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1996 mergers and acquisitions

  • ESPNBill Rasmussen stood in a Plainville, Connecticut office on the 14th of May 1978. He had just been fired from the World Hockey Association's New England…
  • American Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company launched as a radio network in 1943. It emerged from the NBC Blue Network, which Edward J. Noble purchased that same year.
  • Cartoon NetworkOn the 9th of August 1986, Turner Broadcasting System acquired Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists. The deal included a massive film and television library…
  • New Line CinemaOn the 18th of June 1967, a twenty-seven-year-old Robert Shaye established New Line Cinema in New York City. He operated the company from his apartment at…
  • RocketdyneIn 1955, North American Aviation spun off Rocketdyne as a separate division within its corporate structure. The new entity established its headquarters in…
  • Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Edinburgh, Scotland, 1768. Colin Macfarquhar and Andrew Bell began the first edition of Encyclopædia Britannica during the Scottish Enlightenment.