Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
| Type | Owned by Providence Equity Partners (29%) TPG Capital, L.P. (formerly Texas Pacific Group) (21%) Sony Corp. of America (20%) Comcast Corporation (20%) Credit Suisse (7%) Quadrangle Group (3%) |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | April 16, 1924 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, US (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.: Santa Monica, California, US) |
| Key people | Harry E. Sloan (Chairman and CEO) |
| Products | Motion pictures Television programs |
| Employees | 1,440 (as of 2004) [1] |
| Website | http://www.mgm.com/ |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., or M-G-M, is an American media company. They mainly make movies and television programs. On April 8, 2005, the company was bought by a group led by Sony and Comcast along with Texas Instruments and Warner Bros.
The company is named after three companies which were combined in 1924 to start the M-G-M movie company. They were Metro Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and Louis B. Mayer Productions.
From the 1920s through World War II, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was the largest movie studio in Hollywood. They made more money than any other studio. At its busiest, M-G-M made about one movie a week and also made many short movies and cartoons.
Notable movies [change]
The Wizard of Oz is one of the most famous movies made by M-G-M. It was made in 1939. The star of the movie was Judy Garland.
