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Companies based in Los Angeles

  • Paramount SkydanceOn the 7th of August 2025, David Ellison officially formed Paramount Skydance Corporation. This new entity emerged from a three-way merger between Paramount…
  • Luma PicturesPayam Shohadai and Jonathan R. Beutel established Luma Pictures in 2002 within the Los Angeles area. The founders brought distinct backgrounds to their new…
  • MiramaxHarvey and Bob Weinstein opened their first office in Buffalo, New York, during 1979. They named the company Miramax by combining the names of their parents…
  • Capitol RecordsOn the 2nd of February 1942, songwriter Johnny Mercer met with Glenn Wallichs at a restaurant in Hollywood to discuss an investment from Paramount Pictures.
  • Paramount PicturesOn the 8th of May 1912, a film producer named Adolph Zukor established the Famous Players Film Company in New York. He believed that feature-length films…
  • GlobeNewswireThe year 1998 marked the birth of a company called PrimeNewswire. Its founders aimed to eliminate the fifteen-minute delay that existed when financial…
  • StubHubEric Baker stood in a theater line, unable to buy tickets for The Lion King on Broadway. He needed a way to find secondhand seats without paying inflated…
  • Fox Sports (United States)On the 17th of December 1993, the National Football League selected a $1.58 billion bid from Fox to televise its National Football Conference games.
  • TubiTubi launched on the 1st of April 2014 as a free streaming service in San Francisco, California. Farhad Massoudi and Thomas Ahn Hicks founded the company…
  • 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…
  • Capitol Music GroupCapitol Music Group emerged in February 2007 as a merger of Capitol Records and Virgin Records America. EMI orchestrated this union to restructure operations…
  • Sony Pictures ClassicsIn January 1992, three former Orion Classics executives launched a new division inside Sony Pictures. Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom…
  • WingNut FilmsWingNut Films opened its doors in Wellington, New Zealand, during the late 1980s. The company quickly grew beyond a single location to establish offices…
  • Annapurna InteractiveAnnapurna Interactive opened its doors on the 1st of December 2016 as a division of Annapurna Pictures. The company aimed to publish games that were…
  • TokyopopStuart J. Levy opened the doors to Mixx Entertainment in 1997 with a single goal: bring Japanese animation and comics to American teenagers.
  • Urban VisionMataichiro Yamamoto stood in Los Angeles, California during July 1996 to establish Urban Vision Entertainment Inc. His goal was simple yet ambitious…
  • Oaktree Capital ManagementIn 1995, a group of former TCW Group principals established Oaktree Capital Management in Los Angeles. Within three months of that founding, more than 30 TCW…