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Warner Media, LLC (formerly Time Warner Inc.) is a media conglomerate that is a division and subsidiary of AT&T and headquartered in New York City. It has film, television, cable networks, and publishing operations.
Warner Bros. Pictures Domestic Distribution (North American exhibition)
Warner Bros. Pictures International (international distribution and production; most active in Germany, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Japan, South Korea, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico)
HBO Europe Original Programming Ltd. (producer of several local original scripted programming and series based on licensed formats for Central and Eastern Europe, based in London, England, United Kingdom)
AOL – spun-off in 2009 and acquired by Verizon Communications in 2015, thus operated under the latter's media division since 2017.
Atari, Inc. – sold to Jack Tramiel on July 1, 1984 for 50 dollars cash and 240 million in stock and notes.
ACC Select
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Thrashers
Bad Wolf - minority stake; sold to Sony Pictures Television in 2021.[14][15]
BET Holdings, Inc. – 15% with Robert Johnson, BET executives and shareholders, Taft Television & Radio Company and Liberty Media/Tele-Communications, Inc., sold its stake in 1996.
BET
BET Her
Central European Media Enterprises – 75% equity holding; sold to PPF in August 2020.
E! – Time Warner's stake acquired by Comcast and The Walt Disney Company in 1997.
Game Show Network, LLC — 42% stake acquired by co-owner Sony Pictures Television in 2019.
GameTap – sold to Metaboli in 2008, later closed in 2010.
Hello Sunshine (joint venture with Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rodsky and Emerson Creative) - sold
Hulu (10% stake) – sold to Hulu LLC, but was allocated between The Walt Disney Company (7%) and Comcast (3%), later on Disney took over the full control of Hulu.[21]
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer – between 1967 and 1969 was owned by Time Inc. as a shareholder; shortly owned by Turner Broadcasting System in 1986; sold back to Kirk Kerkorian later that year and currently owned by MGM Holdings, while the pre-May 1986 library was retained by Turner Entertainment Co.
CNN Money Switzerland – joint venture with MediaGo
Esporte Interativo – TV channels shut down in 2018; still active online and on social media
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) – video library, selected wrestler contracts and other intellectual property sold to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., now known as WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), through its subsidiary W. Acquisition Company (which was subsequently renamed WCW Inc. following the sale) in 2001.[26]
Associated Artists Productions – bought 1933–1957 Fleischer/Famous Studios Popeye cartoons and pre-1950 WB library in 1956; the latter library would find its way back to Warner ownership in 1996 as part of the Turner merger (which also incorporated the Popeye cartoons)
ZIV International – acquired by Lorimar Productions in 1982; the library contents were sold to Coral Pictures in 1986.
Brut Productions – acquired by Turner Broadcasting System from Faberge Inc. in 1982; library currently owned by Turner Entertainment Co.
Hanna-Barbera – absorbed into Warner Bros Animation
Hanna-Barbera Home Video
Hanna-Barbera Poland
Headstrong Pictures
HOOQ (streaming service joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Singtel) – shut down on 30 April 2020 due to liquidation and eventually sold to Coupang in July 2020 to form the nucleus of its streaming service named Coupang Play
Lorimar Film Entertainment
Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation – sold to Lorimar in 1979; post-August 17, 1946 library currently owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment
Interstate Television – founded in early 1950s as the TV arm of Allied Artists, became Allied Artists Television in 1960s and was folded into Lorimar with the rest of AAPC in 1979
Lorimar Home Video – folded into Warner Home Video in 1988
Lorimar Records
Lorimar Television
Rankin/Bass Productions ��� post-1974 library currently owned by Warner Bros.
Midway Games – shut down under bankruptcy in 2009
Atari Games
Time Warner Interactive
Momlogic
National General Pictures – sold to Warner Bros. in 1973
Nelson Entertainment – acquired by New Line Cinema in 1991; library currently owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Embassy Home Entertainment – former divisions of its sister company, Embassy Pictures
Galactic Films, Inc.
Spikings Corporation
Charter Entertainment
New Line Home Entertainment – Folded into Warner Home Video
New Line Television – Folded into Warner Bros. Television
New Line Television Pay-Per-View – Folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Turner Home Entertainment – folded into Warner Home Video in 1997
Turner Pictures
Turner Program Services – folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV, Cable & Network Features - a former division of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution that licensed Warner Bros. feature films, television series, miniseries, TV films, and specials to the pay television and basic cable markets, as well as feature films to the broadcast networks. Formed in 1994, It was re-organized in 2001 as “Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution”, before folding into Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in 2008
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment – closed in 2009
Warner Horizon Scripted Television - merged into Warner Bros. Television Studios in 2020
WarnerMax – short-lived film production company joint venture Warner Bros. and HBO Max, it closed down in October 2020
Warner Independent Pictures – closed in 2008
Warner Premiere – closed in 2012
Warner Alliance – a now-defunct contemporary christian music division owned by Warner Music Group, which operated until 1998. The company was done in by Warner purchasing Word Entertainment.
– a now-defunct Christian division of Warner Music Group, focused on distributing Christian music and media, as well as products from other artists like Vigilantes of Love and The Call. The company largely became dormant after Word Entertainment was sold to Warner Music Group.
Weintraub Entertainment Group
The WB – 64% joint venture with Tribune Broadcasting; closed in 2006.
^"Family Life Magazine Adopted by Time Inc". New York Daily News. April 21, 1999. Family Life brings a circulation of 500,000, which Hartig said he hopes to push to the 1.1 million level of Disney competitor Family Fun.
