changes" as it struggled to "counter falling sales and the impact of unofficial online music sales". Mo Ostin, the principal executive at DreamWorks Records, said: "Despite the challenges of the music business today, Universal is acquiring a wonderful asset and the sale will assure the strongest possible future for our artists". Under the new deal, DreamWorks Records was placed within the Interscope Geffen A&M label, under the direction of Jimmy Iovine. After DreamWorks was folded into Geffen Records, Jordan Schur was joined by Polly Anthony in 2004. Its country music division, DreamWorks Nashville, which began in June 1997, remained operational until January 29, 2006, when it was shut down by Universal Music Group Nashville. DreamWorks Nashville Between 1997 and 2006, DreamWorks also operated a division in Nashville, Tennessee for country music acts. Among the artists signed to the DreamWorks Nashville division were Jessica Andrews, Emerson Drive, Toby Keith, Mike Walker, Randy Travis, Jimmy Wayne, and Darryl Worley. After DreamWorks Records' dissolution, former executive Scott Borchetta formed Big Machine Records in late 2005, signing several country music acts to the label. Borchetta also signed Show Dog Records in partnership with Toby Keith, although Keith dropped his association with the latter label in 2006. Meanwhile, Borchetta signed Taylor Swift to DreamWorks Records. The latter label merged with Universal South Records to become Show Dog-Universal Music. See also DreamWorks Records discography List of DreamWorks Records artists List of record labels References External links DreamWorks Pictures Record labels based in California Defunct record labels of the United States American country music record labels American record labels Pop record labels Soundtrack record labels Record labels established in 1996 1996 establishments in California Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles Labels distributed by Universal Music Group Record labels disestablished in 2006 2006 disestablishments in California David Geffen Steven Spielberg Jeffrey Katzenberg