Sony Entertainment

Umbrella entertainment division of Sony

Sony Entertainment, Inc.

Type| Subsidiary
Industry|

* Film
* Music
* Television

Founded| 2012; 11 years ago (2012)
Headquarters|

New York City, New York

United States

Area served

| Worldwide

Key people

| Kenichiro Yoshida (Chairman and CEO)

Number of employees

| 18,000
Parent| Sony Corporation of America (Sony)
Divisions|

* Sony Music Entertainment
* Sony Pictures Entertainment

Website| sony.com/SCA/

Sony Entertainment, Inc. is the umbrella entertainment division of Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony and managed by its American subsidiary, established in 2012 to oversee the corporation's ventures in film, television and music.[1]

## History[edit]

On March 30, 2012, then-co-chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures, Michael Lynton, and executive vice president and general counsel of Sony, Nicole Seligman, were respectively named as CEO and president of Sony Corporation of America to oversee all of Sony's global entertainment businesses.[2] On April 9, 2013, Lynton renewed his contract with Sony and was elevated to the presidency at Sony Entertainment.[3]

On February 18 , 2016, Seligman resigned after a decade and half with the company but remained there until March 31.[4]

On January 13, 2017, Lynton announced that he was stepping down as CEO of Sony Entertainment and Sony Pictures and chairman of the latter to become chairman for Snap Inc.[5][6] and was later replaced by Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Anthony Vinciquerra on 11 May 2017.[7]

News outlets including The New York Post, Complete Music Update and TheStreet reported on December 19, 2016 about Sony was considering a restructuring of its American operations by merging Sony Pictures with Sony Interactive Entertainment which would have placed Sony Pictures under Sony Interactive's then-CEO, Andrew House, though House wouldn't have taken over day-to-day operations of Sony Pictures.[8][9] However, a Sony spokesperson denounced any sort of planned merger or restructuring of any of the Sony media divisions at that time in an interview with the latter source.[10]

Sony announced a merger of Sony Music Entertainment and Sony/ATV Music Publishing to form the umbrella "Sony Music Group" on July 17, 2019 and was finalized on August 1.[11] On February 10, 2021, Sony/ATV Music Publishing reverted to rebranding as Sony Music Publishing.[12]

## Subsidiary companies[edit]

### Sony Pictures Entertainment[edit]

* Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group (Film)
* Columbia Pictures
* TriStar Pictures
* TriStar Productions
* Sony Pictures Classics
* Screen Gems
* Sony Pictures Animation
* Sony Pictures Imageworks
* 3000 Pictures
* Sony Pictures Releasing
* Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
* Destination Films
* Stage 6 Films
* Affirm Films
* Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
* Sony Wonder
* Genius Brands (equity stake)

* Crunchyroll, LLC (Anime; co-owned with Sony Music Entertainment Japan's Aniplex)
* Crunchyroll
* Funimation
* Crunchyroll UK and Ireland
* Madman Anime
* Crunchyroll EMEA
* Crunchyroll SAS
* Crunchyroll SA
* Crunchyroll GmbH
* Crunchyroll Studios
* Crunchyroll Games, LLC
* Right Stuf
* Nozomi Entertainment
* RightStufAnime.com

* Sony Pictures Television (Television)
* Sony Pictures Television Studios
* Califon Productions, Inc.
* Jeopardy Productions, Inc.
* 2waytraffic
* CPT Holdings, Inc.
* TriStar Television
* Affirm Television
* Embassy Row
* Starling Productions
* Huaso
* Teleset (50%)
* Fable Pictures
* Floresta
* Left Bank Pictures
* Stellify Media
* Curio Pictures
* Sony Pictures Television Kids
* Eleventh Hour Films
* Bad Wolf (majority stake)
* Sony Pictures Television - Nonfiction
* 19 Entertainment
* B17 Entertainment
* Sharp Entertainment
* This Machine Filmworks
* This Radicle Act
* The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC)
* Maxine Entertainment
* Trilogy Films
* House of NonFiction
* Pixomondo

### Sony Music Group[edit]

* Sony Music Entertainment
* Columbia Records
* Epic Records
* RCA Records
* Arista Records
* The Orchard

* Sony Music Publishing
* EMI Music Publishing
* APM Music
* Extreme Music
* Hickory Records
* KPM Music
* AWAL

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Takes All International Rights On Brett Haley's Hearts Beat Loud". Sony Pictures Entertainment. January 19, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2019.
2. ^ "Michael Lynton Named CEO of Sony Corporation of America; Nicole Seligman to Become SCA President". Sony Pictures. 30 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
3. ^ "Michael Lynton Re-Ups As CEO Of Sony Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
4. ^ Sakoui, Anousha (19 February 2016). "Sony's Seligman Quits U.S. Business in Another High-Profile Exit". Bloomberg. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
5. ^ Flemming, Jr., Mike; Busch, Anita; Lieberman, David (13 January 2017). "Michael Lynton Is Out As CEO Of Sony Entertainment". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
6. ^ Rainey, James (13 January 2017). "Michael Lynton Exits Sony Pictures Entertainment to Become Chair of Snapchat". Variety. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
7. ^ Busch, Anita (11 May 2017). "Tony Vinciquerra Named Chairman/CEO Of Sony Pictures Entertainment Replacing Outgoing Exec Michael Lynton". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
8. ^ Atkinson, Claire (12 December 2016). "Sony considers merging gaming and film divisions". The New York Post. Retrieved 19 December 2016.
9. ^ Cooke, Chris (12 December 2016). "Revamp of Sony's entertainment business could more closely align Sony Music with Sony/ATV". Complete Music Update. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
10. ^ Aldrich, Rachel (12 December 2016). "Sony Reportedly May Merge Its Gaming and Film Units". TheStreet. Retrieved 11 January 2017. "A Sony spokesman said no such merger is planned."
11. ^ "Sony Corp. Restructures Music Division, Brings Recorded Music, Sony/ATV Publishing Together Under Rob Stringer". Billboard. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
12. ^ Christman, Ed (17 July 2019). "Sony/ATV Returns to Sony Music Publishing, Unveils New Branding". Billboard. Retrieved 10 February 2021.

## External links[edit]

* Sony Pictures website
* Sony Music website
* Sony Music Publishing website

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Sony

History

Founders|

* Masaru Ibuka
* Akio Morita

Primary businesses|

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

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
* SonyLIV
* Former/Defunct
* PlayNow
* PlayStation Video
* PlayStation Vue
* 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

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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