Curated category
Companies based in New York City
- Vintage BooksAlfred A. Knopf launched Vintage Books in 1954 as a trade paperback imprint within his own publishing house. This move arrived at a time when paperbacks were…
- MTVMTV launched at 12:01 a.m. on the 1st of August 1981, with a single video: "Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles. It was a fitting prophecy.
- Warner Bros. DiscoveryThe Warner brothers Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack opened their film studio on the 4th of April 1923 in Hollywood. They built an empire that would eventually…
- Mercury RecordsChicago, 1945. The year Mercury Records opened its doors, the music industry was dominated by giants like RCA Victor and Capitol Records.
- Nielsen Media ResearchNielsen Media Research holds a quiet but decisive power over American television. Every autumn, when networks decide which shows live and which die, the…
- Warner Music GroupWarner Music Group traces its origins to a problem a film studio did not know it had. In 1957, Tab Hunter, one of Warner Bros.' contracted actors, scored a…
- Standard OilStandard Oil began as a single company founded in Cleveland in 1870, and within forty years it would come to control nearly all of the refined oil flowing…
- Sony Pictures ClassicsIn January 1992, three former Orion Classics executives launched a new division inside Sony Pictures. Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom…
- VML (agency)John Valentine, Scott McCormick, and Craig Ligibel launched VML in 1992. Their initials formed the name of this new Kansas City advertising agency.
- VenmoAndrew Kortina and Iqram Magdon-Ismail met as freshman roommates at the University of Pennsylvania in 2009. They conceived Venmo after helping a friend start…
- Vox MediaJim Bankoff and Trei Brundrett established Vox Media in November 2011 within Washington, D.C. The new company immediately absorbed SB Nation, a sports blog…