I assume it is intentional that this page ignores the distinction between these 2 logos?
Worldwide including Japan until 2009 used by BMG group:
- "original" ariola logo
Japan (June 2009 - present) used by "BMG JAPAN INC."/Ariola Japan/Sony Music Labels:
- text moved outside the parallelogram; shrank the parallelogram's width
If so, I think it would still be helpful to indicate that "June 2009" was a logo change and rebranding/merging of all BMG labels into the new revision of the Ariola logo.