Zoo Entertainment (record label)

This article is about the American record label, for the British independent label, see Zoo Records.

Zoo Entertainment was an American record label formed in 1990 by Lou Maglia. Zoo released three platinum Tool records, as well as gold records by Green Jellÿ and Matthew Sweet.
History
The label was formed in 1990 by industry icon Lou Maglia (former president of Island Records). As early as 1993, Zoo was having financial difficulties. The record label also distributed Gamble & Huff's Philadelphia International Records for a short time. Being its distributor, the late Phyllis Hyman enjoyed a #1 R&B hit with "Don't Wanna Change The World".
In 1995, BMG reduced the staff at Zoo, foreshadowing problems for the label.
In August 1996, BMG sold Zoo to Kevin Czinger's newly formed Volcano Entertainment. It began as a partnership between the two labels, but by the end of 1997 the Zoo name had been phased out...