Peter Edge Named CEO of Sony's RCA Music Group |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/peter-edge-named-ceo-sonys-220328/ |access-date=2021-10-02 |work=[[Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Halperin |first=Shirley |date=12 July 2011 |title=L.A. Reid's First Week at Epic Has Some Staffers Feeling 'Energized' |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/l-a-reid-s-first-week-at-epic-has-some-staffers-1005272002.story |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715194815/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/l-a-reid-s-first-week-at-epic-has-some-staffers-1005272002.story |archive-date=15 July 2011 |access-date=2021-09-28 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref><ref name=":4" />

The label is currently in hibernation, with the distribution of its back catalog handled by Sony Music's [[Legacy Recordings]]. Previously, the Jive brand was being exclusively used under the Sony Music France division under the name Jive [[Epic Records|Epic]] in [[France]] until 2019, when it was absorbed into RCA Records France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sonymusic.fr/labels/|title=Labels - Sony Music - France|work=Sony Music France|access-date=January 28, 2015|archive-date=May 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524030404/http://www.sonymusic.fr/labels/|url-status=dead}}</ref>