Sony Group Corporation, commonly referred to as Sony (Japanese: ソニー・グループ株式会社, Sonī Gurūpu Kabushiki Kaisha) is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, and one of the world's largest media conglomerates.. As of March 2010, Sony has made 92 acquisitions while taking stakes at 56 companies. The company has 83 …

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. (SCEI) was jointly established by Sony and its subsidiary Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 1993 to handle the company's ventures into the video game industry. The original PlayStation console was released on December 3, 1994, in Japan. The company's North American operations, Sony Computer Entertainment of America (SCEA), …

Adobe has not released the financial details for most of these mergers and acquisitions. Adobe's first acquisition was Emerald City Software in March 1990. In August 1994, the company acquired Aldus Corporation , a Seattle -based software company credited with creating the desktop publishing industry with its PageMaker software. [3]

Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainment and managed by the American umbrella division of Sony.. It was originally founded in 1929 as American Record …

IBM has undergone a large number of mergers and acquisitions during a corporate history lasting over a century; the company has also produced a number of spinoffs during that time.. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between IBM and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in USD because IBM is based in the United …

eBay is a global e-commerce website launched on September 3, 1995. Each acquisition is for the respective company in its entirety, unless otherwise specified. The acquisition date listed is the date of the agreement between eBay and the subject of the acquisition. The value of each acquisition is listed in United States dollars because eBay is headquartered in the United States.

The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation founded in 1892, best known as the producer of Coca-Cola.The Coca-Cola Company also manufactures, sells, and markets other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, and alcoholic beverages.The company's stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of the DJIA and the S&P 500 and S&P 100 …

The Sony Reader was a line of e-book readers manufactured by Sony, who produced the first commercial E Ink e-reader with the Sony Librie in 2004. It used an electronic paper display developed by E Ink Corporation, was viewable in direct sunlight, required no power to maintain a static image, and was usable in portrait or landscape orientation.. Sony sold e-books for the …

Bravia (stylized as BRAVIA) is a brand of Sony Visual Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, and used for its television products. Its backronym is "Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture". All Sony high-definition flat-panel LCD televisions in North America have carried the logo for BRAVIA since 2005. BRAVIA replaces the "LCD WEGA" …

Electronic Arts is an American company that is a developer, marketer, publisher, and distributor of video games, that was founded in 1982.Products of the company include EA Sports franchises, Sims, and other titles on both handheld and home gaming consoles.. Electronic Arts often acquires new companies to expand or add to new product lines. For instance, EA chairman …