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An entertainment is any activity which provides a diversion or permits people to amuse themselves in their leisure time.
Entertainment is typically passive - as in watching opera or a movie. Activities which involve participating in games or sports are more often considered to be recreation....
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Fox Film
The Fox Film Corporation was an American company which produced motion pictures, formed in 1915 when founder William Fox merged two companies he had established in 1913: Greater New York Film Rental, a distribution firm, which was part of the...
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Sony
Sony Corporation (commonly referred to as Sony) (Japanese: ソニー株式会社, Sonī Kabushiki Kaisha) (TYO: 6758) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue...
Date founded:
- May 7, 1946
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), often simply known as Disney, is the largest media and entertainment conglomerate in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Disney as an animation studio, it has become one of the...
Date founded:
- Oct 16, 1923
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News Corporation
News Corporation (often abbreviated to News Corp.) is the world's second-largest media conglomerate (behind The Walt Disney Company) as of 2008 and the world's third largest in entertainment as of 2009 . The company's Chairman, Chief Executive...
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- 1979
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Studio Ghibli
Studio Ghibli, Inc. (株式会社スタジオジブリ, Kabushiki-kaisha Sutajio Jiburi) is a Japanese animation film studio. The company's logo features the character Totoro from Hayao Miyazaki's film My Neighbor Totoro.
Several anime features created by Studio Ghibli...
Date founded:
- 1985
Mushroom Records
Mushroom Records is an Australian record company formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998, it merged into Festival Mushroom Records. As of 2006 it is one of the record labels operated by Warner Bros....
Date founded:
- 1972
Music Corporation of America
MCA, Inc. (or Music Corporation of America) was an American corporation in the music and television businesses. MCA published music, booked acts, ran a record company, and distributed television productions and home videos.
MCA was founded in 1924...
Date founded:
- 1924
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Clear Channel Communications
Clear Channel Communications is an American media conglomerate company headquartered at 200 East Basse Road in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and specializes in radio broadcasting, concert promotion and...
Date founded:
- 1972
Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. It is the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations. Universal...
MGM Mirage
MGM Mirage (NYSE: MGM) is a Las Vegas, Nevada-based business engaged in the development, ownership and operation of hotels and casinos throughout the world. The company began operations on May 31, 2000 after the completion of a merger of MGM Grand...
Date founded:
- 2000
Cirque du Soleil
Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun," in English pronounced /sɪrk duː soʊˈleɪ/) (or Serk-doo-Solay), is a Canadian entertainment company, self-described as a "dramatic mix of circus arts and street entertainment." Based in Montreal,...
Date founded:
- 1984
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Rank Organisation
The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment company formed during 1937 and absorbed in 1996 by The Rank Group Plc. It was the largest and most vertically integrated film company in Britain, owning production, distribution and exhibition...
Date founded:
- 1937
National Amusements
National Amusements, Inc. is a privately owned media and entertainment company based in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA. The company was founded in 1936 as the Northeast Theatre Corporation by Michael Redstone.
National Amusements is now owned by Michael...
Date founded:
- 1936
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Carnival Corporation & plc
Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE: CCL, LSE: CCL, and NYSE: CUK), a British-American-Panamanian corporation, is the world's largest cruise operator, comprising 11 cruise brands, including Carnival Cruise Lines, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line...
Date founded:
- 1972
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Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group (WMG) is the third-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies. The current incarnation of the company was formed in 2004 when it was spun off from...
Date founded:
- 2003
Ticketmaster
Ticketmaster is the world's leading ticketing company, providing ticket sales, ticket resale services, marketing and distribution of event tickets and information. Ticketmaster celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2006.
Date founded:
- 1976
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AMC Theatres
AMC Theatres (American Multi-Cinema), officially known as AMC Entertainment Inc., as of July 1, 2009 it is the second largest movie theater chain in North America with 4,612 screens and one of only four national cinema chains (National Amusements,...
Date founded:
- 1920
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Harrah's Entertainment
Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is a private gaming corporation that owns and operates casinos, hotels, and six golf courses under several brands. The company, based in Las Vegas, Nevada, is the largest gaming company in the world, with yearly revenues...
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Televisa
Televisa (BMV: TLEVISA, NYSE: TV) is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest media company in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on...
Date founded:
- 1955
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Carolco Pictures
Carolco Pictures, Inc., Carolco International N.V., or Anabasis Investments was an independent production company, that within a decade went from producing such blockbuster successes as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the first three movies of the...
Date founded:
- 1978
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a global recorded music company, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG. The venture’s successor, the again-active Sony Music Entertainment, is 100% owned by the...
Date founded:
- Aug 4, 2004
Village Roadshow Limited
Village Roadshow Limited ASX: VRL is an Australian media company with interests in cinema, theme parks, film production and distribution. The company is a publicly listed entity on the Australian Securities Exchange. It is majority owned by Village...
Date founded:
- 1954
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Tatsunoko Production
Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. (株式会社竜の子プロダクション or 株式会社タツノコプロダクション, Kabushiki gaisha Tatsunoko Purodakushon), often shortened to Tatsunoko Pro. (竜の子プロ or タツノコプロ, Tatsunoko Puro), is a Japanese animation company founded in 1962 by acclaimed anime...
Date founded:
- 1962
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Lions Gate Entertainment
Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation (Sometimes stylized as LIONSGATE) is a Canadian entertainment company that originated in Vancouver, British Columbia and is now headquartered in Santa Monica, California, USA. As of 2007, it is the most...
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSLO, NYSE: MSO) is a diversified media and merchandising company founded by Martha Stewart. It is organized into four business segments: Publishing, Internet and Broadcasting media platforms and Merchandising...
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Sony Music Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment (or Sony Music) is the second-largest global recorded music company of the "big four" record companies and is controlled by Sony Corporation of America.
The company which evolved into Sony Music was founded in 1929 as the...
Date founded:
- 1987
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Johnny & Associates
Johnny & Associates, Inc. (株式会社ジャニーズ事務所, Kabushikigaisha Janīzu Jimusho) is a talent agency formed by Johnny Kitagawa in 1962. Johnny & Associates trains and promotes groups of male idols, collectively known as "Johnny's" (ジャニーズ, Janīzu), in Japan....
Date founded:
- 1963
Trump Entertainment Resorts
Trump Entertainment Resorts, Inc. (Pink Sheets: TRMPQ) is a holding company which owns and manages its own casinos/hotels in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The company, formerly known as Trump Hotels & Casino Resorts, was formed in 2005 as a result of...
Date founded:
- 2005
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Dick Smith Electronics
Dick Smith (formerly Dick Smith Electronics) is an Australasian electronics retailer, founded in 1968 by Richard "Dick" Smith. Today, it is a subsidiary of Woolworths Limited, part of the same group as Tandy, and entrepreneur Dick Smith owns no part...
Date founded:
- 1968
Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media, Inc. (also known as Cumulus Broadcasting) is the second largest Owner and Operator of AM and FM radio stations in the United States, operating 347 stations in 68 markets as of December 31, 2008.. The Company's headquarters are located...
Date founded:
- 1997
Go! Discs Records
Go! Discs Records was a Hammersmith, London based record label, launched in 1983 by Andy MacDonald and Lesley Symons. With artists like Billy Bragg, The Housemartins and later The Beautiful South, it became a prominent label. Go! Beat Records was...
Date founded:
- 1983
Regal Entertainment Group
Regal Entertainment Group (NYSE: RGC) operates the largest and most geographically diverse theatre circuit in the United States, consisting of 6,775 screens in 548 locations in 39 states and the District of Columbia as of October 23, 2009. The three...
Date founded:
- 2002
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Studio Pierrot
Studio Pierrot (スタジオぴえろ, Sutajio Piero) is a Japanese animation (anime) company, founded in 1979 by former employees of Tatsunoko Production. They are considered specialists in the magical girl sub-genre, especially with their magical girl series of...
Date founded:
- 1979
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Books-A-Million
Books-A-Million Inc. or BAM! was founded in 1917 as a street corner newsstand in Florence, Alabama. Books-A-Million has become the third largest book retailer in the United States (after #1 Barnes & Noble and #2 Borders Books). Its corporate office...
Date founded:
- 1917
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Landry's Restaurants, Inc.
Landry's Restaurants, Inc. NYSE: LNY is an American corporation which is in the business of developing restaurants and hospitality projects, based in Houston, Texas.
The company owns 28 casual dining and specialty restaurant concepts as well as...
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Marquee Cinemas
Marquee Cinemas is a chain of movie theaters operated out of Beckley, West Virginia since its 1979 inception.
Currently, the chain consists of nineteen theaters in the following locations.
Curtis E. McCall is the president, Chief Executive Officer,...
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Primadonna Resorts
Terrible's Primm Valley Casino Resorts (formerly known as Primadonna Resorts and Primm Valley Resorts) is a hospitality company based in Nevada. The company owns three hotel/casinos along I-15 at the California state line in Primm, Nevada. Primm...
Station Casinos
Station Casinos Inc. is a gaming company based in the Las Vegas suburb of Summerlin, Nevada, founded by Frank Fertitta Jr.
Station Casinos along with Boyd Gaming, Cannery Casino Resorts, American Casino & Entertainment Properties, and Herbst Gaming...
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Entercom Communications
Entercom Communications Corporation (NYSE: ETM) is the fifth-largest broadcasting company in the United States. As of November 2009, Entercom operates 110 radio stations in 23 markets across the United States.
The company was once called...
Date founded:
- 1968
Menart
Menart Records is a full-service record label, with offices in Slovenia and Croatia. Menart has a sub-label in Croatia called Dop Records and sub-labels Darwin, KifKif and KarmaRecords in Slovenia.
Menart Records started in the mid-90's in Slovenia...
Goodrich Quality Theaters
Goodrich Quality Theaters, Inc., or GQTI, is a chain of 31 movie theaters, headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI, representing a total of approximately 270 screens in the United States. The majority of Goodrich theaters are located in Michigan, but...
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Golden Village
Golden Village is a cinema operator based in Singapore which is a joint venture by Golden Harvest of Hong Kong and Village Roadshow of Australia. It operates nine multiplexes and cineplexes in the country including a largest cineplex at VivoCity. It...
Date founded:
- 1992
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Goldcrest Films
Goldcrest Films is a British film production company founded by Jake Eberts in January 1977. It enjoyed great success in the 1980s with films such as Local Hero (1983), The Killing Fields (1984) and Hope and Glory (1987) mostly produced by David...
Date founded:
- 1977
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Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings is a United States based hip-hop record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group. In the UK, the label takes on the name Def Jam UK and is operated through Mercury Music Group...
Date founded:
- 1984
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Cinémas Guzzo
Cinémas Guzzo is a regional chain of movie theaters located in the Canadian province of Quebec. There are currently 8 Mega-Plex locations and 4 Cinema locations, all within the greater Montreal area.
Cinemas Guzzo has always been mutually exclusive...
Date founded:
- 1974
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Carmike Cinemas
Carmike Cinemas Inc. is a movie theatre corporation headquartered in Columbus, Georgia in the United States of America. It currently operates 250 theaters in 36 states, making it the fourth largest theatre company in the United States.
Carmike was...
Date founded:
- 1982
West Virginia Radio Corporation
West Virginia Radio Corporation or WVRC is a media corporation comprised exclusively of radio stations and two radio networks based in the state of West Virginia.
The company is controlled by John Raese, a former Republican candidate for the United...
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Gaylord Entertainment Company
The Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies that were built by Edward Gaylord.
Facilities owned include:
Previously owned properties include:
It was previously a subsidiary of the Oklahoma...
Date founded:
- 1925
SM Entertainment
SM Entertainment is a talent agency, producer, and publisher of Korean pop music, founded by Lee Soo Man. Initially, "SM" was an abbreviation of the agency founder's name, but now stands for "Star Museum." Once the home to top-selling groups such as...
Date founded:
- Feb 14, 1995
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IDT Corp.
IDT Corporation (originally standing for International Discount Telecommunications) is a telecommunications company headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. It has begun to branch out into other business lines to increase its diversity and lower its...
Date founded:
- Aug 1990
Avex Trax
Avex Group Holdings Inc. (エイベックス・グループ・ホールディングス株式会社, Eibekkusu Gurūpu Hōrudingusu Kabushiki-gaisha) TYO: 7860 is the holding company for a group of entertainment-related subsidiaries based in Japan. The origin of the word Avex comes from the English...
Date founded:
- 1988
YG Family
YG Entertainment (Korean: YG 엔터테인먼트) is a record label from Korea. YG Entertainment specializes in producing R&B; and hip hop music. Before YG Entertainment was formed, hip hop music was an unknown and unpopular genre in Korea. YG stands for Yang...
Date founded:
- 1996
Daesung Entertainment
Daesung Entertainment also known as DSP Entertainment is a Korean entertainment company, headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. Its greatest success has been the girl group Fin.K.L, which managed to win a prestigious Daesang, or Best Artist Award, in...
Rocket Racing League
The Rocket Racing League is a proposed racing league that would use rocket powered aircraft. The formation of the league was announced by Granger Whitelaw, and Peter Diamandis, founder of the Ansari X-Prize, on October 3, 2005, in partnership with...
Date founded:
- 2005
Iconix Entertainment
Iconix Entertainment, headquartered in Seoul, Korea, is a major Korean entertainment company formed by the merger of Iconix. The company is commonly referred to as "Iconix", the same name used in previous incarnations of Iconix.
Iconix also produces...
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- 1996
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Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2002 that was started by Richard Foos (co-founder of Rhino Records), Bob Emmer (former Warner Music Group and Rhino executive) and Garson Foos (former Rhino executive) initially as a specialty...
Date founded:
- 2002
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OneRace Films
One Race Films (also known as One Race Productions) is a video production company established in 1995 in Los Angeles by actor, writer, director, and producer Vin Diesel. Tigon Studios, an interactive entertainment development and production studio...
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Tandy
Tandy is an electronics retailer in Australia, owned by Woolworths Limited.
Tandy was originally founded in the United States in 1950 as Tandy Leather Company. In 1963, Tandy changed its business to electronics when it acquired control of RadioShack...
Date founded:
- 1973
National CineMedia
National CineMedia, LLC (NCM) (NASDAQ: NCMI) operates the largest digital in-theatre network in North America through long-term agreements with its founding members, AMC Entertainment Inc., Cinemark USA Inc., and Regal Entertainment Group, the three...
Harkins Theatres
Harkins Theatres is a movie theater chain with locations throughout the Southwestern United States. Harkins Theatres is privately owned and operated by its parent company, Harkins Enterprises, LLC. The company currently operates 30 theaters with...
Date founded:
- 1933
