Divested •
AOL - spun-off in 2009 and acquired by
Verizon Communications in 2015, thus operating under Verizon's media division from 2017 to 2021. AOL is now owned by
Apollo Global Management. (through 90% of
Yahoo! Inc.) •
Atari, Inc. - sold to
Jack Tramiel on July 1, 1984, for 50 dollars cash and 240 million in stock and notes. •
ACC Select •
All3Media - 50% stake with
Liberty Global; sold to
RedBird IMI in 2024 for £1.15 billion ($1.45 billion) •
Atlanta Braves - Transferred to
Liberty Media in exchange for 60 million shares of Time Warner stock (valued at $1.27 billion) held by Liberty Media. •
Atlanta Hawks •
Atlanta Thrashers •
Bad Wolf - minority stake; sold to
Sony Pictures Television in 2021. •
BET Holdings, Inc. - 15% with
Robert L. Johnson, BET executives and shareholders,
Taft Television & Radio Company and Liberty Media/
Tele-Communications, Inc., sold its stake in 1996; currently owned by
Paramount Skydance through its
Paramount Media Networks division. • BET Action Pay-Per-View - purchased by TVN Entertainment Corp. in 2001 •
BET on Jazz •
Central European Media Enterprises - 75% equity holding; sold to
PPF in August 2020. •
Chilevisión - sold to
Paramount Networks Americas in 2021. •
Comedy Central (50% with
Viacom) - sold its stake in 2003; currently owned by
Paramount Skydance. •
CourtTV - brand name and pre-2008 original programming library acquired by
Katz Broadcasting/
E. W. Scripps Company in December 2018. •
Crunchyroll - sold to
Sony's joint venture anime division
Funimation, run by
Sony Pictures and
Sony Music Entertainment Japan's
Aniplex, in 2021; the merged company was branded entirely as
Crunchyroll, LLC in 2022, with the Funimation name continuing to be used for its streaming service until the merger is completed. •
VRV - included in the sale and also folded into Crunchyroll •
Discovery Digital Networks - sold to
Group Nine Media in 2016 • Discovery Education - majority stake sold to
Francisco Partners in 2018 and
Clearlake Capital in 2022 •
E! - Time Warner's stake acquired by
Comcast and
The Walt Disney Company in 1997. •
Game Show Network, LLC — 42% stake acquired by co-owner Sony Pictures Television in 2019. •
GameTap - sold to
Metaboli in 2008, later closed in 2010. •
Global Cycling Network - sold back privately in 2024 •
Great American Country - sold to
GAC Media in 2021 and rebranded as GAC Family •
Hello Sunshine (joint venture with
Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rodsky and Emerson Creative) - sold •
HowStuffWorks - sold to
Blucora in 2014 •
Hulu (10% stake) - sold to Hulu, LLC, but was allocated between
The Walt Disney Company (7%) and
Comcast (3%); Disney acquired majority interest (67%) of Hulu with Comcast as minority partner (33%) in 2019 until early 2024, when Disney acquired the remaining interest in Hulu. •
LazyTown Entertainment - sold to
Magnús Scheving in 2024. •
Lumiere Pictures and Television – minority stake from 1995 to 1996; sold to
UGC and
Groupe Canal+ in 1996 •
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer - between 1967 and 1969 was owned by Time Inc. as a shareholder; briefly owned by Turner Broadcasting System in 1986; sold back to
Kirk Kerkorian later that year and currently owned by
Amazon (through
Amazon MGM Studios), while the pre-May 1986 library was retained by Turner Entertainment Co. •
Motor Trend Group - sold to
Hearst Communications in 2024 •
National Kinney Corporation - spun-off in 1978 and renamed as Andal Corporation •
NBA TV (
cable channel; operations) - lost rights on October 1, 2025 •
New York Cosmos • New Form Digital - Sold by Whistle in 2019 • Particular Crowd - spun-off in 2023. •
Panavision •
Pittsburgh Pirates (48% with
John W. Galbreath) • Playdemic - sold to
Electronic Arts in 2021 •
PlayON! Sports Network •
Sea World (Gold Coast) - 50% stake bought out by
Village Roadshow Theme Parks in 2006 along with Wet 'N' Wild Gold Coast and Warner Bros Movie World. •
Six Flags - acquired by
Premier Parks in 1998. •
SourceFed Studios - Sold to Group Nine Media, closed in 2017 •
Seeker - Sold to Group Nine Media. •
The Burbank Studios - re-acquired by Worthe Real Estate Group,
QuadReal Property Group and
Stockbridge Capital Group in 2024 •
The Smoking Gun • SportSouth - acquired by Fox Cable Networks in 1996 and relaunched as
Fox Sports South. • TestTube - Sold by
NowThis News renamed NowThis Originals •
Time Inc. - spun-off in 2014, then acquired by
Meredith Corporation in 2018, and later acquired by
IAC's Dotdash to form Dotdash Meredith in 2021, which became
People Inc. four years later. •
IPC Media • Time4 Media - formerly
Times Mirror magazines group purchased from
Tribune Company, sold to
Bonnier Group &
World Publications • Transworld Magazine Corporation • Popular Science • Marine Group • Time4Outdoors • Mountain Sports Media • The Parenting Group Inc. - Time, Inc. magazine group; sold to Bonnier and World Publications •
Family Life - sold to Time Warner in 1999; closed down in 2001 •
Time Life •
Time-Life Films - sold to
Columbia Pictures Television in 1981; library currently owned by HBO. • Talent Associates • Time–Life Records •
Time Warner Book Group - sold to
Hachette Livre in 2006 •
Time Warner Cable - spun-off in 2009 and has been acquired by
Charter Communications in 2016. •
TMZ - sold to
Fox Corporation in 2021. • TT Centroid - moved to
Pinewood Studios and spun off in 2008 •
TriStar Pictures - joint venture with
CBS and
Columbia Pictures. HBO sold TriStar back to Columbia Pictures in December 1985. •
truTV UK and Ireland •
Turner South - acquired by Fox Cable Networks in 2006 and relaunched as
SportSouth. •
TW Telecom - spun off in 1998, acquired by
Level 3 Communications Inc. in 2014 •
UKTV - joint venture with
BBC Studios. Discovery Inc. sold its stake in 2019 •
Uninterrupted - Sold to SpingHill Company •
Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment - joint venture with
American Express; became MTV Networks and sold to
Viacom in 1986 •
Cable Music Channel - sold by Turner to Warner-Amex, then closed down and replaced with
VH1 •
Nickelodeon •
MTV •
Bravo (Joint venture with
Rainbow Media Holdings) - Sold to Rainbow Media in 1984, Then got sold to
NBC (Now
NBCUniversal) in 2002 •
Warner Bros. Discovery New Zealand - sold to
Sky (New Zealand) in 2025 •
Bravo (joint venture with
Comcast) •
Eden •
Three •
Living •
Rush •
Warner Bros. Movie World Gold Coast - 50% stake in the park bought out by
Village Roadshow Theme Parks in 2006 along with Wet 'n' Wild Gold Coast and Sea World. •
Warner Bros. Movie World Germany •
Warner Bros. Ranch - sold to Stockbridge Capital Group •
Warner Music Group - spun-off in 2004, then acquired by
Access Industries in 2011, and later spun-off again into an IPO in 2020 • Warner Advanced Media Operations - acquired by
Cinram International in 2003 • WEA Manufacturing - acquired by Cinram International in 2003 •
Wet'n'Wild Water World - 50% in the park bought out by
Village Roadshow Theme Parks in 2006 along with Warner Bros. Movie World and Sea World. •
WPCH-TV - sold to Meredith Corporation in 2017 and later acquired by
Gray Television in 2021.
Dormant or shuttered These are Warner Bros. Discovery divisions which have been closed or folded into another part of the company. •
3net - 3D television channel jointly owned with
Sony and
IMAX Corporation; operated from 2011 to 2014 •
7food network •
Adult Swim (UK & Ireland) •
AT&T SportsNet - shut down on October 21, 2023 •
AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh - sold to
Fenway Sports Group •
AT&T SportsNet Southwest - sold to a
joint venture between the
Houston Rockets and
Houston Astros (50% stake) •
AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain - ceased operations at the end of 2023 •
Root Sports Northwest (29% stake with
Baseball Club of Seattle, LP) - had sold its stake to the Mariners in January 2024 • AIMS Multimedia - acquired by Discovery Education in 2004 • Altschul Group Corporation - acquired by Discovery Education in 2003 •
FilmFair Communications •
Animal Planet Italy •
Associated Artists Productions - bought 1933–1957
Fleischer/
Famous Studios Popeye cartoons and pre-1950 WB library in 1956; the latter library would find its way back to Warner ownership in 1996 as part of the Turner merger (which also incorporated the
Popeye cartoons) •
Animalist •
Achievement Hunter - closed in 2023 • Bamzu.com •
Beme Inc. - merged into CNN Digital Studios in 2018 • Big Pixel Studios •
Boomerang Germany - closed in 2018 and replaced by Boomerang CEE with German advertisements. •
Boomerang (Latin America) - closed in 2021 and replaced by Cartoonito (Latin America) •
Brut Productions - acquired by Turner Broadcasting System from
Faberge Inc. in 1982; library currently owned by Turner Entertainment Co. • Beyond The Lot •
C4 • California Video Center •
Canal 8 Sport •
Cartoonito (Spain) • Cartoon Network Amazone - closed in 2022 and replaced by
Columbia Pictures Aquaverse •
Cartoon Network Hotel - closed on January 1, 2026 and replaced by Dutch Wonderland Inn • Cartoon Network On-Air - Replaced by the Creative Group in 2010 •
Cartoon Network (Spain) - Shut down in 2013 and replaced by the Spanish version of Boing •
Cartoon Network Too • Castle Rock Television - Folded into Warner Bros. Television •
China Entertainment Television - 36% stake held by Turner Broadcasting System; ceased broadcasting in 2016 • Clearvue & SVE - acquired by Discovery Education in 2006 •
CNN Airport •
CNN Checkout Channel •
CNNfn •
CNN Philippines (
Nine Media Corporation and
Radio Philippines Network) - closed on February 1, 2024 and replaced by
RPTV •
CNN Pipeline •
CNN/SI •
CNN+ (in conjunction with CNN Worldwide) - second incarnation; shut down on April 28, 2022 •
CNN+ (Spanish TV network) - first incarnation; joint venture with Sogecable • CNN Money Switzerland - joint venture with MediaGo •
Cooking Channel (Canada) (19.8%) - shut down on December 31, 2024 •
Crime Library •
DC Entertainment - folded into DC Comics in 2023 •
DC Vertigo •
DC Universe (SVOD) - shut down with catalog absorbed into HBO Max and spun off into DC Universe Infinite on January 21, 2021 • Discovery Channel Multimedia • Discovery Channel Radio •
Discovery Channel Romania •
Discovery Civilization • Discovery Destinations Hotels & Resorts (joint venture with Scottford Enterprises) •
Discovery Family (France) - shut down in 2022 • Discovery Family Go - shut down on May 2, 2022 • Discovery Films •
Discovery Geschichte •
Discovery Health Channel •
Discovery Home & Health Southeast Asia •
Discovery Home & Health UK •
Discovery Kids Australia •
Discovery Kids UK •
Discovery People •
Discovery Real Time •
Discovery Real Time France •
Discovery Science CEEMEA - shut down on January 5, 2024 •
Discovery Science France - shut down on February 26, 2024; replaced by
TLC •
Discovery Shed •
Discovery Travel & Living •
Discovery Wings •
Discovery World Europe •
DKids •
DMAX MENA •
Dplay - replaced in available regions by Discovery+ •
DTX - shut down on January 5, 2024 •
DramaFever - shut down in 2018 •
eleveneleven •
Ellen Digital Ventures (joint venture between Warner Bros. Digital Networks and
Ellen DeGeneres) •
Eurosport - merged/absorbed into
TNT Sports in 2025 •
Eurosport 1 •
Eurosport 2 •
Eurosport 2 Xtra (Germany) • Eurosport 360 •
Eurosport Norge •
Esporte Interativo - TV channels shut down in 2018; brand replaced by
TNT Sports in 2021 • Eurosport 360° •
Eurosport 2 Xtra (Portugal) •
Eurosport News • Eurosport Player - replaced in available regions by Discovery+ • Eurosport Plus • FandangoNOW •
Festival • FilmBuff •
FilmStruck - shut down in 2018 •
Fine Living Europe •
Fine Living Italy •
First National Pictures - acquired by Warner Bros. in 1928 and closed in 1936 •
FitTV •
Food Network (New Zealand) •
Four •
Fullscreen, Inc. - team laid off and company absorbed into WBD Ad Sales • McBeard • Reelio •
Funhaus - Closed in 2024 • GCN+ and GCN app - closed on December 19, 2023 •
Glitz - closed on February 29, 2024 • Global Digital Media Xchange •
Golf World (magazine) •
GolfTV - dissolved into Discovery+ in 2022 •
Good Food •
GXT •
Hanna-Barbera - absorbed into Warner Bros. Animation • Hanna-Barbera Home Video • Hanna-Barbera Poland • HBO Animation • HBO Defined (India) •
HBO Family - Shut down on August 15, 2025 •
HBO Now - replaced/dissolved by HBO Max • HBO Downtown Productions — dissolved in 2001; pre-1992 library owned by HBO •
HBO Hits (India) • HBO Independent Productions •
HBO Netherlands - joint venture with Ziggo •
HBO Go - replaced by HBO Max in the United States, Latin America, Nordics, Spain, Portugal, Central and Eastern Europe, was also active in Asian countries, until it folded and converted into simply Max which merging HBO Max and Discovery+ on November 19, 2024 •
HBO Nordic •
HBO Portugal •
HBO España • HBO NYC Productions (formerly called HBO Showcase) - folded into HBO Films • HBO Home Entertainment - transferred and folded into Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in 2019 •
HBO Latin America Group - transferred and folded into Warner Bros. Discovery Latin America Group •
HBO Kids - discontinued on February 29, 2024 • Headstrong Pictures •
HOOQ (streaming service joint venture with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Singtel) - shut down on 30 April 2020 due to liquidation and eventually sold to
Coupang in July 2020 to form the nucleus of its streaming service named Coupang Play •
I.Sat - closed on February 29, 2024 •
In2TV - joint venture between AOL and Warner Bros. Television, integrated into AOL Video in December 2006 •
iStreamPlanet - shuttered in 2023 •
Legacy Releasing folded into Warner Home Video in 1999 • Lorimar Film Entertainment •
Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation - sold to Lorimar in 1979; post-August 17, 1946 library currently owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment • Interstate Television - founded in the early 1950s as the TV arm of Allied Artists, became Allied Artists Television in the 1960s and was folded into Lorimar with the rest of AAPC in 1979 • Lorimar Home Video - folded into Warner Home Video in 1988 • Lorimar Records •
Lorimar Television •
Rankin/Bass Productions - post-1974 library currently owned by Warner Bros. •
ZIV International - acquired by Lorimar Productions in 1982; the library contents were sold to Coral Pictures in 1986. •
Machinima, Inc. - merged into Fullscreen in 2019 • Momlogic • Mondo Mah-jong TV - ceased broadcasting on March 31, 2022, due to the closure of the platform that carried the channel. •
Monolith Productions – closed in February 2025 • MotorTrend+ (
subscription streaming service) - closing at the end of March 2024, with most of its subscribers and programming migrating to
Discovery+ and
Max •
MuchMusic - closed on February 29, 2024 •
MovieMax - Shut down on August 15, 2025 •
National General Pictures - sold to Warner Bros. in 1973 •
Nelson Entertainment - acquired by New Line Cinema in 1991; library currently owned by
Amazon MGM Studios (via
Orion Pictures) • Embassy Home Entertainment - former divisions of its sister company,
Embassy Pictures • Galactic Films, Inc. • Spikings Corporation • Charter Entertainment •
New Line Home Entertainment - folded into Warner Home Video •
New Line Television - folded into Warner Bros. Television • New Line Television Pay-Per-View - folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution •
Oh!K •
Outright Distribution •
Otter Media - folded into
WarnerMedia Entertainment on May 31, 2019 •
OuterMax - Shut down on August 15, 2025 •
Pathé UK - folded into
Warner Bros. Entertainment UK • People's Court Raw •
Picturehouse - renamed from
Fine Line Features in 2005, then closed in 2008; reopened in 2013 as an independent studio • Player First Games – closed in February 2025 •
Prime Time Entertainment Network •
Quest Arabiya •
Quibi - Minority stake; shut down. •
Red by HBO (24/7 Asian cinema channel; joint venture with
Mei Ah Entertainment) - ceased broadcasting on July 1, 2021 • Redknot - production company jointly owned by
Discovery Kids Latin America and
Nelvana •
Revision3 •
Rev3Games • What's the Big Deal? •
Rooster Teeth - shut down in 2024; the remaining assets were sold to Box Canyon Productions in 2025 • Rooster Teeth Animation • Rooster Teeth Studios •
Rooster Teeth Games •
Setanta Sports Asia •
Seven Arts Productions – merged with Warner Bros. in 1967 •
Shed Productions - folded into Wall to Wall •
Snowblind Studios - merged into Monolith Productions in 2012 • Stage 13 - closed in 2022. • Screwattack - Folded into Death Battle • Studio T - combined Turner brand name for TBS Productions and TNT Productions; dissolved in 2019 •
Super Deluxe •
TBS (Latin America) - closed in 2023 and replaced by TNT Novelas •
Switchover Media •
TCM Movies •
ThreeLife •
ThrillerMax - Shut down on August 15, 2025 •
Tabi Tele - ceased broadcasting on March 31, 2022, due to the closure of the platform that carried the channel. •
Take 2 • Toonami (channels in
India,
Southeast Asia, and
UK & Ireland) •
TNT Sweden - closed in 2019 •
Toonami (UK and Ireland) - originally CNX until 2003; closed in 2007 and replaced by
Cartoon Network Too (version 2) •
TruTV (Latin America) - closed in 2023 and replaced by Adult Swim (Latin America) •
Turner Broadcasting System - closed in 2019 • Turner Broadcasting System Latin America • Turner International Argentina • Turner Classic Movies 2 •
Turner Classic Movies (Asia) •
Turner Classic Movies (Northern Europe) • Turner Home Entertainment - folded into Warner Home Video as an in-name-only unit in December 1996 •
Turner Japan - Japanese division which operations were absorbed into
Discovery Japan on 1 August 2023 • Turner Pictures - folded into Warner Bros. •
Turner Program Services - folded into Warner Bros. Television Distribution • Turner Studios •
Vivolta (20% stake) •
Warner Bros. Cartoons • Warner Bros. Domestic Pay TV, Cable & Network Features - a former division of Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution that licensed Warner Bros. feature films, television series, miniseries, TV films, and specials to the pay television and basic cable markets, as well as feature films to the broadcast networks. Formed in 1994, it was re-organized in 2001 as “Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution”, before folding into Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in 2008 •
Warner Bros. Family Entertainment - closed in 2011 •
Warner Bros. Feature Animation •
Warner Bros. Global Kids, Young Adults and Classics - closed in 2022 •
Warner Bros. Jungle Habitat •
Warner Bros. Studio Store •
WB Channel • WB Games San Diego – closed in February 2025 • Watershed Television • Warner Horizon Scripted Television - merged into Warner Bros. Television Studios in 2020 •
Warner Horizon Unscripted Television - merged into Warner Bros. Television Studios in 2024 • WarnerMax - short-lived film production company joint venture by Warner Bros. and HBO Max, it closed down in October 2020 •
Warner Independent Pictures - closed in 2008 •
Warner Premiere - closed in 2013 • Warner Premiere Digital •
Raw Feed • Warner Alliance - a now-defunct contemporary Christian music division owned by Warner Music Group, which operated until 1998. The company was dissolved by Warner purchasing Word Entertainment. • Warner Leisure, Inc. - 80% stake; previously known as Leisure Development Corp. of America; closed in 1985 • Warner Resound - a now-defunct Christian division of
Warner Music Group, focused on distributing Christian music and media, as well as products from other artists like Vigilantes of Love and The Call. The company largely became dormant after Word Entertainment was sold to Warner Music Group. •
WarnerVision Entertainment - folded into Warner Home Video in 2002. •
KidVision - folded into Warner Home Video in 2004. •
A*Vision Entertainment •
NightVision •
BodyVision •
Warner Music Entertainment - folded into Warner Home Video in 2013. •
Warner Music Vision •
Warner Vision International •
Warner Vision Australia • Weintraub Entertainment Group - 15% stake previously held by
Columbia Pictures •
The WB - 64% joint venture with
Tribune Broadcasting; closed in 2006. •
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) - video library, selected wrestler contracts and other intellectual property sold to World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, Inc., now known as
WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment), through its subsidiary W. Acquisition Company (which was subsequently renamed WCW Inc. following the sale) in 2001. • Yalli Productions ==See also==