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Companies based in Los Angeles

  • Paramount SkydanceParamount Skydance Corporation, which does business simply as Paramount, was formed on the 7th of August 2025. David Ellison created it by merging three entities: Paramount Global, National Amusements, and Skydance Media. Its shares trade…
  • Luma PicturesA co-founder of Luma Pictures once wrote The Last Starfighter.
  • MiramaxDisney wanted The Lord of the Rings cut to one film, and Peter Jackson refused. Miramax sold the rights to New Line.
  • Capitol RecordsCapitol Records was born on a golf course. Songwriter Johnny Mercer pitched the idea during a round in 1942.
  • Paramount PicturesParamount's mountain logo was reportedly sketched on a napkin in 1914. W. W. Hodkinson drew it from memory.
  • GlobeNewswireA fake Walmart press release on GlobeNewswire liquidated millions in crypto in September 2021.
  • StubHubStubHub began when Eric Baker struggled to find a secondhand Lion King ticket.
  • Fox Sports (United States)Fox bid $1.58 billion in 1994 and took NFC football away from CBS. It was the first time since 1955 CBS had no football.
  • TubiA Tubi ad in Super Bowl LVII faked a broadcast cutout, as if a viewer had switched to Tubi.
  • New Line CinemaA 1984 horror film that cost $1.8 million built New Line Cinema. A Nightmare on Elm Street grossed over $57 million.
  • Capitol Music GroupA February 2007 merger joined Capitol Records and Virgin Records America. EMI aimed to save roughly $217 million a year.
  • Sony Pictures ClassicsThe Lives of Others was rejected by four major film festivals before Sony Pictures Classics took it on.
  • WingNut FilmsBraindead, a WingNut Films horror movie, helped shape New Zealand privacy law.
  • Riot GamesThe founders of Riot Games, Brandon "Ryze" Beck and Marc "Tryndamere" Merrill, first met as roommates at the University of Southern California. Both were studying business. In September 2006 they started a company in Southern California to…
  • Annapurna InteractiveAnnapurna Interactive's twenty-five-person staff resigned together in a joint letter in August 2024.
  • TokyopopIn 2002, Tokyopop stopped flipping manga pages to read left to right. Keeping the Japanese layout sped up its releases.
  • Urban VisionUrban Vision opened in Los Angeles in July 1996 to bring anime to mainstream America.
  • Oaktree Capital ManagementOaktree Capital Management raised $1.5 billion within three months of opening in 1995.

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