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|align="center"|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cisionwire.com/ericsson/sony-ericsson-mobile-communications-established-today|title=Ericsson – press release|publisher=Cision Wire|accessdate=1 October 2001}}</ref><ref>[http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/communications/0,39044192,38008998,00.htm Sony, Ericsson unveil US$500m merger]</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:55, 20 May 2017
Sony Corporation (commonly referred to as Sony) (Japanese: ソニー株式会社, Sonī Kabushiki Kaisha) (TYO: 6758) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates.
As of March 2010, Sony Corporation has made 92 acquisitions while taking stakes at 56 companies. The company has 83 divestitures since 1983.
Acquisitions
Stakes
Date | Company | Stake | Business | Country | Value | References |
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27 October 1997 | ST Liquid Crystal Display Corporation | 50% | LCD | [44] | ||
1 October 2001 | Sony Ericsson | 50% | Mobile Phones | $250,000,000 | [45][46] | |
8 October 2001 | Square Enix | 18.6%/currently 0% | Video Game | ¥14,900,000,000 | [47][48] | |
26 April 2004 | S-LCD | 50% minus 1 share | LCD | [49] | ||
8 April 2005 | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 20% | Movies/Television | $4,800,000,000 | [50] | |
8 December 2009 | Fearnet | minority | Video On Demand | [51][52] | ||
6 March 2007 | Cellius | 49% | Video Game | [53] | ||
2 April 2007 | Field Emission Technologies Inc. | 33.5% | Field Emission Display | [54] | ||
14 November 2007 | Moversa GmbH | 50% | Small Card Applications | [55] | ||
1 July 2009 | Sharp Display Corporation | 7.04% | LCD Panels and Modules | [56][57] | ||
8 December 2009 | Vevo | minority | Video On Demand | [58][59] | ||
14 June 2012 | Multi Screen Media | majority | Television | $271,000,000 | [60] | |
21 June 2012 | unnamed joint venture with Sumitomo Electric | Electronics | [61] | |||
25 June 2012 | unnamed joint venture with Panasonic | OLED | [62] | |||
28 June 2012 | Chemical Products Businesses of Development Bank of Japan | Chemical industry | [63][64] | |||
8 July 2015 | IMS Internet Media Services | majority | Digital marketing and communications | [65] | ||
16 March 2016 | Fable Pictures | minority | Television | [66] | ||
7 April 2016 | Planet TV | majority | Television | [67] | ||
7 June 2016 | Blueprint Pictures | minority | Television | [68] |
Divestitures
Date | Acquirer | Target company | Target business | Acquirer country | Value | References |
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5 December 2008 | Sony | Sony NEC Optiarc | Sony Optiarc | [69] | ||
1 January 2011 | Samsung Electronics | Transcorp. Company | Samsung Transcorp. Company | [citation needed] | ||
14 February 2011 | Sony | Media Nusantara Citra | Sony MNC Networks | [citation needed] | ||
1 October 2008 | Sony | Sony BMG | Sony Music Entertainment | $1,200,000,000 | [70][71][72] | |
20 February 2008 | Toshiba | Cell Chip Factory | Cell chip factory | ¥90,000,000,000 | [73] |
References
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- ^ Richter, Paul; KNOEDELSEDER Jr, WILLIAM K. (19 November 1987). "Sony Buys CBS Record Division for $2 Billion After Months of Talks". LA Times. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "Article: Sony to acquire Guber-Peters Entertainment Company. (Sony USA Inc.)". High Beam. 19 November 1987. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Cieply, Michael (11 October 1989). "Full Speed Ahead on Guber-Peters Sale Entertainment: Sony says it will buy the company even if the two film producers can't shed their Warner contract". LA Times. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "Sony Completes $3.4-Billion Acquisition of Columbia". Los Angeles Times. 8 November 1989. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "The Purple Owl – Psygnosis History". 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2007.
- ^ "Bend Studios About Us". Bend Studios. 5 March 2010. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Ahmed, Shahed (22 January 2001). "Sony announces dual acquisitions". Gamespot. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Sony/atv Adds Twang With Famous Acuff-rose Catalog
- ^ Sony Buys Incog
- ^ "Announcement of Merger". Sony. 27 September 2002. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Sinclair, Brendan (7 December 2005). "Sony acquires Guerrilla Games". Gamespot. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ Bazeley, Michael (30 March 2005). "Google acquires traffic info start-up Zipdash". SiliconBeat. Retrieved 8 January 2008.
- ^ Gaither, Chris; Chmielewski, Dawn C. (23 August 2006). "Sony to Buy Video Sharing Website". LA Times. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "Viacom sells Famous Music to Sony/ATV". USA Today. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
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(help) - ^ Sony Online Entertainment (15 May 2007). Sony Online Entertainment Acquires Leading Online Games Studio -- Sigil Games Online. Press release.
- ^ a b "TGS: Sony buys MotorStorm dev". Eurogamer. 7 December 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ "Sony Corporation of America to Acquire Gracenote". Gracenote. Archived from the original on 30 April 2008. Retrieved 22 April 2008.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Sony Electronics acquires Convergent Media Systems". Sony Electronics Inc. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "Sony Enters the Flow Cytometry Business in Life Science Field by Acquiring iCyt". iCyt Mission Technology. Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
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suggested) (help) - ^ "Sony acquires LittleBigPlanet game maker Media Molecule". 3 March 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2010.
- ^ Rubestein, Jeff (2 March 2010). "Media Molecule officially joins the PlayStation Family". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
- ^ "Toshiba to sell chip plant to Sony for ¥53 billion". 28 February 2011. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
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- ^ "Sony acquires Micronics, Inc., US diagnostic device development venture, Acquisition to accelerate development and commercialization of Point of Care diagnostic products". Retrieved 28 September 2011.
- ^ "Sony Completes Full Acquisition of Sony Ericsson". Retrieved 16 February 2012.
- ^ "INVESTOR GROUP INCLUDING SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING" (PDF). Retrieved 29 June 2012.
- ^ "SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT TO ACQUIRE GAIKAI INC.,A LEADING INTERACTIVE CLOUD GAMING COMPANY" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2012.
- ^ "Sony Corporation and So-net Entertainment Corporation commence procedures to make So-net Entertainment Corporation a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation" (PDF). Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "SONY PICTURES TELEVISION TAKES MAJORITY STAKE IN LEFT BANK PICTURES". Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "Sony Acquires Pixim". Retrieved 14 September 2012.
- ^ Knight, Sophie (26 June 2014). "Sony to buy Britain's CSC media group in TV network push | Reuters". Uk.reuters.com. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ Clarke, Stewart (15 August 2014). "Sony closes CSC deal, ups Kate Marsh / TBI Vision TBI Vision". Tbivision.com. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Sony Acquires Belgian Innovator of Range Image Sensor Technology". Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Sony buys Toshiba's image sensor business for $155m". Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ "Sony to Acquire Altair Semi For $212 Million". Retrieved 28 January 2016.
- ^ "Sony's GSN Games acquires rival U.K. social casino slots studio Plumbee". Retrieved 19 February 2016.
- ^ "SONY buys E-Saturnus". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Sony Music buys Ministry Of Sound Recordings". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "Sony Pictures Networks India to Acquire Ten Sports for $385 Million". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ "ST-LCD Corporation to Expand Production Capacity of Low-Temperature Polysilicon TFT-LCD Panels for Digital Still Cameras and Cell Phones". Sony. 21 April 2004. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "Ericsson – press release". Cision Wire. Archived from the original on 14 July 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2001.
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- ^ "Sony Buys Stake in Square". IGN. Retrieved 8 October 2001.
- ^ Shareholder Information
- ^ "Samsung and Sony Agreed on Establishing Additional 8th Generation Line at S-LCD". Sony.
- ^ "COMPANY NEWS; CONSORTIUM LED BY SONY LOCKS UP MGM DEAL". NY Times. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 8 May 2010.
- ^ Lionsgate Jumps Onboard FEARNet
- ^ About FEARNet
- ^ Sony, Namco Bandai Ally to Jointly Make Games for PlayStation 3
- ^ "Sonys Field Emission Technology Inc. Company". Oled Display. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "ADDING MULTIMEDIA NXP and Sony Create Moversa, a Joint Venture for Universal Contactless Solutions". Business Wire. 14 November 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ "Operations Begin at World's First LCD Panel Plant Employing 10th-Generation Glass Substrates". Sharp Corporation. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ "Sharp and Sony Enter into Definitive Agreement regarding Joint Venture to Produce and Sell Large-Sized LCD Panels and Modules". Sharp Corporation. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
- ^ Abu Dhabi Media news archive
- ^ "Queen Rania calls on music world to support 1GOAL education campaign". 10 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ "SONY PICTURES TELEVISION TO INCREASE STAKE IN MULTI SCREEN MEDIA".
- ^ "Sumitomo Electric and Sony Announce the Joint-Development of the World's First True Green Semiconductor Laser Diode with over 100 mW Output Power at 530 nm".
- ^ "Sony and Panasonic to Collaborate on the Joint Development of Next Generation OLED Panels for TVs/Large-sized Displays".
- ^ "Development Bank of Japan and Sony Sign Definitive Agreements Regarding the Sale of Chemical Products Businesses". Sony Corporation. Retrieved 28 June 2012.
- ^ "Announcement of Company Split (Small-scale / Summary Form Company Split) of Sony Corporation into Sony Chemical & Information Device Corporation in connection with the Sale of Chemical Products Business" (PDF). Sony Corporation. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
- ^ "Sony Pictures Television To Acquire Majority Stake In IMS Internet Media Services". Sony Corporation. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
- ^ "Sony Pictures Television takes minority stake in Fable Pictures". TelevisionPost. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ "Sony Pictures TV Takes Majority Stake In Turkish Network Planet TV". deadline.com. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "Sony Takes Stake in TV Arm of 'Best Exotic Marigold Hotel' Producer Blueprint". variety.com. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
- ^ http://www.sonynec-optiarc.com/company/principles.html
- ^ "Sony to Purchase Bertelsmann's 50% Stake in Sony BMG". Sony Corporation. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ "Sony Completes Acquisition of Bertelsmann's 50% Stake in Sony BMG Music Company Becomes Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America". Sony Corporation. Retrieved 2 October 2008.
- ^ Van Buskirk, Eliot (5 August 2008). "Sony Buys Out Bertelsmann's Sony BMG Stake for U$1.2 Billion". Sony Corporation. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
- ^ Sony sells $835m PS3 CPU plant to Toshiba