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Sony

This is a list of assets owned by Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Group Corporation.

## Subsidiaries and affiliates by business segment

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### Electronics

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* Sony Corporation
* Sony Global Manufacturing & Operations Corporation

### Sony Semiconductor Solutions Group

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* Sony Semiconductor Solutions
* Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing
* Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (joint venture with TSMC and Denso)
* Sony Semiconductor Israel (formerly Altair Semiconductor)
* Sony Depthsensing Solutions (formerly SoftKinetic)
* Sony Advanced Visual Sensing

### Sony Interactive Entertainment / PlayStation

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Sony Interactive Entertainment PlayStation

* Audeze
* Audiokinetic
* Bungie
* Evolution Championship Series (joint venture with Endeavor)
* Gaikai
* iSize
* PlayStation Productions
* PlayStation Studios
* Bluepoint Games
* Creative Arts
* Visual Arts
* Music
* Sound
* Creative
* Firesprite
* Fabrik Games
* Guerrilla Games
* Haven Studios
* Housemarque
* Insomniac Games
* Insomniac North Carolina
* Media Molecule
* Naughty Dog
* ICE Team
* Nixxes Software
* Polyphony Digital
* Bend Studio
* Team Asobi
* Malaysia Studio
* San Diego Studio
* San Mateo Studio
* Santa Monica Studio
* Sucker Punch Productions
* Valkyrie Entertainment
* XDev
* PlayStation Mobile
* PlayStation Publishing
* Repeat.gg
* SN Systems

### Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.

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Sony Pictures Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Animation Screen Gems Crunchyroll

* Sony Pictures Studios
* Sony Pictures Studios Post Production Facilities
* Worldwide Product Fulfillment
* Madison Gate Records
* Sony Pictures Consumer Products
* Pixomondo
* Sony Pictures Experiences
* Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
* Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan Inc.
* Madhouse (5%)
* Toei Animation (1.86%)
* Sony Pictures Europe
* Sony Pictures Interactive
* Sony Pictures Digital
* Sony Pictures Digital Productions Inc.
* Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group
* Columbia Pictures
* Ghost Corps
* Sony Pictures Animation
* 3000 Pictures
* Screen Gems
* Sony Pictures Classics
* Sony Pictures Releasing
* Sony Pictures Releasing International
* Sony Pictures Releasing de México
* Sony Pictures Imageworks
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
* Sony Pictures Kids Zone
* Kartoon Studios (7%)
* Genius Brands Music
* Kartoon Channel
* Baby Genius
* Stan Lee Universe
* A Squared Entertainment LLC
* Stan Lee Comics LLC (60%)
* Wow Unlimited Media
* Mainframe Studios
* Frederator Networks
* Frederator Studios
* Frederator Films
* Channel Frederator Network
* StashRiot
* Cartoon Hangover
* Frederator Flux
* The Leaderboard Network
* Cinematica
* MicDrop
* Atomo Network (Joint venture with Ánima)
* Frederator Books
* Thirty Labs
* Ezrin Hirsh Entertainment (EHE)
* Big Picture Productions
* Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (joint venture with Universal Pictures Home Entertainment)
* Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group
* Destination Films
* Stage 6 Films
* Affirm Films
* Affirm Television
* Great American Pure Flix streaming (joint venture with Great American Media)
* TriStar Pictures
* TriStar Productions
* Crunchyroll, LLC[1] (joint venture with Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex)
* Crunchyroll streaming
* Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
* Crunchyroll Store Australia
* Crunchyroll EMEA
* Crunchyroll SAS
* Crunchyroll SA
* Crunchyroll GmbH
* Crunchyroll Games
* Crunchyroll Store
* Crunchyroll Channel (FAST channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures Television Networks' Game Show Network, LLC)
* Sony Pictures Television
* CPT Holdings, Inc.
* Sony Pictures Television Studios
* TriStar Television
* 2waytraffic
* 2waytraffic Mobile
* 2waytraffic International
* Bad Wolf
* Blueprint Television (joint venture with Blueprint Pictures)
* Califon Productions, Inc.
* Eleventh Hour Films
* Eleven
* Embassy Row
* Fable Pictures
* Floresta
* Hot Sauce Pictures
* Jeopardy Productions, Inc.
* Left Bank Pictures
* Curio Pictures
* Satisfy (joint venture with Satisfaction Group; 20%)
* Sony Pictures Television Kids
* Stellify Media
* Stolen Picture
* Teleset
* Teleset Mexico
* The Whisper Group
* Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction
* 19 Entertainment
* B17 Entertainment
* House of NonFiction
* Maxine
* The Intellectual Property Corporation
* Sharp Entertainment
* Trilogy Films
* This Machine Filmworks
* UNConventional Entertainment
* Sony Pictures Television Networks
* Game Show Network, LLC
* Game Show Network (Cable channel)
* Game Show Central (FAST channel)
* Crunchyroll Channel (FAST channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan-owned Aniplex's Crunchyroll, LLC)
* CPE US Networks
* Get (Digital multicast network)
* Sony Movie Channel (Cable channel)
* Sony Cine (Spanish-language cable channel)
* International
* Culver Max Entertainment Private Limited
* Sony Entertainment Television
* Sony Ten
* Sony Max
* Sony Max 2
* Sony SAB
* SonyLIV streaming
* Sony Six
* Sony Aath
* Sony BBC Earth (joint venture with BBC Studios)
* Sony YAY!
* Sony Pix
* Sony Wah
* Sony Pal
* Sony Marathi
* Studio NEXT
* Sony Pictures Networks Productions
* AXN
* AXN Black
* AXN Movies
* AXN Mystery
* AXN Now
* AXN Spin
* AXN White
* Sony AXN
* Lifetime Latin America (joint venture with A+E Networks Latin America, distributed by Ole Distribution)
* Sony Channel[2]

### Sony Music Group

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Main article: List of Sony Music labels

Sony Music Columbia Records Epic Records RCA Records Arista Records

* Sony Music Publishing
* Bleeding Fingers Music
* Challenge Records
* EMI Music Publishing
* EMI Production Music
* Extreme Music
* Hickory Records
* KPM Music
* Remote Control Productions
* APM Music (joint venture with Universal Music Publishing Group)
* Sonoton
* Bruton Music
* Cezame Music
* Hard and Kosinus
* Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
* Columbia Records
* Startime International
* Epic Records
* Freebandz
* Arista Records
* Bad Boy Records
* So So Def Recordings
* Kemosabe Records
* Legacy Recordings
* The Orchard
* Blind Pig Records
* Frenchkiss Records
* RED Music
* Shrapnel Records
* RCA Records
* RCA Inspiration
* Fo Yo Soul
* GospoCentric Records
* B'Rite Music
* Quiet Water Entertainment
* Verity Records
* Roswell Records
* Volcano Entertainment
* Ultra Records
* Sony Masterworks
* Bluebird Records
* Masterworks Broadway
* Milan Records
* Odyssey Records
* Okeh Records
* Playbill Records
* Portrait Records
* RCA Red Seal Records
* Sony Classical Records
* Deutsche Harmonia Mundi
* Sony Music Australia
* Sony Music Brazil
* Amigo Records
* Phonomotor Records
* Som Livre
* Sony Music Canada
* Ratas Music Group
* Sony Music China
* Sony Music France
* Sony Music Germany
* Ariola
* Sony Music Entertainment Hong Kong
* Sony Music India
* Sony Music Indonesia
* Sony Music Latin
* Sony Music Mexico
* Sony Music Nashville
* Arista Nashville
* Columbia Nashville
* RCA Records Nashville
* Provident Entertainment
* Essential Records
* Flicker Records
* Provident Films
* Reunion Records
* Beach Street Records
* Sony Music Philippines
* Sony Music Entertainment Poland
* Sony Music Taiwan
* Sony Music Thailand
* Bakery Music
* Sony BEC-TERO Music
* Sony Music UK
* Black Butter Records (49%)
* Columbia Records UK
* Dream Life Records
* Insanity Records (joint venture with Insanity Group)
* Magic Star
* Ministry of Sound
* Music For Nations
* RCA Label Group UK
* Relentless Records
* Since '93
* Sony Commercial Group
* Sony Music Legacy - UK
* Sony Music Nashville UK
* Global Podcast Division
* Neon Hum Media

### Sony Music Entertainment Japan

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* Aniplex
* A-1 Pictures Inc.
* Aniplex of America Inc.
* Aniplex (Shanghai) Ltd. (51%)
* Boundary Inc.
* CloverWorks Inc.
* Crunchyroll, LLC (shared ownership with Sony Pictures)
* Crunchyroll streaming
* Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
* Crunchyroll Store Australia
* Crunchyroll EMEA
* Crunchyroll SAS
* Crunchyroll SA
* Crunchyroll GmbH
* Crunchyroll Games
* Crunchyroll Store
* Crunchyroll Channel (FAST streaming channel; joint venture with Sony Pictures Television Networks' Game Show Network, LLC)
* Peppermint Anime GmbH (joint venture with Peppermint GmbH)
* Myriagon Studio
* Lasengle
* Ariola Japan
* Epic Records Japan
* Kioon Music
* Fitz Beat
* Haunted Records
* Ki/oon Records2
* NeOSITE
* Siren Song
* Trefort
* M-On Entertainment, Inc.
* Music On! TV
* mora
* Peanuts Worldwide (39%; with WildBrain (41%) and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%))
* Sacra Music
* Sony Creative Products Inc.
* Sony DADC Japan Inc.
* Sony Music Artists Inc.
* Sony Music Communications Inc.
* Sony Music Direct (Japan) Inc.
* Sony Music Labels Inc.
* Sony Music Marketing Inc.
* Sony Music Associated Records
* Sony Music Publishing
* Sony Music Records
* gr8! Records
* Mastersix Foundation
* N46Div
* Niagara Records
* VVV Records
* Unties
* Jisedai Inc.
* MusicRay'n Inc.
* room NB Inc.
* Zepp Hall Network Inc.

### Sony Financial Group

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* Sony Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
* Sony Assurance Inc.
* Sony Bank Inc.
* Sony Lifecare Inc.
* Sony Financial Ventures Inc.

### Sony Honda Mobility

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* Afeela (50%)

### Foundations and schools

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* Sony Foundation for Education
* Sony Music Foundation
* Sony USA Foundation Inc.
* Sony Foundation Australia Trustee Ltd.
* Sony of Canada Science Scholarship Foundation Inc.
* Sony Europe Foundation
* Shohoku College

## Subsidiaries and affiliates by location

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### Japan

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* Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
* Sony Music Labels Inc.
* Sony Music Marketing Inc.
* Sony Music Communications Inc.
* Sony Music Artists Inc.
* Sony Creative Products Inc.
* Sony DADC Japan Inc.
* Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc.
* Sony Energy Devices Corporation[3]
* Sony Network Communications Inc.
* Sony Biz Networks Corporation
* SMN Corporation (formerly So-net Media Networks Co., Ltd.) (58.7%)
* MotionPortrait, Inc.
* Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc.
* Sony PCL Inc.
* Sony Marketing Inc.
* Sony Global Solutions Inc.
* Sony Global Education, Inc.
* P5, Inc.
* FeliCa Networks, Inc. (51%; joint venture with NTT Docomo and JR East)
* AII Inc. (60.9%)
* Frontage Inc. (60%)
* SRE Holdings (formerly Sony Real Estate Corporation) (36.9%)
* Aerosense Inc. (joint venture with ZMP Inc. and Sumitomo Corporation)[4]
* M3, Inc. (34%)
* Sony Olympus Medical Solutions Inc. (51%; joint venture with Olympus)[5]
* Sony Enterprise Co., Ltd.
* Ginza Sony Park
* Sony People Solutions Inc.
* Sony Honda Mobility (50%; joint venture with Honda)

### Canada

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* Sony Canada

### United States

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* Sony Corporation of America
* Sony Entertainment Inc.
* Sony Music Group
* Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
* Sony Creative Software
* Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation
* Sony Magnetic Products Inc. of America
* Sony Latin America

### Latin America

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* Sony Argentina S.A.
* Sony Comércio e Indústria Ltda. (Brazil)
* Sony Componentes Ltda. (Brazil)
* Sony da Amazônia Ltda. (Brazil)
* Sony Chile Ltda. (Chile)
* Sony de México S.A. de C.V.
* Sony de Mexicali, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
* Sony Nuevo Laredo, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
* Sony de Tijuana Oeste, S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
* Sony Corporation of Panama, S. A.
* Sony Puerto Rico, Inc.
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment de México S.A. de C.V.[6]

### Europe

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* Sony Austria GmbH.
* Sony DACD Austria A.G.
* Sony DADC Europe Limited
* Sony DADC, OOO (Borovsk, Russia)
* Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V. (Brussels, Belgium)
* Sony Overseas S.A. (Switzerland)
* Sony Czech, spol. s.r.o.
* Sony Berlin G.m.b.H. (Germany)
* Sony Deutschland G.m.b.H. (Köln, Germany)
* Sony Europe GmbH (Germany)
* Sony Nordic A/S (Denmark)[7]
* Sony España S.A. (Spain)
* Sony France S.A.
* Sony United Kingdom Ltd.
* Sony Global Treasury Service Plc (UK)
* Sony Computer Entertainment Europe Limited (UK)
* Sony Hungaria Kft. (Hungary)
* Sony Italia S.p.A. (Italy)
* Sony Benelux B.V. (Netherlands)
* Sony Europa B.V. (Netherlands)
* Sony Logistics Europe B.V. (Netherlands)
* Sony Poland Sp.z.o.o. (Poland)
* Sony Portugal Ltda. (Portugal)
* Sony Slovakia s r. o. (Slovakia)
* Sony Eurasia Pazarlama A.S. (Turkey)

### China

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* Sony (China) Ltd.
* Beijing Suohong Electronics Co., Ltd.
* Shanghai Suoguang Visual Products Co., Ltd.
* Shanghai Suoguang Electronics Co., Ltd.
* Sony Electronics (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.
* Sony Corporation of Hong Kong Ltd.
* Sony International (Hong Kong) Ltd.

### South Korea

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* Sony Electronics of Korea Corporation
* Sony Korea Corporation

### India

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* Sony India Private Limited
* Sony India Software Services Pvt. Ltd[8]
* Culver Max Entertainment

### Southeast Asia and Oceania

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* PT Sony Indonesia
* Sony Music Entertainment Indonesia
* Sony Electronics (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
* Sony Music Entertainment Malaysia
* Sony Technology (Malaysia) SDN. BHD.
* Sony Philippines, Inc.
* Sony Music Entertainment Philippines
* Sony Electronics (Singapore) Pte. LTD.
* Sony Magnetic Products (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
* Sony Mobile Electronics (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
* Sony Device Technology (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
* Sony Siam Industries Co., Ltd.
* Sony Australia Limited
* Sony Computer Entertainment Australia Pty. Ltd
* Sony New Zealand Ltd.
* Sony Vietnam Ltd.

### Middle East

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* Sony Middle East and Africa FZE (UAE)

## Non-affiliate holdings

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### Japan

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* Kadokawa Corporation (9.68%)[9][10]
* From Software (14.09%)[11]
* MBS Media Holdings, Inc. (4.44%)
* VAIO Corporation (5%)
* Tamron (14.8%)

### United States

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* Devolver Digital (5%)[12]
* Epic Games (4.9%)[13][14]
* Mangamo[15]
* Discord[16]
* AccelByte[17]

### Mainland China

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* Bilibili, Inc. (4.98%)

### Europe

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* Spotify Technology S.A. (2.35%)[18]
* Raspberry Pi[19]

## Former holdings and subsidiaries

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### Sold or spun off

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* AK Holdings - Sold to Nojima
* Animax Broadcast Japan Inc. (joint venture with Bandai Namco, Toei Animation, TMS Entertainment and Nihon Ad Systems)
* Kids Station
* Avex Group[20]
* Chart Show TV - Sold to TRACE Group (currently Trace Hits)
* Chart Show Hits \- Sold to TRACE Group (itself closed on 1 June 2020)
* Crackle \- Sold to Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment
* FEARnet HD (jointly owned by Comcast and Lionsgate) - Sold to Comcast and folded into Syfy and Chiller
* Film1 \- closed, then relaunched by SPI International in 2019
* Gracenote \- Sold to Tribune Media (later sold to Nielsen)
* Lean-M - Sold to JVM Holdings
* Loews Cineplex Entertainment \- Sold to Onex Corporation in 2002; Theatres now owned by Cineplex Entertainment in Canada and AMC Theatres in the United States
* Movielink (jointly owned by Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Warner Bros.) - Sold to Blockbuster LLC
* The Orchard Film Group - divested and renamed 1091 Media
* Sony Chemicals Corporation \- Sold off and became Dexerials.
* Sony Online Entertainment - Sold to Columbus Nova and became Daybreak Game Company
* Sony Pictures Television Germany - Sold to Banijay
* Sony Pictures Television's Southeast Asian channels - Sold to KC Global Media[21]
* Animax
* AXN
* Gem
* One
* Sony Pictures Television's UK channels - Sold to Narrative Capital[22]
* Sony Channel - became Great! TV
* Sony Movies - became Great! Movies
* Sony Movies Action - became Great! Movies Action
* Sony Movies Classic - became Great! Movies Classic
* Pop
* Pop Max
* Tiny Pop
* Starling - Sold to Satisfaction Group
* Viasat 3 \- Sold to ANT1 Group
* Viasat 6 \- Sold to ANT1 Group
* Sunbow Entertainment \- Sold to TV-Loonland AG in November 2000.
* Starz TV \- Sold to TRACE Group (itself closed on 1 June 2020)
* The Vault - Sold to TRACE Group (currently Trace Vault)
* Syco Entertainment (excl. Syco Music)[23] \- Stake held by Sony sold back to Simon Cowell

### Defunct

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Electronics

All of these companies below were merged into Sony Electronics Corporation in April 2021, with the surviving entity changed its name to Sony Corporation.

* Sony Imaging Products & Solutions Inc.
* Sony Home Entertainment & Sound Products Inc.
* Sony Mobile Communications Inc.

Sony Marketing Inc., a subsidiary of Sony Corporation, merged the following company in April 2021.[24]

* Sony Business Solutions Corporation

Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation

* Sony LSI Design Inc. - Merged into Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation in April 2022.[25]

Sony Interactive Entertainment

* 989 Studios
* Bigbig Studios
* Contrail
* Evolution Studios
* Firewalk Studios
* Guerrilla Cambridge
* Incognito Entertainment
* Japan Studio
* Team Ico
* Project Siren
* London Studio
* Manchester Studio
* Neon Koi
* Pixelopus
* Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool
* Sony Imagesoft
* Team Soho
* Zipper Interactive

Sony Pictures Entertainment

* Hooq
* 3D NetCo LLC (3net, jointly owned with Discovery Communications and IMAX)
* Animax Europe
* Animax Germany
* Crunchyroll Manga
* Crunchyroll Studios
* Anime Digital Network
* Anime on Demand
* Kazé
* AnimeLab
* Right Stuf \- Folded into Crunchyroll Store in 2023
* Nozomi Entertainment \- Folded into Crunchyroll, LLC in 2023
* 5 Points Pictures
* Critical Mass Video
* Lucky Penny Entertainment
* Wakanim
* Ellation \- Folded into Crunchyroll LLC
* VRV \- Folded into Crunchyroll in 2023
* Funimation streaming - Folded into Crunchyroll in 2024
* Funimation Channel \- Rebranded as Toku in 2015
* Funimation Films
* Bliss
* Bolder Media
* Culver Entertainment
* CSC Media Group \- Folded into Sony Pictures Television in 2019
* Electric Ray
* First Independent Films
* Flava*
* Gemstone Studios - Folded into Sony Pictures Television's drama department[26]
* Huaso
* Human Media
* Movies4Men 2
* Palladium Fiction
* Pop Girl
* Scarlet Media - Closed down after Simon Andrae went to FOX
* Scuzz
* Silver River Productions
* Sony Channel Southeast Asia
* Sony Crime Channel
* Sony Le Plex HD
* Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group
* Sony Pictures Mobile
* Sony Rox HD
* True Crime
* True Drama
* True Movies 2
* TV1 General Entertainment Partnership (jointly owned by SPT, CBS Studios International and NBCUniversal)
* TV1
* SF
* Victory Television - Shut down after Victoria Ashbourne stepped down
* Sony Pictures Networks India
* AXN
* Sony Le Plex
* Sony ROX
* Sony Mix
* Sony ESPN

Sony Music Group

* 550 Music
* Abril Music - bought from Editora Abril in 2003 by BMG and absorbed by Ariola Records
* Battery Records (hip hop)
* Bertelsmann Music Group
* Beyond Records
* Bluebird Records
* BMG Heritage Records
* Buddah Records
* BMG Kidz
* BNA Records
* Burgundy Records
* Chaos Recordings
* C2 Records
* Colpix Records/Colgems Records
* Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
* Frenchkiss Label Group
* Indolent Records
* J Records
* GUN Records
* Kinetic Records
* LaFace Records
* Logic Records
* MTM Music Group
* MTM Records
* BriarPatch Music
* CottonPatch Music
* DebDave Music, Inc.
* Mallven Music
* Multitone Records
* Novus Records
* Odd Future Records
* Ode Records
* Odyssey Records
* Philles Records
* Playbill Records
* Private Music
* Profile Records
* RCA Camden
* RCA Gold Seal
* RCA Italiana
* RCA Victrola
* Ruthless Records
* S2 Records
* Windham Hill Records
* Living Music
* Vinyl Solution
* Windswept Pacific Music - catalog acquired by EMI Music Publishing
* Work Group
* Zomba Group of Companies
* Benson Records
* Capricorn Records
* Internal Affairs
* Jive Records
* Battery Records (dance)
* Jive Electro
* Mojo Records
* Scotti Brothers Records
* Silvertone Records
* Sub•Lime Records
* Zoo Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment Japan

* Quatro A Inc. - absorbed into Aniplex.
* Rialto Entertainment Inc. - absorbed into Aniplex.
* ForwardWorks - absorbed into Aniplex.

## See also

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* List of libraries owned by Sony
* List of acquisitions by Sony

## References

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## External links

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* Official website

* v
* t
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Sony

History

Founders|

* Masaru Ibuka
* Akio Morita

Primary businesses|

* Sony Corporation
* Sony Semiconductor Solutions
* Sony Entertainment
* Sony Music Group
* Entertainment
* Publishing
* Sony Pictures
* Sony Financial Group
* Sony Life
* Sony Bank
* Sony Interactive Entertainment
* PlayStation
* Sony Music Entertainment Japan
* Aniplex

Technologies
and brands|

* α (Alpha)
* Betacam
* Bionz
* Blu-ray
* Bravia
* CD
* Cell
* Cyber-shot
* Dash
* Dream Machine
* DVD
* Exmor
* FeliCa
* Handycam
* HDCAM/HDCAM-SR
* HMZ-T1
* Inzone
* LocationFree
* Memory Stick
* MiniDisc
* MiniDV
* MicroMV
* mylo
* PlayNow
* PlayStation
* Reader
* S/PDIF
* SDDS
* 8 channel films
* Sony Entertainment Network
* SXRD
* Sony Tablet
* Tunnel diode
* TransferJet
* UMD
* Vaio
* Video8/Hi8/Digital8
* Vision-S
* Walkman
* XDCAM
* Xperia

Historical products|

* AIBO
* CV-2000
* DAT
* Betamax
* Sony CLIÉ
* Discman
* Jumbotron
* Lissa
* Mavica
* NEWS
* Optiarc
* Qualia
* Rolly
* TR-55
* Trinitron
* FD series
* 1 inch Type C
* U-matic
* Vaio
* Watchman
* WEGA

Electronics|

* Sony Creative Software
* FeliCa Networks (57%)

Online distribution
platforms|

* PlayStation Network
* PlayStation Now
* PlayStation Store
* Sony Pictures Core
* SonyLIV
* Crunchyroll
* Great American Pure Flix (joint venture with Great American Media)

| Former/Defunct|

* PlayNow
* PlayStation Video
* PlayStation Vue
* Anime Digital Network
* Anime on Demand
* AnimeLab
* Funimation
* Wakanim
* VRV
* Sony Entertainment Network
* Crackle
* Minisodes

|

Other businesses|

* Sony DADC
* Sony Network Communications
* Sony Professional Solutions
* Sony Honda Mobility (50%)
* M3 (39.4%)
* Vaio (4.9%)

Other assets|

* Sony Corporation of America (umbrella company in the US)
* Other subsidiaries
* List of acquisitions
* List of libraries

Nonprofit organizations|

* Sony Institute of Higher Education Shohoku College

Other|

* Sony Toshiba IBM Center of Competence for the Cell Processor
* Sony timer

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