Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Motion pictures |
Predecessor | MCA Inc. |
Founded | April 17, 1924 |
Headquarters | Beverly Hills, California, US |
Key people | Harry E. Sloan (Chairman and CEO) |
Products | Motion pictures Television programs |
Owner | Amazon |
Number of employees | 1,440 (as of 2004) [1] |
Parent | Loews Corporation (1924–1959) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (1959–1980) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Film Co. (1980–1981) MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (1981–1986) Turner Broadcasting System (1986) MGM/UA Communications Co. (1986–1990) MGM-Pathé Communications Co. (1990–1992) Crédit Lyonnais (1992–1997) Tracinda Corporation (1997–2005) MGM Holdings, Inc. (2005–2023) Amazon MGM Studios (2023–present) |
Subsidiaries | Skymark Entertainment |
Website | www.mgm.com |
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., (also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, commonly shortened to MGM), is an American media company specializing in film and television production and distribution. Founded on April 17, 1924, and based in Beverly Hills, California, it is owned by the Amazon MGM Studios subsidiary of Amazon.