Industry Film
Television
Music Fate Merged with Time Inc. Founder Stephen Jay Ross Successor Time Warner Parent organization Historic TW Inc. | Genre Entertainment Key people Steve Ross (CEO) Founded 1972 Ceased operations 1990 | |
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Predecessor Kinney National Company Defunct 1990; 27 years ago (1990) Headquarters New York City, New York, United States Subsidiaries Warner Bros., DC Comics, HBO, TW Ventures Inc | ||
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Warner Communications Inc. was established in 1972 when Kinney National Company spun off its non-entertainment assets due to a financial scandal over its parking operations (as National Kinney Corporation), and changed its name.
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Warner communications company
History
It was the parent company for Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Music Group. It also owned DC Comics and Mad magazine. Warner made (and later lost) considerable profits with Atari, Inc., which it owned from 1976 to 1984.
In 1979, Warner formed a joint venture with credit card company American Express, Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, which owned such cable channels as MTV, Nickelodeon, and The Movie Channel. Warner bought out American Express's half in 1984, and sold the venture a year later to Viacom, which renamed it MTV Networks.
In 1982, Warner purchased Popular Library from CBS Publications.
In 1987, it was announced that Warner Communications and Time Inc. were to merge, although it took two years for the merger to take place. Before the merger closed in 1989, Warner purchased Lorimar-Telepictures. In early 1990, the combined companies were named Time Warner.
The Warner Communications name was still credited on releases from Elektra Records and its sister labels until 2004. The Warner Music Group continues to use the "Big W" logo, designed by Saul Bass in 1972.