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食科四 B 孫啟棠

食科四 B 孫啟棠. Merger. a. Warner Communications was established in 1972 when Kinney National Company spun off its non-entertainment assets, due to a financial scandal over its parking operations. b. In 1987, it was announced that Warner Communications and Time Inc. were to merge.

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食科四 B 孫啟棠

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  1. 食科四B 孫啟棠

  2. Merger a. Warner Communications was established in 1972 when Kinney National Company spun off its non-entertainment assets, due to a financial scandal over its parking operations. b. In 1987, it was announced that Warner Communications and Time Inc. were to merge. c. Merger between Time Inc. and Warner Communications (1990); subsequently purchased by AOL (2001) d. In response to the huge loss in 2002, the company dropped the "AOL" from its name, and removed Steve Case as executive chairman in favor of Richard Parsons.

  3. "Eh... what's up, doc?"

  4. History • Warner brothers, Jewish brothers: Harry Warner (1881–1958), Albert Warner (1883–1967), Sam Warner (1887–1927) and Jack L. Warner (1892–1978). • The three elder brothers began in the exhibition business in 1903, having acquired a projector with which they showed films in the mining towns of Pennsylvania and Ohio. • They opened their first theatre, the Cascade, in New Castle, Pennsylvania in 1903.

  5. History d. In 1904, the Warners founded the Pittsburgh-based Duquesne Amusement & Supply Company (the precursor to Warner Bros. Pictures) to distribute films. e. By the time of World War I they had begun producing films, and in 1918 the brothers opened the Warner Bros. studio on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. f. In 1923, they formally incorporated as Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

  6. History g. What really put Warner Bros. on the Hollywood map was a dog, Rin Tin Tin, brought from France after World War I by an American soldier. Rinty was so popular that he starred in 26 films, beginning with The Man from Hell's River in 1924, and is credited with making the fledgling studio a success. German Shepherd

  7. Warner Bros. logo (1972-1984) Warner Bros. Studios, 1920 Warner Bros. logo (1984-1990) Warner Bros.-Seven Arts logo (1967-1969)

  8. The studio nowadays…. On google map

  9. Looney Tunes • Warner's cartoon unit began modestly in 1930 as a free-standing company owned byLeon Schlesinger. • B. Warner bought Schlesinger's cartoon unit in 1944, and in subsequent decades characters such as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck became central to the company's image • . • C. Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothersanimated cartoon series which ran in many movie theatres from 1930 to 1969, and is WB's first animated theatrical series and the second longest continuous animated series in any medium.

  10. Black and white Looney Tunes opening title from 1943. November 14, 2003 The Bugs Bunny Show.

  11. Notable films • SuperMan 1980

  12. Notable films b. Lethal Weapon (1987)

  13. Notable films c. The matrix 1999

  14. Notable films d. Harry Potter series 2001

  15. Notable films e.Phantom of the opera 2004

  16. Notable films f. The Prestige (2006, with Touchstone Pictures)

  17. Reference • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rin_Tin_Tin • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros. • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Pictures • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugs_Bunny • http://maps.google.com

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