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Popjustice have got hold of the seating plans for this year's Brit Awards, the UK record industry jolly held on February 16 this year. There were platinum tables rated A to E and mere gold tables from F to J. As PopJustice points out, the seating assignments say a lot about the state of the British music and media industries.

There were many top-class A tables for Sony (18, plus 2 Sony/ATV publishers and 2 Sony Ericsson) and Universal/UMTV (17) and fewer for Polydor (6), with 6 Warner Bros/Music/Chapell tables scattered around from A to C, and 7 EMI tables in B. Mastercard/Barclays (chief sponsors) and BPI/Brits (organisers) filled out much of B and C. ITV who broadcast the ceremony had 12 good tables (A and B) - 5 for Brand and Commercial, 2 for ITV Entertainment, and the rest spread across Commissioning, Corporate Comms, Productions, Public Affairs, and ITV2; the BBC had just 2 (one for Radio 1 and the other for Talents and Rights Negotiation) and Sky and Channel 4 one each.

Here are some of the other attendees, divided by class of table (A is right up in front of the stage, B behind, C and D in a semicircle behind that, right up to J and K at the very back):

A: 3 tables for Island; 2 for Atlantic; 2 for Mercury music group, 1 each for CAA (talent agency), Classic FM, Def Jam, iTunes, Live Nation (promoters), Music Week (magazine), Ticketmaster (promoters), XL Recordings (record label), All Around The World (record label), All The Worlds (events company)
B: 3 for AEG (concert promoters)
C: 2 for Myspace; 1 each for HMV, LTB TV, MTV, Pet Shop Boys partnership, Primary Talent International, The Sun, Virgin Media, William Morris, Official Chart Company
D: 2 for ASDA stores, 2 Fremantle (producers of X Factor, X's Got Talent, X Idol, etc); 1 each for BSkyB (Sky television), Freud communications, Guardian Media Group radio
E: Orion Security Print, BMI (music licensing agency), Black and Blonde (music management behind The Soldiers and various pop acts)
F: Heart (radio)
G: Bauer media (Heat, Kerrang, FHM, Kiss radio, and many more)
H: Dragonstorm Records, Olswang (media lawyers), ITV2 press, Just 4 Linen (linen hire service)
J: 2 for Comet Group (electrical retailer)

Many of the lesser tables were also set aside for Brits staff, Mastercard, and miscellaneous suppliers.