Communication Services, 20T-RKO
Communication services, added in 2018, includes traditional and social media, web platforms, video game makers, and telecom providers. Companies include AT&T, Netflix, Facebook parent Meta, and Google parent Alphabet.
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20th Century Studios
20th Century Studios, major American film studio formed in 1935 by the merger of Twentieth Century Pictures and......
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
Activision Blizzard is an American developer and manufacturer of electronic games. The company was formed in 2008......
Alphabet, Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is an American technology conglomerate and holding company formed in 2015 as a strategic restructuring......
American Broadcasting Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a major American television network that is a division of the Disney Company......
Americaâs Best Comics
Americaâs Best Comics (ABC), American comic book imprint launched in 1999 by comic creator Alan Moore. An imprint......
AOL
AOL was one of the largest Internet-access subscription service companies in the United States, introducing millions......
Asylum Records and the Sound of Southern California
The driving force behind Asylum Records, the musical embodiment of the âMe Decadeâ (writer Tom Wolfeâs characterization......
AT&T Corporation
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Biograph Company
Biograph Company, one of the major American motion-picture studios in the early days of filmmaking, founded as......
Black Entertainment Television
Black Entertainment Television is an American cable television network with programming developed primarily for......
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News, news service based in New York City, New York, known for providing business and economic news to......
Bluesky
Bluesky is a social media app where users post short messages of up to 300 characters, known as microblogging (similar......
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), publicly financed broadcasting system in Great Britain, operating under......
ByteDance
ByteDance, Chinese technology company that developed novel video-sharing social networking applications, most notably......
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), public broadcasting service over AM and FM radio networks and television......
Casablanca Records
Even in the bacchanal of 1970s Los Angeles, the drug and promotional excesses of Casablanca Records stood out.......
CBS Broadcasting Inc.
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major American mass-media company that operates the CBS national television network.......
Chess Records: From Muddy to âMaybelleneâ
In 1947 brothers Leonard and Phil Chess became partners with Charles and Evelyn Aron in the Aristocrat Record Company.......
CinecittĂ
CinecittĂ , largest motion-picture studio in Italy. It is located outside Rome. CinecittĂ was constructed in 1936â37......
CNN
Before 1980, Americans got their news from one of three broadcast networks, their local newspaper, or neighborhood......
Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.
Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc., American motion-picture studio that became a major Hollywood studio under......
Comcast
Comcast Corporation is an American media and technology company with operations in broadband, wireless services,......
Comsat
Comsat, private corporation authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1962 to develop commercial communications satellite......
Craigslist
Craigslist, private corporation operating over the Internet to provide classified advertisements, community information......
Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll, LLC is an American production, distribution, licensing, and streaming company dedicated to anime,......
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics, American comic book publisher founded in 1986 by comics retailer Mike Richardson. In an industry......
DC Comics
DC Comics is an American comic book publisher whose charactersâincluding Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash,......
Death Row Records and Interscope Records
Among the individuals responsible for the flourishing of hip-hop in Los Angeles in the 1990s was a white man, Jimmy......
Decca Records: Shaking, Rattling, and Rolling
Formed as an American division by its British parent company in 1934, Decca was the only major company to stand......
Def Jam Records: Hip-Hop Harbingers
Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons managed several pioneer hip-hop acts, including Run-D.M.C., through their Rush Management......
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle is a German news and information broadcaster focused on the international market. It broadcasts......
Disney Company
Walt Disney Company is an American corporation best known as a purveyor of family entertainment. During the 20th......
DreamWorks Animation
DreamWorks Animation, American entertainment company producing animated feature films, original TV series and shorts,......
DuMont Television Network
The DuMont Television Network was an American television network of the 1940s and â50s, established in 1946 by......
Ealing Studios
Ealing Studios, English motion-picture studio, internationally remembered for a series of witty comedies that reflected......
eHarmony
eHarmony, American company providing online personal-relationship and matchmaking services. Founded in 2000 by......
Elektra Records: Village Folk to âRiders on the Stormâ
Formed in 1950 by Jac Holzman, who initially ran it from his dormitory at St. Johnâs College, in Annapolis, Maryland,......
Facebook
Facebook, American online social media platform and social network service that is part of the company Meta Platforms.......
Facebook: At a Glance
Facebook is a social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Harvard University students......
Factory Records: Manchesterâs 24-Hour Party People
Factory Records emerged in the punk moment of the late 1970s and was the heart of Manchesterâs music scene until......
Fantasy Records: Cosmoâs Factory
Fantasy was founded as a jazz label in San Francisco in 1949 by brothers Sol and Max Weiss. Their artists included......
Financial Times
Financial Times, newspaper edited in London that traditionally had strong influence on the financial policies of......
Forbes
Forbes, American business magazine owned by Forbes, Inc. Published biweekly, it features original articles on finance,......
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Broadcasting Company is an American television broadcasting company founded in 1986 by media magnate Rupert......
Fox Corporation
Fox Corporation is an American mass media company formed in 2019 after The Walt Disney Company acquired most of......
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel, American cable television news and political commentary channel launched in 1996. The network......
Gannett Co., Inc.
Gannett Co., Inc., one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, with interests in newspaper Web......
Google
Google is an American search engine company, founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Since 2015, Google......
GTE Corporation
GTE Corporation, U.S. holding company for several U.S. and international telephone companies. It also manufactures......
Hammer Films
Hammer Films, British production company known for its low-budget, gothic horror feature films. In 1934 theatre......
HBO
Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) is an American cable television company that arguably became the leading premium cable......
Hi Records
In the early 1970s Memphisâs chain of racially mixed musics made by integrated musiciansâfrom the output of Sun......
Hi Records
Hi Records, American record label founded in 1957 by guitarist Ray Harris and Memphis record store owner Joe Cuoghi.......
Hill and Range: The Kingâs Publishers
When Austrian immigrant brothers Jean and Julian Aberbach formed their Hill and Range publishing company in 1945,......
HYBE Corp.
HYBE Corp. is a South Korean global entertainment company established in 2005 by Bang Si-hyuk, an entrepreneur,......
Instagram
Instagram, online social media platform and social network service for photograph and video sharing. The app was......
Intelsat
Intelsat is a satellite communications company that operates a global network of satellites and ground infrastructure......
Island Records: Chris Blackwellâs Rock and Reggae Circus
Chris Blackwell grew up in Jamaica but was educated in England. He founded Island Records in 1959 in Jamaica, then......
ITT Corporation
ITT Corporation, former American telecommunications company that grew into a successful conglomerate corporation......
ITV
ITV, in the United Kingdom, television network consisting of a consortium of private companies in competition with......
John Bartholomew and Son
John Bartholomew and Son, former mapmaking and publishing company of the United Kingdom that was located in Edinburgh......
King Records in the Queen City
Record store owner Syd Nathan established King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1943. Situated just across the Ohio......
LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social media platform and social networking website founded in 2002 and headquartered......
LinkedIn profile page
an overview of how to set up an account profile for gaining attention and maximizing exposure on...
LinkedIn tips
recommendations for how to gain attention and maximize exposure on...
list of Pixar films
list of Pixar films, Pixar Animation Studios (or Pixar) is best known for feature-length computer-animated films,......
Live Nation Entertainment
Live Nation Entertainment is an American multinational entertainment company formed in 2010 through the merger......
MapQuest
MapQuest, American Web-based, wireless mapping service owned by AOL (formerly known as America Online). MapQuest......
Marvel Comics
Marvel Comics, American media and entertainment company that was widely regarded as one of the âbig twoâ publishers......
Meta
Meta Platforms, Inc., formerly Facebook, is an American technology company focused on social media and artificial......
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM), American corporation that was once the worldâs largest and most profitable motion-picture......
Monster
Monster, American online employee-recruitment company, with headquarters in Maynard, Mass., and New York, N.Y.......
Monument Records: Roy Orbisonâs Musical Landmarks
Roy Orbisonâs sequence of nine Top Ten hits for Monument Recordsâfrom âOnly the Lonelyâ in 1960 to âOh, Pretty......
Motion Picture Patents Company
Motion Picture Patents Company, trust of 10 film producers and distributors who attempted to gain complete control......
Motown
Motown, recording company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., in Detroit in January 1959 that became one of the most successful......
MS NOW
MS NOW is an American cable television news and political commentary channel launched in 1996 as MSNBC. MS NOW......
MTV
MTV is a cable television network that began as a 24-hour channel for music videos. SKYD MTV debuted just after......
MTV
The Bugglesâ âVideo Killed the Radio Star,â the first music video broadcast on MTV (Music TeleVision) when it debuted......
National Broadcasting Co., Inc.
National Broadcasting Co., Inc. (NBC), major American commercial broadcasting company, since 2004 the television......
NBCUniversal
NBCUniversal, global media and entertainment company that develops, produces, and markets news and entertainment......
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is a media company based in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by American entrepreneurs Reed......
News Corporation
News Corporation (âNews Corpâ) is a multinational media and information services conglomerate that was originally......
Nikkatsu Motion Picture Company
Nikkatsu Motion Picture Company, Japanâs oldest motion-picture company. Established as an independent company in......
Nintendo
Nintendo Co., Ltd., began in the late 19th century as a small Japanese workshop making playing cards. Over more......
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japanese telecommunications company that almost monopolizes Japanâs......
Orange SA
Orange SA (formerly France TĂ©lĂ©com) is a Paris-based telecommunications company that held a monopoly in Franceâs......
Paramount Global
Paramount Global was one of the largest media and entertainment conglomerates in the United States. It was formed......
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures is one of the first and most successful of the Hollywood film studios. It became a subsidiary......
Penguin Random House
Penguin Random House, publishing house formed by the merger of Penguin and Random House in 2013. It is one of the......
Philadelphia International Records: The Sound of Philadelphia
The Sound of Philadelphia in the 1970s was the bridge between Memphis soul and international disco and between......
Pixar
Pixar, motion-picture studio, from 2006 a wholly owned subsidiary of the Disney Company, that was instrumental......
Profile Records: âRun This Wayâ
Hip-hop was scorned by the established music industry as a novelty idiom until 1986, when Run-D.M.C. enrolled Aerosmithâs......
RAK Records
For a long time, London pop was cynical, inept, or ironic. In the early 1970s a new generation of producersâheedful......
RCA Corporation
RCA Corporation, major American electronics and broadcasting conglomerate that is a unit of General Electric Company.......
Reddit
Reddit is an online social media forum where users share news stories and other content. Reddit was launched in......
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., American motion-picture studio that made some notable films in the 1930s and â40s. Radio-Keith-Orpheum......