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Sony Entertainment

Umbrella entertainment division of Sony

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name	Sony Entertainment, Inc.
logo	Sony logo.svgclass=skin-invert
type	Division
founded
defunct
fate	Dissolved
hq_location_city	New York City, New York
hq_location_country	United States
area_served	Worldwide
industry	Entertainment
products
num_employees	18,000
parent	Sony Corporation of America
subsid

Sony Entertainment, Inc. was the umbrella entertainment division of Japanese multinational conglomerate Sony Corporation from 2012 to 2019 that oversaw the corporation's ventures in film, television and music.

History

On March 30, 2012, then-co-chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, 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. On April 9, 2013, Lynton renewed his contract with Sony and was elevated to the presidency at Sony Entertainment.

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

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. and was later replaced by Sony Pictures chairman and CEO Anthony Vinciquerra on 11 May 2017.

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. 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.

Sony Entertainment was dissolved in 2019, with Sony Music Entertainment and Sony/ATV Music Publishing consolidated under Sony Music Group, which was assigned as a direct subsidiary of Sony alongside Sony Pictures.

Subsidiaries

Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sony Music Entertainment
Sony/ATV Music Publishing

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. This includes the apps for their streaming services such as Crunchyroll (including Funimation), Great American Pure Flix (with Great American Media), Sony Pictures Core (formerly Bravia Core), and India's SonyLIV.

Sony Music Entertainment Japan and its subsidiaries, including Aniplex, operate independently of the US-based Sony Entertainment.

References

(January 19, 2018). "Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Takes All International Rights On Brett Haley's Hearts Beat Loud".
(30 March 2012). "Michael Lynton Named CEO of Sony Corporation of America; Nicole Seligman to Become SCA President".
(9 April 2013). "Michael Lynton Re-Ups As CEO Of Sony Entertainment". [[Penske Media Corporation]].
Sakoui, Anousha. (19 February 2016). "Sony's Seligman Quits U.S. Business in Another High-Profile Exit".
(13 January 2017). "Michael Lynton Is Out As CEO Of Sony Entertainment". [[Penske Media Corporation]].
Rainey, James. (13 January 2017). "Michael Lynton Exits Sony Pictures Entertainment to Become Chair of Snapchat". [[Penske Media Corporation]].
Busch, Anita. (11 May 2017). "Tony Vinciquerra Named Chairman/CEO Of Sony Pictures Entertainment Replacing Outgoing Exec Michael Lynton". [[Penske Media Corporation]].
Atkinson, Claire. (12 December 2016). "Sony considers merging gaming and film divisions".
Cooke, Chris. (12 December 2016). "Revamp of Sony's entertainment business could more closely align Sony Music with Sony/ATV".
Aldrich, Rachel. (12 December 2016). "Sony Reportedly May Merge Its Gaming and Film Units".
Ingham, Tim. (October 22, 2019). "Is Sony Finally Realizing Its Global Cross-Media Potential?".
Scullion, Chris. (January 18, 2023). "Sackboy is the next PlayStation series coming to mobile".
Tolbert, Samuel. (March 10, 2023). "Every PlayStation Studios game available on Windows PC".
Franzese, Tomas. (January 30, 2023). "MLB The Show returns to PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch this March".
Spangler, Todd. (March 17, 2022). "Sony Fattens Up Crunchyroll's Menu: Why Anime Is Its Biggest Streaming Bet".
Faughnder, Ryan. (November 12, 2020). "Seeking Christian viewers, Sony acquires 'God's Not Dead' producers' streaming service".
Welch, Chris. (October 5, 2023). "Sony's high-bitrate movie service is now available on PS5 and PS4".
Whittock, Jesse. (October 4, 2023). "Indian Streamer SonyLIV To Adapt Yes Studios' Israeli Crime Drama 'Magpie'".

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