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Sony
Sony (In katakana:
ソニー ;
In Kanji:
新力 this
writing has the meaning of new power) is a consumer
electronics corporation
based in Tokyo,
Japan.
It was founded on May
7, 1946
as the Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering with about 20
employees. Their first consumer product, in the late 1940s,
was a rice boiler. As it grew into a major international
corporation, Sony acquired other companies with longer
histories, including Columbia
Records (the oldest continuously produced brand name in
recorded sound, dating back to 1888).
The name was coined by founder Akio
Morita to convey "sound" and "sonny" for
youth and energy.
In 1988,
Sony acquired CBS (Columbia) Records Group from CBS.
It was renamed "Sony Music Entertainment".
In 2000,
Sony had sales of US $63 billion and 189,700 employees. Sony
acquired Aiwa
corporation in 2002.
Notable
products
Film
production & theaters
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Columbia/Tri-Star,
including:
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Columbia
Pictures
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Tri-Star
Pictures
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Jim
Henson Productions (partial interest)
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Mandalay
Entertainment (partial interest)
-
Phoenix
Pictures (partial interest)
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Sony
Pictures Classics
-
Sony
Pictures Entertainment
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Columbia-Tri
Star Home Video
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Sony/Lowes
Theaters
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Magic
Johnson Theaters
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Loews
- Star Theaters
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