Warner Bros. Entertainment
Summary
Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., also known as Warner Bros. Pictures or simply Warner Bros. (the often-used Warner Brothers is incorrect, despite the fact that "bros." is an abbreviation of "brothers") is an American producer of film and television entertainment. One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York City. Warner Bros. has several subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, TheWB.com, and DC Comics. Warner owns half of The CW Television Network. The corporate name honors the four founding Warner brothers (born Wonskolaser)-Harry (born Hirsz), Albert (born Aaron), Sam (born Szmul), and Jack (born Itzhak), Jews who emigrated from Poland, which was at that time part of the Russian Empire, to Ontario, Canada.
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Campaign Spotlight: Marriott Ties in With ‘42’ to Promote Loyalty Program
Marriott International will use the coming release of “42,” a movie about Jackie Robinson, to promote its loyalty program to African-Americans.
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Top jobs of the week in digital media
While we recover from the five-day marathon that is SXSW Interactive (click here to catch up on our coverage of the conference), here are our picks for the week’s most interesting jobs in digital media:.
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‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Topples at Domestic Box Office
Warner Brothers and a financing partner spent about $190 million, and $80 million in marketing costs, for a film that made $28 million.
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Hollywood targets "rogue" mobile apps in war on pirated content
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios, which for years have waged a war against online piracy, are now going after so-called "rogue" mobile apps that use images from movies and television shows without their permission.
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Some of the Best Movie Campaigns—From Blair Witch to Hunger Games
The Oscars are back, for the 85th time, and once again the world gets set to witness the motion picture industry honor its best, brightest and most beautiful—while snubbing others. As we debate who should take home this year’s little gold men, fill out our Oscar ballots for the office pool and prepare those trays of hors d’oeuvres, we consider some of the best movie campaigns ever, and some of the greatest innovations in the selling of one of America’s most important and enduring consumer products.
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Media Decoder Blog: Studios Have Differing Responses to Visual Effects Company's Financial Woes
Two studios that are supplied by the company, called Rhythm and Hues, are extending credit, but a third, Warner Brothers, is not.
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Studios Have Differing Responses to Visual Effects Company's Financial Woes
Two studios that are supplied by the company, called Rhythm and Hues, are extending credit, but a third, Warner Brothers, is not.
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Robert Downey Jr to turn episode of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror into film
Actor buys rights to Jesse Armstrong's The Entire History of You, with the aim of producing a science-fiction thriller from TV show.
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Documents on New Zealand Labor Talks Related to Films May Be Made Public
New Zealand's ombudsman has recommended that the government release the documents from 2010 that touch on negotiations with the director Peter Jackson and Warner Brothers over changes to the labor laws.
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Media Decoder Blog: Documents on New Zealand Labor Talks Related to Films May Be Made Public
New Zealand's ombudsman has recommended that the government release the documents from 2010 that touch on negotiations with the director Peter Jackson and Warner Brothers over changes to the labor laws.
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