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Columbia Records is an American major record label owned by Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the United States division of Sony Corporation. It was founded in 1887, evolving from an earlier enterprise called the American Graphophone Company, the successor to the Volta Graphophone Company. Columbia is one of Sony Music's three flagship record labels, alongside RCA Records and Epic Records.

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Crackle is a US-based subsidiary of Sony Pictures Entertainment which provides ad-supported video entertainment content in the form of streaming media. Its library comprises original content including StartUp, Snatch, SuperMansion and The Oath, as well as content acquired from other production companies. The streaming network is available in 21 countries including Latin America and is accessible on connected devices including mobile (iOS or Android), tablet, smart TVs, desktop and through gaming consoles. It can also be seen in-flight on American Airlines' and in Marriott Hotels.

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Columbia Pictures is an American film studio, production company and film distributor that is a member of the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, a division of Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony.

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PlayStation is a gaming brand that consists of four home video game consoles, as well as a media center, an online service, a line of controllers, two handhelds and a phone, as well as multiple magazines. It is created and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment since December 3, 1994, with the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan.

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Sony Group Corp. engages in the development, design, manufacture, and sale of electronic equipment, instruments, devices, game consoles, and software for consumers, professionals and industrial markets. It operates through the following segments: Game and Network Services, Music, Pictures, Home Entertainment and Sound, Imaging Products and Solutions, Mobile Communications, Semiconductors, Financial Services, and Others. The Game and Network Services segment deals with gaming machines, software and network services. The Music segment produces and publishes music and provides image media platforms. The Pictures segment handles film production, television program creation, and media networks. The Home Entertainment and Sound segment offers LCD televisions, home audio, Blu-ray Disc players and recorders, and memory-based portable audio devices. The Imaging Products and Solutions segment provides digital imaging products, professional solutions, and medical goods. The Mobile Communications segment deals with mobile phones and Internet services business. The Semiconductors segment provides image sensors and camera modules. The Financial Services segment manages the life insurance and non-life insurance operations and banking business. The Others segment includes personal computer (PC) business, overseas Blu-ray Disc, DVD and CD manufacturing, and battery business. The company was founded by Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka on May 7, 1946 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Sony Corp (TYO: 6758) said on Tuesday that its profit in the fiscal first quarter dropped by only 1.1% that was significantly lower than expected. The company attributed it to its gaming business that showed resilience in recent months as COVID-19 saw homebound people looking for indoor means of entertainment.

Sony Corp records a significantly lower than expected decline in profit in Q1

Despite the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, Sony Pictures Entertainment continued an upward trend in first quarter results with a $230M profit for the three months ending June 30, 2020. That compares to a $3.7M profit in the same quarter of 2019 and a $68M loss the previous year. While Sony Corp last quarter declined

Sony Pictures Posts $230M Profit In First Quarter; Forecasts 40% Full-Year Drop

Sony posted April-June profit of 228.4 billion yen ($2.15 billion), versus 230.9 billion yen a year prior.

Sony's first quarter operating profit falls just 1.1%, beats analyst estimates

Japan's Sony Corp on Tuesday reported a 1.1% drop in first-quarter operating profit, bracing for the lowest annual profit in four years as the coronavirus outbreak continues to dampen various business segments.

Sony first-quarter operating profit drops 1.1%, but beats analyst estimates

Sony's (SNE) first-quarter fiscal 2020 performance is expected to have been impacted by economic disruptions stemming from the COVID-19 crisis.

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EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures Entertainment will make strides towards more sustainable productions as it seeks to rid single-use plastic and cut a quarter of its greenhouse gas emissions across business functions by 2025. The newly announced steps add to Sony’s Road to Zero initiative, the company’s plan to reach a zero environmental footprint from business affairs

Sony Pictures Entertainment Ups Sustainability Efforts With New Earth-Friendly Goals For 2025

Sony (SNE) is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.

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Strong demand driven by work-from-home as well as e-learning needs has surpassed previous expectations and has once again put the PC and peripherals market at the center of consumers' tech portfolio.

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TOKYO, July 31, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced the launch of "Sony Talent League by THU", a global challenge to empower aspiring creators co-hosted by Sony and "Trojan Horse was a Unicorn (THU) ", a networking platform for creators. The challenge is looking.

Sony launches global challenge to empower aspiring creators going beyond boundaries in digital entertainment - "Sony Talent League by THU"

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It looks like Sony is bracing for high demand for its upcoming PlayStation 5. The video game juggernaut will be limiting sales of its new console to one per person, according to an eagle-eyed gamer who was digging through the PlayStation website’s backend code.

Sony to limit PlayStation 5 sales to one per customer

The Japanese conglomerate joins Tencent as a top investor in Epic Games.

Sony Invests $250 Million in the Maker of “Fortnite”

Sony is reportedly boosting production of the upcoming PlayStation 5 console with an expectation that home entertainment demand will be higher due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Sony 'to double PS5 production to meet demand due to pandemic'

NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock will expand nationally tomorrow with 13,000 hours of programming available for free and 20,000 on its premium subscription tier. The company on Tuesday offered its first breakdown of programming available on the free and premium tiers. (Deadline TV Editor Peter White has more programming details here.) Peacock Premium costs $5 a

Peacock’s Free Tier To Include 13,000 Hours Of Programming; Sony PlayStation Distribution Deal Widens Reach

The transaction is important for Sony (SNE) because it needs partners in the impending console combat.

Sony (SNE) Ups the Game With Stake Purchase in Epic Games

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As the economy as whole was shut down for much of the spring, innovation was on hold and most people were waiting out the pandemic stuck at home.

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Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) has made a strategic investment of $250 million in Epic Games, the two companies announced Thursday.

Sony Acquires Minority Stake In Fortnite Maker Epic Games With $250M Investment

Sony’s investment means that Epic Games has raised over $1.8 billion over all of its funding rounds.

Sony Invests $250 Million In Fortnite Maker Epic Games

$250 million will buy Sony a 1.5% stake in Epic.

Sony Invests In Epic Games, Creators of Fortnite

Sony is taking a minority stake in Epic, in a strategic investment deal that expands on an existing relationship between both firms.

Sony invests $250 million in 'Fortnite' maker Epic Games

Sony is investing $250 million in Fortnite maker Epic Games, giving the Japanese company a minority stake in Epic.

Sony invests $250 million in Fortnite maker  Epic Games

Sony Corp. SNE, +2.43% 6758, +3.27% said Thursday it invested $250 million in Epic Games Inc.

Sony invests $250 million in 'Fortnite' publisher Epic Games

Marc Smerling and Sony Music Entertainment have entered into a strategic partnership to develop a slate of original podcast programming through Smerling’s Truth Media, a podcast and television production company. The pact is to expand Truth’s overall number of podcast series it produces, including several upcoming true-crime shows. First under the new deal is Morally

Marc Smerling & Sony Music Entertainment Set Podcast Deal

Sony Corp's image sensor business aims to replicate PlayStation's success to address its reliance on a handful of manufacturers in the fickle smartphone market: It plans to sell software by subscription for data-analyzing sensors in situ.

Sony sees software subscription as future for data-analyzing image sensors

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