Editing Who owns what

'''This list is an attempt to collect information about which [[company]] owns other [[companies]] and [[brand]]s'''

Some preliminary research:

AOL Time Warner 
*Aol, Winamp, Netscape 
*Aol Messenger, ICQ 
*CNN, Fortune magazine, Time, Warner Bros 

Vivendi 
*Universal (everything) 
*Blizzard Entertainment, Sierra Entertainment and Universal Interactive 
*Studio Canal, Sci-fi Channel, mp3.com 

Sony 
*Columbia TriStar, Screen Gems 
*Sony Music, Epic Records 
*Aiwa, PS2, Sony-Ericsson 
*http://www.sony.com/SCA/outline.shtml this link is just Sony corporation of USA 

Microsoft 
*Windows everything 
*XBox everyting, Bungee, DreamWorks Interactive, Rare (donkey kong) 
*MSN, Hotmail, Expedia (yes of expedia.com), WebMD, linkexchange (remember?), Visio 
*MSNBC, WebTV/UltimateTV, 
*Apple (Well in a way, soon, right now just large amount of stock) 

Vodafone 
*India RPG Cellular 
*Verizon Wireless 
*Most of all European Telecom companies 

General Electric 
*NBC 
*In partnership with Microsoft, NBC operates MSNBC, CNBC 
*GE Aircraft Engines, GE Medical Systems, GE Power Systems, Plastics, transportation, 
*GE Consumer Products 
::Hotpoint 
::GE Lighting 

Murdoch 
*Fox everything, 20th Century Fox, FX, Fox etc 
*Times, BSkyB 
*StarTV 
*K. Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and Chief Executive, News Corporation http://www.newscorp.com 

Viacom 
*CBS, Nickelodeon, BET, UPN, Showtime 
*MTV, VH1.com (MTV and VH1.com but not VH1.. this is something funny) 
*Paramount Pictures, 
*Blockbuster 
*Star Trek: The Experience at the Las Vegas Hilton. 

Disney 
*Disney sounds so cute and small.. Well to the contrary, this is a muscle flexing giant. 
*ABC, ESPN!, Lifetime, History, A&E, Fox Family 
*Infoseek, go.com (now closed) 
*Disney Land, Epcot! 
*Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Miramax. 

Matsushita 
*Panasonic, National, Technics 
*Matsushita Electric, Victor Company of Japan 
*JVC 

Unilever. 
*Ben & Jerry's, Knorr, Slim�Fast 
*Dove, Lux, Pond's, Rexona and Sunsilk,.. Vaseline, Snuggle, Signal, Close-Up 
*Lipton tea 
*Calvin Klein 
*http://www.unilever.com/brands/unileverbrands/ 
*(more consumer products companies)

Pepsico
*Frito-Lay Brands 
*Pepsi-Cola Brands 
*Gatorade Brands 
*Tropicana Brands 
*Quaker Brands 

http://www.pepsico.com/company/brands.shtml 

Coca-Cola
* A&W
* Barq's
* Canada Dry
* Coca-cola
* Dasani
* Dr. Pepper
* Evian
* Fanta
* Fresca
* Fruitopia
* Hi-C
* Mello Yello
* Minute Maid
* Powerade
* Ramblin' Root Beer
* Seagrams
* Schweppes
* Sprite
* Sunkist
* Tab

Nestle
* Nestea

see http://www2.coca-cola.com/brands/brandlist.html