Curated category
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 RecordsCapitol Records was born on a golf course. Songwriter Johnny Mercer floated the idea of starting a record company while out on the links with Harold Arlen…
- Paramount PicturesParamount Pictures was founded on the 8th of May 1912, making it older than almost every film studio on earth. Only a handful of European companies and one…
- GlobeNewswireGlobeNewswire was built on a specific frustration: a 15-minute delay. When the company was established in 1998, financial news had a structural lag baked…
- 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)Fox Sports was born on the 12th of August 1994, the day the NFL awarded Fox its broadcast rights to the National Football Conference.
- 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 sits at the center of one of the most consequential ownership chains in recorded music. A single merger in February 2007 brought Capitol…
- 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 Productions Ltd is a New Zealand production company with roots in Wellington and a filmography that stretches from low-budget horror to one of…
- 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 VisionUrban Vision Entertainment Inc. set up shop in Los Angeles in July 1996 with a single, specific ambition: bring Japanese animation into the American…
- 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…