Umbrella entertainment division of Sony
Sony Entertainment, Inc. is the umbrella entertainment division of Japanese
multinational
conglomerate
Sony Group Corporation and managed by
its American subsidiary , established in 2012 to oversee the corporation's ventures in
film ,
television and
music .
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History
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.
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On February 18, 2016, Seligman resigned after a decade and half with the company but remained there until March 31.
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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.
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[6] and was later replaced by Sony Pictures chairman and CEO
Anthony Vinciquerra on 11 May 2017.
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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.
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[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.
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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 .
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Subsidiaries
Other
Other divisions
Other Sony entertainment umbrellas are
Sony Interactive Entertainment and their
PlayStation Studios , which have a presence on numerous platforms. Across all of Sony's electronics and the
PlayStation brand, and is extremely diversified across
Apple
iOS ,
Android ,
Microsoft Windows ,
Nintendo Switch ,
Steam , and
Xbox .
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[16] This includes the apps for their streaming services such as
Crunchyroll (including
Funimation ),
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Great American Pure Flix (with
Great American Media ),
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Sony Pictures Core (formerly
Bravia Core),
[19] and India's
SonyLIV .
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References
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"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 .
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"Michael Lynton Named CEO of Sony Corporation of America; Nicole Seligman to Become SCA President" .
Sony Pictures . 30 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2016 .
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"Michael Lynton Re-Ups As CEO Of Sony Entertainment" .
Deadline Hollywood .
Penske Media Corporation . 9 April 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2016 .
^ Sakoui, Anousha (19 February 2016).
"Sony's Seligman Quits U.S. Business in Another High-Profile Exit" .
Bloomberg . Retrieved 19 February 2016 .
^ 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 .
^ Rainey, James (13 January 2017).
"Michael Lynton Exits Sony Pictures Entertainment to Become Chair of Snapchat" .
Variety .
Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved 13 August 2017 .
^ 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 .
^ Atkinson, Claire (12 December 2016).
"Sony considers merging gaming and film divisions" .
The New York Post . Retrieved 19 December 2016 .
^ 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 .
^ 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.
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"Sony Corp. Restructures Music Division, Brings Recorded Music, Sony/ATV Publishing Together Under Rob Stringer" . Billboard . Retrieved 2019-07-22 .
^ Christman, Ed (17 July 2019).
"Sony/ATV Returns to Sony Music Publishing, Unveils New Branding" .
Billboard . Retrieved 10 February 2021 .
^ Vlessing, Etan (May 11, 2023).
"Sony's Pure Flix to Merge With Hallmark Rival Great American Media" . The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 10, 2023 .
^ Scullion, Chris (January 18, 2023).
"Sackboy is the next PlayStation series coming to mobile" . VGC . Retrieved October 13, 2023 .
^ Tolbert, Samuel (March 10, 2023).
"Every PlayStation Studios game available on Windows PC" . Windows Central . Retrieved October 13, 2023 .
^ Franzese, Tomas (January 30, 2023).
"MLB The Show returns to PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch this March" . Digital Trends . Retrieved October 13, 2023 .
^ Spangler, Todd (March 17, 2022).
"Sony Fattens Up Crunchyroll's Menu: Why Anime Is Its Biggest Streaming Bet" . Variety . Retrieved October 10, 2023 .
^ Faughnder, Ryan (November 12, 2020).
"Seeking Christian viewers, Sony acquires 'God's Not Dead' producers' streaming service" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved October 10, 2023 .
^ Welch, Chris (October 5, 2023).
"Sony's high-bitrate movie service is now available on PS5 and PS4" . The Verge . Retrieved October 10, 2023 .
^ Whittock, Jesse (October 4, 2023).
"Indian Streamer SonyLIV To Adapt Yes Studios' Israeli Crime Drama 'Magpie' " . Deadline . Retrieved October 10, 2023 .
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