Warner Bros.
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Warner Bros.' offices in Burbank, California | |
| Warner Bros. | |
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | Warner Features Company |
| Founded | April 4, 1923 |
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| Headquarters | 4000 Warner Boulevard, , United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Revenue | US$12.15 billion (2020) |
| US$2.07 billion (2020) | |
Number of employees | est. 8,000 (2014) |
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| Website | www |
| Footnotes / references [1][2][3][4][5] | |
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB),[a] is an American filmed entertainment and media corporation headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. Founded on April 4, 1923, by four brothers, Harry, Albert, Sam and Jack Warner, the company established itself as a leader in the American film industry before diversifying into animation, television, and video games. It is one of the "Big Five" major American film studios and a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA).
The company is known for its film studio division, the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group, which includes Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures Animation, Castle Rock Entertainment and the Warner Bros. Television Group. Bugs Bunny, a character created for the Looney Tunes series, is the company's official mascot.
- ^ a b Burgos, Matthew (May 4, 2023). "warner bros. logo gets a thicker, bolder, and sharper look from chermayeff & geismar & haviv". Designboom. Archived from the original on May 4, 2023. Retrieved May 4, 2023.
- ^ "2020 Financial and Operational Trends" (PDF). AT&T. January 27, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 11, 2021. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
- ^ "Company history". Warner Bros. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. Retrieved April 9, 2014.
- ^ Patten, Dominic; Yamato, Jen. "Warner Bros Layoffs Long Planned But "Accelerated" By Failed Fox Bid". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on September 6, 2014. Retrieved September 6, 2014.
- ^ "Warner Archive Collection podcast". Warnerbros.com. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ^ Thomson, David (2017). Warner Bros: The Making of an American Movie Studio. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 1. ISBN 9780300197600. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ^ Gomery, Douglas; Pafort-Overduin, Clara (2011). Movie History: A Survey (2nd ed.). New York: Routledge. p. 150. ISBN 9781136835254. Archived from the original on April 9, 2023. Retrieved March 20, 2023 – via Google Books.
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