Warner Communications, formerly Kinney National Company, was the parent company for Warner Bros. Pictures & Warner Music Group during the 1970s & 1980s. Besides owning Warner Bros. & its music divsion, it also owned DC Comics & MAD Magazine. From 1976-1984, Warner also owned Atari, during which it made (and later loss) a lot of money with it. In the 1970s, Warner formed a joint venture with American Express named Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, which holds cable channels like MTV, Nickelodeon, & Showtime (Warner bought out American Express's half in 1984, and a year later, sold the venture to Viacom, who renamed it MTV Networks). In 1987, it was announced that Warner Communcations & Time Inc. were to merge, through it took 2 years for the merger to take place. The last thing Warner did before the merger closed in 1989 was to buy out Lorimar-Telepictures. In early 1990, the combined companies were named Time Warner. Kinney National Company was formed in 1966 when the Kinney Parking Company and the National Cleaning Company merged. ... The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. ... Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... Harvey Kurtrdfzmans cover for the first issue of the comic book Mad Mad is an American humor magazine founded by publisher William Gaines and editor Harvey Kurtzman in 1952. ... For the concept Atari (当ãŸã‚Š) in the board game of Go, see Atari (go term). ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... American Express NYSE: AXP is a diversified global financial services company headquartered in the United States. ... Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Corporation (WASEC) was a joint venture run by Warner Communications and American Express. ... MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... Nickelodeon (Nick for short) is a cable TV network for children. ... Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. ... Viacom (short for Video & Audio Communications) [pronunciation: pre-Redstone/pre-1987: vee-a-com; post-Redstone acquisition: vi-a-com] NYSE: VIA, NYSE: VIAB is an international media conglomerate. ... MTV Networks is the corporate division of media conglomerate Viacom that oversees the operation of the following TV network brands: Country Music Television (CMT) Comedy Central Game One (joint venture with Atari)* Logo MTV MTV Hits MTV Jams MTV2 mtvU Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite Nickelodeon GAS NickToons TV Noggin/The... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time Inc. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Lorimar Productions was a American television production company, active from 1968-1993. ... Telepictures was an American television syndication firm established in 1978 by Michael Garin. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Time Warner Inc. ...
Warner bought Schlesinger's cartoon unit in 1944, and in subsequent decades characters such as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck became central to the company's image.
To the surprise of many, flashy, star-driven WarnerCommunications merged in 1989 with the white-shoe publishing company Time, Inc. Though Time and its magazines claimed a higher tone, it was the Warner Bros. film and music units which provided the profits.
In the late 1990s, Warners obtained rights to the Harry Potter novels, and released feature film adaptations of the first in 2001, the second in 2002, the third in 2004, and the fourth in November 2005.
WarnerCommunications was established in 1972 when Kinney National Company spun off its non-entertainment assets, due to a financial scandal over its parking operations.
Warner bought out American Express's half in 1984, and sold the venture a year later to Viacom, which renamed it MTV Networks.
Warner Music Group was sold to a group of investors led by Edgar Bronfman, Jr.
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