Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. was founded on April 4, 1923, by the brothers Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner, replacing their previous company, Warner Features Company, founded in 1910. Jack Warner took full control of the company in 1956. During this time, the company began activities in animation (Warner Bros. Cartoons), television (Warner Bros. Television Studios) and music publishing (Warner Bros. Music). Seven Arts Productions merged with Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. in 1967 to form Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. Kinney National Company then purchased Warner Bros.-Seven Arts in 1969 After spinning off its non-media assets, Kinney National Company was renamed Warner Communications, which merged with Time Inc. in 1990 to form Time Warner. Time Warner, much reduced in scope at this point, was acquired by AT&T on June 15, 2018, and renamed WarnerMedia. AT&T then sold WarnerMedia to Discovery, Inc. to form Warner Bros. Discovery on April 8, 2022. == List of entities derived from Warner Bros. ==

The following entities have used the Warner name and have been derived from or affiliated with the original Warner Bros. Pictures studio. The film studio: • History of Warner Bros. Pictures (1923–1967) • Warner Bros.-Seven Arts (1967–1969) • Warner Bros. Pictures (1969–present) Animation studios: • Warner Bros. Cartoons (1929–1963) • Warner Bros. Animation (1980–present) • Warner Bros. Pictures Animation (2013–present) Television studio: • Warner Bros. Television Studios (1955–present) Corporate parents: • WarnerMedia, previously known as Warner Communications, Time Warner, Time Warner Entertainment and AOL Time Warner (1972–2022) • Warner Bros. Discovery (2022–present) • Warner Bros. Entertainment (subsidiary corporation, 2002–present) Subsidiaries that were spun off: • Warner Music Group • Warner Records, previously known as Warner Bros. Records • Warner Chappell Music • Time Warner Cable • Time Warner Telecom • Warner Books == Notes ==