Kinney National Company was formed in 1966 when the Kinney Parking Company and the National Cleaning Company merged. The new company was headed by Steve Ross. 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Kinney Parking Company was originally a New Jersey funeral home company which expanded into New York parking lots, office cleaning firms and construction companies. ... Steve Ross (September 17, 1927 - December 20, 1992) was responsible for the 1990 merger of Warner Communications and Time Inc. ...

Kinney National expanded in 1967 by acquiring DC Comics, All-American Comics and Hollywood talent agency Ashley-Famous. Ted Ashley (from Ashley-Famous) suggested to Ross that he buy out the cash-stripped film company Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. When the acquisition of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts was completed in 1969, Ashley-Famous was sold because of anti-trust laws prohibiting a company from owning both a production studio and a talent agency. Ted Ashley was put in charge of the movie studio. Beginning with the unexpected success of the concert documentary Woodstock (1970), the company started scoring box office hits again, reestablishing Warner Bros as a major studio. In 1970, Kinney National bought Jac Holzman's Elektra Records and Nonesuch Records. 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... All-American Comics was the flagship title for its publisher, also called All-American Comics. ... Warner Bros. ... Media:Example. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. ... Jac Holzman founded Elektra Records in 1950 and Nonesuch Records in 1964. ... Elektra Records was a record label started in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickholt, who both invested $300. ... Nonesuch Records is currently a Warner Bros. ...

Due to a financial scandal over its parking operations Kinney National spun off its non-entertainment assets in 1972 and changed its name to Warner Communications Inc. with Steve Ross as the company's sole CEO, president and chairman. 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1972 calendar). ... Warner Communications, formerly Kinney National Company, was the parent company for Warner Bros. ... Steve Ross (September 17, 1927 - December 20, 1992) was responsible for the 1990 merger of Warner Communications and Time Inc. ...