Linus Entertainment: version 1
Saved 2026-09-13 13:22 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the 2002 Canadian CD **Dynamic – Land of Chakrila** (Linus Entertainment, cat. LINUS 2 70009), barcode 0803057000920, from the wanted list (old 2007 page "dynamic land of chakrila"). - Identity. This is the current version.
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# Linus Entertainment <!--company-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Linus Entertainment
legal_name: Linus Entertainment Inc.
country: CA
website: https://linusentertainment.com/
founded: 2001
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ------------------------ | ------ | ------- | ----- | ----- | -------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| owned_by | company/round-hill-music | | 2023-08 | | | verified | ^mbw | Acquired on behalf of Round Hill Music Royalty Fund III LP; Wikipedia (^wikipedia-linus) and MusicBrainz label ownership (^mb-label) agree |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------ | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Linus Entertainment Inc. | legal | | | |
| Linus | search | | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ------------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | ------- | ------------ | ----------- | -------- |
| mbw | https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/round-hill-music-acquires-canada-based-indie-music-company-linus-entertainment/ | Round Hill Music acquires Canada-based indie music company Linus Entertainment | 2026-09-13 | Music Business Worldwide | publication | 2023-08-22 | | | | | |
| mb-label | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/label/236a812d-dfd3-446a-9b32-165515504f9e?fmt=json&inc=label-rels+url-rels | MusicBrainz label: Linus Entertainment | 2026-09-13 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | 236a812d-dfd3-446a-9b32-165515504f9e | | CC0 | | |
| discogs-label | https://api.discogs.com/labels/98944 | Discogs label: Linus Entertainment | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 98944 | | | | |
| wikipedia-linus | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Entertainment | Wikipedia: Linus Entertainment | 2026-09-13 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | CC BY-SA 4.0 | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Linus Entertainment is a Canadian independent record label, distributor and music publisher founded by Geoff Kulawick; it started in Mississauga, spent many years in Burlington and moved to Waterdown in Hamilton, Ontario.[^wikipedia-linus] Its catalogues include True North Records, Stony Plain Records, Solid Gold Records and The Children's Group, and in August 2023 Round Hill Music acquired the company together with the distributor Independent Digital Licensing Agency.[^mbw] Wikipedia and Discogs give 2001 as the founding year, while Music Business Worldwide gives 2000.[^discogs-label] MusicBrainz records the legal name Linus Entertainment Inc. as the holding behind the imprint.[^mb-label]
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