▁paid ▁for ▁the ▁Z om ba ▁Group ▁was ▁more ▁than ▁was ▁paid ▁for ▁the ▁purchase ▁of ▁many ▁others ▁labels ▁including ▁Island , ▁Ge ffen , ▁Virgin , ▁A & M , ▁Mot own , ▁Ch rys alis , ▁and ▁Def ▁Jam , ▁combined . ▁ ▁Initial ly , ▁B M G ▁took ▁its ▁time ▁in ▁integr ating ▁Z om ba ▁with ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁its ▁labels , ▁hoping ▁that ▁the ▁former ▁independent ▁would ▁lift ▁B M G s ▁world wide ▁rank ▁from ▁fifth ▁to ▁fourth - larg est ▁record ▁company . ▁ ▁Cal der ▁res igned ▁his ▁position ▁as ▁CE O ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁purchase , ▁but ▁stayed ▁on ▁in ▁an ▁advis ory ▁position ▁for ▁about ▁another ▁year . ▁ ▁In ▁mid - 2 0 0 3 , ▁B M G ▁began ▁its ▁world wide ▁integration ▁of ▁Z om ba ▁cutting ▁hundreds ▁of ▁jobs ▁through ▁the ▁cons olid ation ▁of ▁regional ▁operations . ▁ ▁While ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁key ▁man agers ▁stayed , ▁and ▁the ▁large ▁offices ▁in ▁the ▁US ▁and ▁the ▁UK ▁remained ▁oper ational , ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁regional ▁offices ▁were ▁assim il ated ▁into ▁B M G . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁the ▁regional ▁mer gers , ▁the ▁Z om ba ▁and ▁B M G ▁publishing ▁companies ▁were ▁integrated . ▁ ▁The ▁US ▁and ▁UK ▁offices ▁remained ▁as ▁stand - alone ▁units , ▁but ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁back - office ▁functions ▁were ▁cons olid ated ▁into ▁B M G . ▁ ▁The ▁Prov ident ▁Music ▁Group , ▁Z om