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Encyclopedia > National Amusements
National Amusements, Inc.
Type Private
Founded Dedham, Massachusetts (1936)
Founder Michael Redstone
Headquarters Dedham, Massachusetts
Key people Sumner Redstone, Chairman & CEO
Shari Redstone, President
Industry Services - Movie Production, Theatres
Products Showcase Cinemas, Cinema de Lux, CyGamZ, Multiplex Cinemas, and KinoStar
Subsidiaries CBS Corporation, Viacom, and Midway Games (through controlling voting interests)
Slogan Discover a World of Entertainment
Website http://www.national-amusements.com/

National Amusements, Inc. is a privately owned media and entertainment company based in Dedham, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1936 as the Northeast Theatre Corporation by Michael Redstone. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A private company is a company that is independently owned. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1635 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - Town    Administrator Bill Keegan  - Board of    Selectmen Marie-Loise Kehoe Mike Butler James MacDonald Carmen DelloIocono Dennis Teehan Area  - Town  10. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the sequel to the computer game Entrepreneur, which has no article of it own, see The Corporate Machine. ... Nickname: Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Norfolk County Settled 1635 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - Town    Administrator Bill Keegan  - Board of    Selectmen Marie-Loise Kehoe Mike Butler James MacDonald Carmen DelloIocono Dennis Teehan Area  - Town  10. ... Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein on May 27, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts) is Chairman of the Board and controlling shareholder of the Viacom and CBS Corporation media conglomerates. ... A Chairman is the presiding officer of a meeting, organization, committee, or other deliberative body. ... A Chief Executive Officer (CEO), or Chief Executive, is the highest-ranking corporate officer, administrator, corporate administrator, executive, or executive officer, in charge of total management of a corporation, company, organization or agency. ... Shari Redstone is a corporate director of the CBS and Viacom companies. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Services are: plural of service Tertiary sector of industry IRC services Web services the name of a first-class cricket team in India This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle &#8212... Showcase Cinemas is a cinema company in the UK. It owned by National Amusements of Dedham, Massachusetts, USA. The company was one of the first to open multiplex cinemas in the UK in the 1980s, it now operates 19 cinemas across the UK. Current Locations Birmingham Bristol Cardiff (Nantgarw Parc... In business, a subsidiary is a company controlled by another company or corporation. ... CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ... This page is about the post-2005 Viacom. ... Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) is an American video game publisher. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on a Web server, usually accessible via the Internet or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML, that is almost always accessible... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...


National Amusements is now owned by Michael Redstone's son, Sumner Redstone, who holds 80% of the company, and Sumner's daughter Shari Redstone who owns the remaining 20%. [1] It holds controlling voting interests in CBS Corporation, Viacom, and Midway Games. It is an equal partner in the online ticketing service MovieTickets.com and operates more than 1,500 movie screens across the United States, the United Kingdom, Latin America, and Russia under its Showcase Cinemas, Multiplex Cinemas, Cinema de Lux, and KinoStar brands. It also controls the former Paramount theaters that were disbanded in the 1948 Paramount decision. Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein on May 27, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts) is Chairman of the Board and controlling shareholder of the Viacom and CBS Corporation media conglomerates. ... Shari Redstone is a corporate director of the CBS and Viacom companies. ... CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ... This page is about the post-2005 Viacom. ... Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) is an American video game publisher. ... Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Showcase Cinemas is a cinema company in the UK. It owned by National Amusements of Dedham, Massachusetts, USA. The company was one of the first to open multiplex cinemas in the UK in the 1980s, it now operates 19 cinemas across the UK. Current Locations Birmingham Bristol Cardiff (Nantgarw Parc... United States v. ...


Main Competitors

It has been suggested that AMC Cinemas be merged into this article or section. ... Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) is North Americas largest movie theatre chain, operating 6,273 screens in 584 locations in 40 U.S. states. ... Time Warner Inc. ...

Sources

  1. ^ "Redstones settle feud over family business" from The Denver Post, February 2007
  • Yahoo! - National Amusements Inc. Company Profile

THE DENVER POST: The Denver Post is a daily newspaper and online website published in Denver, Colorado. ...

External links

  • Official site
  • 2001 Box Office Magazine profile of the company


 

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