Sony Music Entertainment

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Sony Music Entertainment (abbreviated as SME, or commonly known as simply Sony Music) is a group of 4 major record labels, including Columbia, Epic, Arista and RCA. It is the music division of the Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. The company was created on January 1, 1991 after Sony purchased Columbia Records and its international arm from CBS Inc. and Laurence Tisch for $2 billion on November 17, 1987 and the sale was completed on January 5, 1988. They were later granted a temporary license to use the CBS name until the rename of the mentioned date.

Sony Music Entertainment (first era)[]

1991–2004, 2008–2009[]

The 1991 logo was reintroduced after the dissolution of Sony BMG on December 1, 2008.

1992[]

This logo was also used by its Japanese counterpart, only with "Music" added here.

1998, 2009–present[]

Sony BMG Music Entertainment[]

2004–2008[]

Sony Music Entertainment (second era)[]

2009–2023[]

An entirely new logo was unveiled in March 2009, with a red brushstroke symbol.

2023–present[]

A new logo was unveiled on November 3rd, 2023. It replaced the brushstroke symbol with a circular pattern of red dots, but the wordmark remains the same.

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Sony Music Entertainment

Part of Sony

Flagship labels
Columbia Records | RCA Records | Epic Records | Arista Records

Notes

¹	Co-owned with Sony Pictures Television.
²	Co-owned with Shueisha and Wit Studio.
³	Co-owned with WildBrain (41%) and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%).
⁴	Now a label of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Sony

Electronics/Technologies

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Sony Interactive Entertainment

Part of Sony

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PlayStation

A product of Sony Interactive Entertainment

Consoles
Home:
PlayStation | PS2 | PS3 | PS4 | PS5 (Pro)
Handheld:
PocketStation | PSP | Go | Vita
Embedded:
PSX | Xperia Play | PlayStation TV

Accessories
DualShock | Move | Wonderbook | VR | VR2

Magazines
PLAY (magazine)

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PlayStation Productions

Part of Sony Interactive Entertainment

Films:
Ratchet & Clank | Uncharted | Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story

Television series:
The Last of Us | Twisted Metal

Upcoming productions:
Flims: Days Gone | Ghost of Tsushima | Gravity Rush
Television series: God of War | Horizon

Predecessor
Super Disc

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Applications Browser \| Calendar \| Content Manager \| Email \| Friends \| Maps \| Messages \| Music \| Near \| Parental Controls \| Party \| Photos \| PS4 Link \| Remote Play \| Settings \| Trophies \| Videos \| Welcome Park

¹PlayStation Music is still available on the PlayStation 4, but has been renamed Spotify on other PlayStation devices.

Other
Bungie¹ | Evo (50%)² | SN Systems

Franchises

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Ape Escape

Main Games

Ape Escape | Ape Escape 2 | Ape Escape 3

Spin-offs
Pipo Saru 2001 | Saru! Get You! Million Monkeys | Racing | Saru! Get You! SaruSaru Big Mission | Ape Quest

Party games
Pumped & Primed | EyeToy: Monkey Mania | Academy | Academy 2 | PlayStation Move

Appearances
Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater | PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

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Gran Turismo

Video games:

Gran Turismo | 2 | 3: A-Spec | Concept | 4 | PSP | 5 | 6 | Sport | 7

Adaptations:
Gran Turismo: Based on a True Story

Concept cars:
Vision Gran Turismo

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Jak and Daxter

Main Games

The Precursor Legacy | Jak II | Jak 3 | The Lost Frontier

Other Games
Jak X: Combat Racing | Daxter | Collection

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Ratchet & Clank

Main Games

Reimagining
Ratchet & Clank (2016)

Spin-offs
Size Matters | Secret Agent Clank | All 4 One | Collection | Full Frontal Assault

Mobile Games
Going Mobile | Clone Home | Before the Nexus

Films
Ratchet & Clank (2016)

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Sly Cooper

Main Games

The Thievius Raccoonus | Band of Thieves | Honor Among Thieves | Thieves in Time

Other Games
The Sly Collection | Bentley's Hackpack

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Uncharted

Main Games

Drake's Fortune | Among Thieves | Drake's Deception | A Thief's End

Other Games
Golden Abyss | Fight for Fortune | The Nathan Drake Collection | The Lost Legacy

Other Media
Eye of Indra | The Fourth Labyrinth

Live Action:
Uncharted

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WipEout

Games

AG Racing League

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God of War

Main Games

Other Games
Betrayal | Collection | Origins Collection

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Resistance

Main games

Resistance: Fall of Man | Resistance 2 | Resistance 3

Other games
Resistance: Retribution | Resistance: Burning Skies

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Killzone

A Guerrilla Games franchise

Main Games
Killzone | Killzone 2 | Killzone 3 | Killzone: Shadow Fall

Other Games
Killzone: Liberation | Killzone: Mercenary

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The Last of Us

Video games

Part I (Remastered PS4 | Remake PS5) | Part II (Remastered)

Adaptations
American Dreams | HBO series

¹ A Sony/PlayStation-owned subsidiary not under PlayStation Studios
² Joint venture with Endeavor's esports venture RTS
³ Defunct joint venture with Bandai Namco Holdings
⁴ Staff moved to Codemasters Cheshire

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Sony Music Entertainment

Part of Sony

Flagship labels
Columbia Records | RCA Records | Epic Records | Arista Records

Notes

¹	Co-owned with Sony Pictures Television.
²	Co-owned with Shueisha and Wit Studio.
³	Co-owned with WildBrain (41%) and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates (20%).
⁴	Now a label of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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Sony Pictures Entertainment

Part of Sony

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment:
Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | Sony Pictures Kids Zone | Kartoon Studios (7%)

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions:
Destination Films | Affirm Films | Stage 6 Films

Sony Channel: Latin America

Sony Movies: Latin America | United States (Sony Cine)

Other US Networks: Great Entertainment Television

Video-on-demand: Crunchyroll | Sony Networks | Sony One

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Sony Pictures Networks India

Part of Sony Pictures Entertainment

Indian TV channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Sony TV ^HD, Sony Sab ^HD and Sony Pal | Movies: Sony Max ^HD (Other), Sony Max 2 (classic movies) and Sony Wah | Kids: Sony Yay
English: Movies: Sony Pix ^HD | Knowledge: Sony BBC Earth ^{HD, 1}
Regional languages: Bengali: Sony Aath | Marathi: Sony Marathi

Sony Sports Network: Sony Sports Ten 1 ^HD, Sony Sports Ten 2 ^HD, Sony Sports Ten 3 ^HD (Hindi), Sony Sports Ten 4 ^HD (Tamil and Telugu), Sony Sports Ten 5 ^HD

International channels: SET (Asia) | Sony KAL

Video-on-demand: SonyLIV

Defunct channels:
English entertainment: AXN ^HD | Hindi music: Sony Rox HD and Sony Mix | English movies: Sony Le Plex HD | Kids: Animax (India) | Sports: Sony Ten Golf HD | Sony ESPN ^{HD, 2} (sports)

Content production arm: Studio NEXT
Film production: Sony Pictures Networks Productions

Notes:
¹Joint venture with BBC Studios.
²Was a joint venture with ESPN.

Other channels: Crunchyroll Channel | Game Show Network³ | Lifetime (Latin America)⁴ | FMN (Indonesia)⁵

Sony Pictures Experiences:
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema | Columbia Pictures Aquaverse | Wonderverse

Video-on-demand: Southeast Asia and India: HOOQ¹³ | United States: VRV | Funimation

Video-on-demand: Crackle

Other: Sony Pictures DVD Center

Notes

¹	Co-owned with Aniplex.
²	Formerly co-owned with Skybound.
³	Formerly co-owned with AT&T; Sony acquired AT&T’s stake of GSN in 2019.
⁴	Joint venture with A+E Networks.
⁵	Joint venture with Dori Media Group.
⁶	Co-owned with Nippon Television.
⁷	Transferred to Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 2001 and renamed to Aniplex in 2003.
⁸	Joint venture with Gaumont.
⁹	Joint venture with IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Discovery
¹⁰	Under license from Warner Bros. Discovery.
¹¹	Sold to Duo Media Networks (Postimees Grupp).
¹²	Joint venture with ESPN.
¹³	Joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Singtel.
¹⁴	Sold to KC Global Media Entertainment.
¹⁵	Sold to Narrative Entertainment.
¹⁶	Sold to SPI International.
¹⁷	Sold to National Media Group.
¹⁸	Sold to Antenna Group.
¹⁹	Under license from Viasat.
²⁰	Sold to Nojima.
²¹	Sold to JVM Holding.
²²	Joint venture with HarperCollins.
²³	Sold to Sastisfaction Group.
²⁴	Sold to High View Group.

Sony Financial Group
Sony Assurance | Sony Bank (SmartLink Network) | Sony Life (Aegon Sony Life)

Special: Slogans

Notes:
¹Joint venture with Honda.
²Former joint venture with Samsung Electronics.
³Former joint venture with Ericsson.
⁴Marketed by the Blu-ray Disc Association.
⁵Marketed by the DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation.

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Bertelsmann

Main assets:

Penguin Random House | RTL Group

Arvato
Arvato Digital Services | Arvato Services

Bertelsmann Education Group
Alliant International University | Relias Learning

Notes
¹Joint venture with Sony.

Sony Music Entertainment

Sony Music Entertainment (first era)[]

1991–2004, 2008–2009[]

1992[]

1998, 2009–present[]

Sony BMG Music Entertainment[]

2004–2008[]

Sony Music Entertainment (second era)[]

2009–2023[]

2023–present[]

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