Curated playlist
2010 mergers and acquisitions
- MiramaxDisney wanted The Lord of the Rings cut to one film, and Peter Jackson refused. Miramax sold the rights to New Line.
- Toronto ArgonautsThe Toronto Argonauts began as a rowing club's off-season football team.
- Rotten TomatoesRotten Tomatoes got its name from a scene in the 1992 Canadian film Léolo. It began as a student project.
- NewsweekIn 1970, sixty women at Newsweek sued because only men could be reporters.
- CadburyCadbury began as a tea shop, not a chocolate company. John Cadbury opened his Birmingham stall in 1824.
- Arkane StudiosArkane Studios began on the 1st of October 1999 in Lyon, France, backed by an investment of 1,150,000 French francs. Eleven founders signed on, and only six of them were developers. This French game developer would go on to create the…
- HootersHooters began as a joke that its own founders expected to fail. The American restaurant chain was incorporated in Clearwater, Florida, on the 1st of April 1983, and the date was chosen on purpose. April Fools' Day suited six local…
- Media MoleculeMedia Molecule wanted to stay under thirty employees. By 2023, the studio had grown to 135 people.
- SiriSusan Bennett recorded Siri's American voice in July 2005 without knowing what it was for.
- LivedoorPanic selling of Livedoor shares forced the Tokyo Stock Exchange to halt all trading for the first time.