Warner Communications, Inc.
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
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| Industry | Entertainment |
| Fate | Merged with Time Inc. |
| Predecessor | Kinney National Company |
| Successor | Time Warner (now WarnerMedia) |
| Founded 📆 | 1972 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Defunct | January 10, 1990 |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | New York City, , |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Steve Ross (CEO) |
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Number of employees | |
| Divisions | Warner Bros. Inc. Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Television DC Comics Lorimar Television |
| 🌐 Website | [Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). ] |
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Warner Communications, Inc. was an American entertainment company established in 1972 from the entertainment assets of Kinney National Company, which were spun off due to a financial scandal over its parking operations[1] (as National Kinney Corporation) and changed its name.
History[edit]
It was the parent company for Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Music Group and, through Warner Cable, Dimension Pictures. It also owned DC Comics and Mad magazine. Warner made (and later lost) considerable profits with Atari, Inc., which it owned from 1976 to 1984.
In 1979, Warner formed a joint venture with credit card company American Express, Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, which owned such cable channels as MTV, Nickelodeon, and The Movie Channel. Warner bought out American Express's half in 1984, and sold the venture a year later to Viacom, which renamed it MTV Networks (now known as ViacomCBS Domestic Networks).
In 1982, Warner purchased Popular Library from CBS Publications.[2]
Taking advantage of Warner Communications' financial situation in 1987 (which was due to the video game crash of 1983), the neighboring company of Time Inc., led by Henry Luce III, announced that the two were to merge, although it took two years for the merger to take place. In context, Time Inc. took over Warner Communications, and merged. The merged company, Time Warner (which Time Inc. was spun off from in 2014 and later acquired by Meredith Corporation), was acquired by AT&T in 2018 and renamed WarnerMedia.
The Warner Communications name was still credited on releases from Elektra Records and its sister labels until 2004. Warner Music Group continues to use the "Big W" logo, designed by Saul Bass in 1972.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "List of corporate scandals". Financial Analyses. 4 October 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ↑ "Copyrights of Golden-Age Comics". Golden-Age Comic book Superheroes & Villains Encyclopedia. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
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- 1972 establishments in New York (state)
- 1990 disestablishments in New York (state)
- American companies established in 1972
- Defunct mass media companies of the United States
- Mass media companies based in New York City
- Mass media companies established in 1972
- Mass media companies disestablished in 1990
- WarnerMedia
