Paramount Communications

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Paramount Communications was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate that owned film, television, publishing, and theme park assets before being acquired by Viacom in the 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American company ⓘ
media conglomerate ⓘ
acquiredBy Viacom ⓘ
acquisitionDate 1994 ⓘ
category Defunct mass media companies of the United States ⓘ
Paramount Global predecessors ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
defunct 1994 ⓘ
fate acquired by Viacom ⓘ
formerName Gulf+Western Industries ⓘ
linked to: Gulf+Western
headquartersLocation New York City ⓘ
industry entertainment ⓘ
film ⓘ
media ⓘ
publishing ⓘ
television ⓘ
theme parks ⓘ
notableActivity book publishing ⓘ
film production ⓘ
television production ⓘ
theme park operation ⓘ
notableAsset Paramount Pictures studio lot in Hollywood ⓘ
notableBrand Paramount ⓘ
owned Canada's Wonderland ⓘ
Carowinds ⓘ
Famous Music ⓘ
Great America (Santa Clara) ⓘ
Kings Dominion ⓘ
Kings Island ⓘ
Madison Square Garden ⓘ
New York Knicks ⓘ
New York Rangers ⓘ
Paramount Parks ⓘ
Paramount Pictures ⓘ
Paramount Television ⓘ
Simon & Schuster ⓘ
Spelling Entertainment Group ⓘ
Viacom Entertainment (minority/related interests prior to merger) ⓘ
linked to: Viacom Enterprises
parentCompanyOf Paramount Pictures ⓘ
Simon & Schuster ⓘ
predecessor Gulf+Western Industries ⓘ
linked to: Gulf+Western
status defunct ⓘ
stockExchangeListing New York Stock Exchange ⓘ
successor Viacom ⓘ
tickerSymbol PCI ⓘ
timePeriod 20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Paramount Parks → parentCompany → Paramount Communications ⓘ
Paramount Parks → ownedBy → Paramount Communications ⓘ
Stanley R. Jaffe → employer → Paramount Communications ⓘ
Gulf+Western → successor → Paramount Communications ⓘ
Gulf+Western → reorganizedAs → Paramount Communications ⓘ
Martin S. Davis → employer → Paramount Communications ⓘ
Martin S. Davis → hasEmployer → Paramount Communications Inc. ⓘ
linked to: Paramount Communications