The corporate name honors the four founding Warner brothers (born Wonskolaser Harry (born Hirsz), Albert (born Aaron), Sam (born Szmul), and Jack (Itzhak or to some sources Jacob), whose Jewish parents had emigrated to North America from Poland .
The three elder brothers began in the movie theatre business, having acquired a movie projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio. They opened their first theater, the Cascade, in New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1903.
When this original theater building in New Castle was in danger of being demolished, the modern Warner Bros. called the modern building owners, and arranged a 3 way in hopes of saving it, between three men, Warner Bros, and the modern owners. The owners noted the fact that they were taking phone calls from all over the country in reference to the historical significance of the humble building that should be saved historically.
In 1904, the Warners founded the Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company, to distribute films. In 1912, Harry Warner hired an auditor named Paul Ashley Chase. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, and in 1918 the brothers opened the Warner Bros. studio on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Sam and Jack Warner produced the pictures, while Harry and Albert Warner and their auditor and now controller Chase handled finance and distribution in New York City. It was during World War I and their first nationally syndicated film was My Four Years in Germany based on a popular book by former American Ambassador James W. Gerard. On April 4, 1923, with help from a loan given to Harry Warner by his banker Motley Flint, they formally incorporated as Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. However, as late as the 1960s, Warner Bros. claimed 1905 as its founding date.
The first important deal for the company was the acquisition of the rights to Avery Hopwood's 1919 Broadway play, The Gold Diggers, from theatrical impresario David Belasco. However, what really put Warner Bros. on the Hollywood map was a dog, Rin Tin Tin, brought from France after World War I by an American soldier.
Rin Tin Tin debuted in the feature "Where the North Begins". The movie was so successful that Jack Warner agreed to sign the dog to star in more films for $1,000 per week. Rin Tin Tin became the star at the studio. Jack Warner nicknamed him "The Mortgage Lifter" and the success boosted Darryl Zanuck's career. Zanuck eventually became a top producer for the studio and between 1928 and 1933 served as Jack Warner's right-hand man and executive producer, with responsibilities including the day-to-day production of films. More success came after Ernst Lubitsch was hired as head director; Lubitsch's film The Marriage Circle was the studio's most successful film of 1924, and was on The New York Times best list for the year.
In November 1966, Jack gave in to advancing age and the changing times, selling control of the studio and its music business to Seven Arts Productions, run by the Canadian investors Elliot and Kenneth Hyman, for $32 million. Two years later, the Hymans, now fed up with Jack Warner, accepted a cash-and-stock offer from an odd conglomerate called Kinney National Company for more than $64 million.
Kinney owned a Hollywood talent agency, Ashley-Famous, and it was Ted Ashley who led Kinney head Steve Ross to purchase Warner Bros. Ashley became the new head of the studio, and the name was changed to Warner Bros., Inc. once again.
Jack Warner, however, was outraged by the Hymans' sale, and decided to retire. To the surprise of many, flashy, star-driven Warner Communications merged in 1989 with the white-shoe publishing company Time Inc. Though Time and its magazines claimed a higher tone, it was the Warner Bros. film and music units which provided the profits. The Time Warner merger was almost derailed when Paramount Communications (Formerly Gulf+Western, later sold to Viacom), launched a $12.2 billion dollar hostile takeover bid for Time Inc., forcing Time to acquire Warner for $14.9 billion dollar cash/stock offer. Paramount responded with a lawsuit filed in Delaware court to break up the merger. Paramount lost and the merger proceeded.
List Of Companies Owned By Time Warner:
HBO
Cinemax
HBO Independent Productions
HBO Multiplexes
HBO on Demand
Cinemax Multiplexes
Cinemax on Demand
HBO HD
Cinemax HD
HBO Video
HBO Domestic and International Program Distribution
HBO Films
Picturehouse (co-owned by New Line Cinema)
HBO Asia
HBO Czech
HBO Hungary
HBO India
HBO Poland
HBO Romania
HBO Latin America Group
HBO Latin America
HBO Brazil
Warner Channel
E! Latin America
Cinemax Latin America
Turner Broadcasting
Adult Swim
Boomerang
Cartoon Network
truTV
TBS
TNT
TCM
WPCH
CNN / U.S.
Airport Network
HLN
HD Networks
TNT HD
CNN HD
TBS HD
Cartoon Network HD
Adult Swim HD
Production Companies
Cartoon Network Studios
Williams Street
Court TV Original Productions
TNT Originals
TCM Productions
TBS Productions
CNN Originals
Headline News Productions
International
TCM & Cartoon Network / Asia Pacific
CNN en Español
CNN International
Cartoonito
TNT Latin America
TCM Europe
Pogo
Cartoon Network
Retro
Space
MuchMusic Latin America
I.Sat
Infinito
HTV
Fashion TV Latin America
Joint Ventures
Accent Health
Cartoon Network Japan (Via Japan Entertainment Network, a joint venture with Itochu)
CNN+
CNN Chile
CETV
CNN-IBN
CNNj
CNN TÜRK
CNN.de (German)
CNN.co.jp (Japanese)
NBC / Turner
NASCAR Races
n-tv
Zee Turner Ltd (India)
BOING
Radio Services
CNN Radio
Court TV Radio
Headline News Radio
CNN en Español Radio
Headline News en Español Radio
Websites/Broadband Services
Adult Swim Video
Cartoon Network Video
Court TV Extra
Crime Library
DramaVision
TheFrisky.com
GameTap
CallToons
Play On! Powered by ACC Select
Super Deluxe
The Smoking Gun
TNT Overtime
Toonami Jetstream
Very Funny Ads
CNNStudentNews.com
CNN.com
CNN Mobile
CNN Newsource
CNN to Go
CNNMoney.com
SI.com
PGA Tour.com and PGA.com
CNN Pipeline
NASCAR.com
Bamzu.com
Private Networks
Dealer Entertainment Network
The Checking Network
Warner Bros.
New Line Cinema
New Line Distribution
Picturehouse (co-owned by HBO)
New Line Home Entertainment
New Line International Releasing
New Line Merchandising/Licensing
New Line Music
New Line New Media
New Line Television
New Line Theatricals
Warner Bros. Pictures
Castle Rock Entertainment
Warner Bros. Pictures International
Warner Independent Pictures
Warner Bros. International Cinemas
Warner Bros. Studios
Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros. Television Group
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Horizon Television
Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Witt/Thomas Productions
QDE Entertainment ( 50%, with Quincy Jones and David Salzman) (Affiliate)
Warner Bros. International Television
Telepictures Productions
The CW Television Network (50% with CBS Corporation)
The CW Daytime
CW Now
Warner Bros. Animation
Hanna Barbera
Looney Tunes
Kids' WB!
The WB
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Warner Home Video
Warner Premiere
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution
Warner Bros. Technical Operations
Warner Bros. Anti-Piracy Operations
Warner Bros. Digital Entertainment
Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Monolith Productions
NetherRealm Studios
Rocksteady Studios
Snowblind Studios
Surreal Software
TT Games
Turbine, Inc.
WB Games
Warner Bros. Online
DC Comics
Mad Magazine
Vertigo
Wildstorm
Warner Bros. Theatrical
Time Inc.
25 Beautiful Gardens
25 Beautiful Homes
25 Beautiful Kitchens
4x4
Aeroplane
All You
Amateur Gardening
Amateur Photographer
Angler's Mail
Better Digital Photography
Bird Keeper
BMX Business News
Bulfinch Press
Caravan
Chat
Chat Passion Series
Coastal Living
Cooking Light
Country Homes & Interiors
Country Life
Cycle Sport
Cycling Weekly
Decanter
Entertainment Weekly
Essence
Essentials
European Boat Builder
Eventing
Farm Holiday Guides
First Moments
For the Love of Cross Stitch
For the Love of Quilting
Fortune
Freeze
Golf magazine
Golf Monthly
Hair
Health
Hi-Fi News
Homes & Gardens
Horse
Horse & Hound
Housetohome.co.uk
Ideal Home
In Style
In Style Australia
In Style Germany
In Style UK
International Boat Industry
Land Rover World
Leisure Arts
Life
Livingetc
Look Magazine UK
Marie Claire
Maghound
MBR-Mountain Bike Rider
Media Networks, Inc.
MiniWorld
Mizz
Mizz Specials
Model Collector
Money
Motor Boat & Yachting
Motor Boats Monthly
Motor Caravan
NME
Now
Now Style Series
Nuts magazine
Oxmoor House
Park Home & Holiday Caravan
People
People en Español
Practical Boat Owner
Practical Parenting
Prediction
Real Simple
Rugby World
Ships Monthly
Shoot Monthly
Shooting Gazette
Shooting Times
Soaplife
Southern Living
Sporting Gun
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated for Kids
Stamp Magazine
Sunset
Superbike
Synapse Group, Inc.
Targeted Media, Inc.
The Field
The Golf
The Railway Magazine
This Old House
This Old House Ventures, Inc.
Time
Time Asia
Time Analytics Services
Time Atlantic
Time Canada
Time Distribution Services
Time Europe
Time for Kids
Time Inc. Custom Publishing
Time Inc. Home Entertainment
Time Latin America
Time South Pacific
TV & Satellite Week
TV Easy
TV Times
Uncut
VolksWorld
Wallpaper Navigator
Wallpaper
Warner Publishing Services
Wedding & Home
What Camera
What Digital Camera
What's On TV
Who Weekly
Woman
Woman & Golf
Woman & Home
Woman's Feelgood Series
Woman's Own
Woman's Own Lifestyle Series
Woman's Weekly
Woman's Weekly Fiction Series
Woman's Weekly Fiction Special
Woman's Weekly Home Series
World Soccer
Yachting Monthly
Yachting World
Formerly Owned by Time Warner
AOL
Atari
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Thrashers
Comedy Central (50% with Viacom)
New York Cosmos
Panavision
Pittsburgh Pirates (48% with John W. Galbreath)
Six Flags Theme parks
Time Warner Book Group
Time-Life
Time-Life Records
Time Warner Cable
Warner Music Group
Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Co. (Joint venture with American Express, now MTV Networks)
World Championship Wrestling
WRWB-TV
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