Who owns what

This list is an attempt to collect information about which company owns other companies and brands

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