Communication Services, 20T-SIM
Communication services, added in 2018, includes traditional and social media, web platforms, video game makers, and telecom providers. Companies include AT&T, Netflix, Facebook parent Meta, and Google parent Alphabet.
Communication Services Encyclopedia Articles By Title
20th Century Studios, major American film studio formed in 1935 by the merger of Twentieth Century Pictures and......
Activision Blizzard is an American developer and manufacturer of electronic games. The company was formed in 2008......
Alphabet Inc. is an American technology conglomerate and holding company formed in 2015 as a strategic restructuring......
American Broadcasting Company (ABC), major American television network that is a division of the Disney Company.......
America’s Best Comics (ABC), American comic book imprint launched in 1999 by comic creator Alan Moore. An imprint......
AOL was one of the largest Internet-access subscription service companies in the United States, introducing millions......
The driving force behind Asylum Records, the musical embodiment of the “Me Decade” (writer Tom Wolfe’s characterization......
AT&T (T) is a Dallas-based holding company that comprises telecommunications and technology subsidiaries and affiliates;......
Formed in 1947 by jazz fans Ahmet Ertegun, son of a Turkish diplomat, and Herb Abramson, formerly the artists-and-repertoire......
Bell Laboratories, the longtime research-and-development arm of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T).......
Biograph Company, one of the major American motion-picture studios in the early days of filmmaking, founded as......
Black Entertainment Television (BET Media Group) is an American cable television network providing news, entertainment,......
Bloomberg News, news service based in New York City, New York, known for providing business and economic news to......
Bluesky is a social media app where users post short messages of up to 300 characters, known as microblogging (similar......
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), publicly financed broadcasting system in Great Britain, operating under......
ByteDance, Chinese technology company that developed novel video-sharing social networking applications, most notably......
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), public broadcasting service over AM and FM radio networks and television......
Even in the bacchanal of 1970s Los Angeles, the drug and promotional excesses of Casablanca Records stood out.......
CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major American mass-media company that operates the CBS national television network.......
In 1947 brothers Leonard and Phil Chess became partners with Charles and Evelyn Aron in the Aristocrat Record Company.......
Cinecittà, largest motion-picture studio in Italy. It is located outside Rome. Cinecittà was constructed in 1936–37......
CNN, television’s first 24-hour all-news service, a subsidiary of WarnerMedia. CNN’s headquarters are in Atlanta.......
Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc., American motion-picture studio that became a major Hollywood studio under......
Comcast, major multinational telecommunications and entertainment conglomerate, the largest in the United States......
Comsat, private corporation authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1962 to develop commercial communications satellite......
Craigslist, private corporation operating over the Internet to provide classified advertisements, community information......
Crunchyroll, LLC is an American production, distribution, licensing, and streaming company dedicated to anime,......
Dark Horse Comics, American comic book publisher founded in 1986 by comics retailer Mike Richardson. In an industry......
DC Comics, American media and entertainment company whose iconic comic-based properties represented some of the......
Among the individuals responsible for the flourishing of hip-hop in Los Angeles in the 1990s was a white man, Jimmy......
Formed as an American division by its British parent company in 1934, Decca was the only major company to stand......
Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons managed several pioneer hip-hop acts, including Run-D.M.C., through their Rush Management......
Deutsche Welle is a German news and information broadcaster focused on the international market. It broadcasts......
Disney Company, American corporation best known as a purveyor of family entertainment. During the 20th and early......
DreamWorks Animation, American entertainment company producing animated feature films, original TV series and shorts,......
The DuMont Television Network was an American television network of the 1940s and ’50s, established in 1946 by......
Ealing Studios, English motion-picture studio, internationally remembered for a series of witty comedies that reflected......
eHarmony, American company providing online personal-relationship and matchmaking services. Founded in 2000 by......
Formed in 1950 by Jac Holzman, who initially ran it from his dormitory at St. John’s College, in Annapolis, Maryland,......
Facebook, American online social media platform and social network service that is part of the company Meta Platforms.......
Facebook is a social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Harvard University students......
Factory Records emerged in the punk moment of the late 1970s and was the heart of Manchester’s music scene until......
Fantasy was founded as a jazz label in San Francisco in 1949 by brothers Sol and Max Weiss. Their artists included......
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, publishing company in New York City noted for its literary excellence. It was founded......
Financial Times, newspaper edited in London that traditionally had strong influence on the financial policies of......
Forbes, American business magazine owned by Forbes, Inc. Published biweekly, it features original articles on finance,......
Fox Broadcasting Company, American television broadcasting company founded in 1986 by media magnate Rupert Murdoch.......
Fox News Channel, American cable television news and political commentary channel launched in 1996. The network......
Gannett Co., Inc., one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States, with interests in newspaper Web......
Google is an American search engine company, founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Since 2015, Google......
GTE Corporation, U.S. holding company for several U.S. and international telephone companies. It also manufactures......
Hammer Films, British production company known for its low-budget, gothic horror feature films. In 1934 theatre......
HBO, American cable television company that arguably became the leading premium cable station for its mix of movies......
Hi Records, American record label founded in 1957 by guitarist Ray Harris and Memphis record store owner Joe Cuoghi.......
In the early 1970s Memphis’s chain of racially mixed musics made by integrated musicians—from the output of Sun......
When Austrian immigrant brothers Jean and Julian Aberbach formed their Hill and Range publishing company in 1945,......
HYBE Corp. is a South Korean global entertainment company established in 2005 by Bang Si-hyuk, an entrepreneur,......
Instagram, online social media platform and social network service for photograph and video sharing. The app was......
Intelsat, company that provides satellite communication services. Intelsat owns more than 50 communications satellites......
ITT Corporation, former American telecommunications company that grew into a successful conglomerate corporation......
ITV, in the United Kingdom, television network consisting of a consortium of private companies in competition with......
J. Walter Thompson Co., American advertising agency that was long one of the largest such enterprises in the world.......
John Bartholomew and Son, former mapmaking and publishing company of the United Kingdom that was located in Edinburgh......
Record store owner Syd Nathan established King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1943. Situated just across the Ohio......
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social media platform and social networking website founded in 2002 and headquartered......
Pixar Animation Studios (or Pixar) is best known for feature-length computer-animated films, such as Toy Story......
MapQuest, American Web-based, wireless mapping service owned by AOL (formerly known as America Online). MapQuest......
Marvel Comics, American media and entertainment company that was widely regarded as one of the “big two” publishers......
Meta, parent company of the social network Facebook, the popular photo- and video-sharing network Instagram, and......
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (MGM), American corporation that was once the world’s largest and most profitable motion-picture......
Monster, American online employee-recruitment company, with headquarters in Maynard, Mass., and New York, N.Y.......
Roy Orbison’s sequence of nine Top Ten hits for Monument Records—from “Only the Lonely” in 1960 to “Oh, Pretty......
Motion Picture Patents Company, trust of 10 film producers and distributors who attempted to gain complete control......
Motown, recording company founded by Berry Gordy, Jr., in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., in January 1959 that became......
MS NOW, American cable television news and political commentary channel launched in 1996 as MSNBC. It was owned......
MTV is a cable television network that began as a 24-hour platform for music videos. PSKY MTV debuted just after......
The Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” the first music video broadcast on MTV (Music TeleVision) when it debuted......
National Broadcasting Co., Inc. (NBC), major American commercial broadcasting company, since 2004 the television......
NBCUniversal, global media and entertainment company that develops, produces, and markets news and entertainment......
Netflix, Inc. is a media company based in Los Gatos, California, founded in 1997 by American entrepreneurs Reed......
News Corporation (“News Corp”) is a multinational media and information services conglomerate that was originally......
Nikkatsu Motion Picture Company, Japan’s oldest motion-picture company. Established as an independent company in......
Nintendo Co., Ltd., began in the late 19th century as a small Japanese workshop making playing cards. Over more......
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), Japanese telecommunications company that almost monopolizes Japan’s......
Orange SA (formerly France Télécom) is a Paris-based telecommunications company that held a monopoly in France’s......
Paramount Global was one of the largest media and entertainment conglomerates in the United States. It was formed......
Paramount Pictures is one of the first and most successful of the Hollywood film studios. It became a subsidiary......
Paramount Skydance Corporation (PSKY) is a U.S.–based media company known for producing action films, television......
Penguin Random House, publishing house formed by the merger of Penguin and Random House in 2013. It is one of the......
The Sound of Philadelphia in the 1970s was the bridge between Memphis soul and international disco and between......
Pixar, motion-picture studio, from 2006 a wholly owned subsidiary of the Disney Company, that was instrumental......
For a long time, London pop was cynical, inept, or ironic. In the early 1970s a new generation of producers—heedful......
Rand McNally & Company, American publisher and printer of maps, atlases, globes, and tourist guidebooks; its headquarters......
RCA Corporation, major American electronics and broadcasting conglomerate that is a unit of General Electric Company.......
Reddit is an online social media forum where users share news stories and other content. Reddit was launched in......
RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., American motion-picture studio that made some notable films in the 1930s and ’40s. Radio-Keith-Orpheum......
Russell, Majors and Waddell, business partnership formed by William Hepburn Russell, Alexander Majors, and William......
Shintōhō Motion Picture Company, Japanese motion-picture studio that was known for its production of war films......
Shōchiku Co., Ltd., leading Japanese motion-picture studio, the films of which are usually home-centred dramas......
Simon & Schuster is an American publishing house. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster,......