Private company

Warner Communications

Logo: Warner Communications, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons³

Warner Communications is a U.S. entertainment conglomerate (1972–1990); merged with Time Inc based in New York City.¹

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

Feb 1972Founded¹

Industryentertainment industry¹
HeadquartersNew York City¹
Founded inNew York City¹
Legal formDelaware corporation¹
LEI5493008YGO1036SPIR05²
StatusActive²
LEI statusLapsed (not renewed)²
Registered addressC/O The Corporation Trust Company, 19801 Wilmington, United States²

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Corporate structure

Warner Communications sits at the top of its group. 88 entities, 5 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Warner Communications New York, New York, United States
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Wilmington, Delaware, United States
  - Cartoon Network Studios Subsidiary · Burbank
  - Castle Rock Entertainment Subsidiary · Beverly Hills
  - DC Comics Subsidiary · Manhattan
    - Black Label Subsidiary
    - EC Comics Subsidiary · New York City
    - Minx Subsidiary
    - Paradox Press Subsidiary · New York City
    - Vertigo Subsidiary · New York City
    - WildStorm Subsidiary · La Jolla
      - 3 more
    - Zuda Comics Subsidiary
    - All Star DC Comics Subsidiary
    - Amalgam Comics Subsidiary · United States
    - CMX Subsidiary · United States
    - DC Focus Subsidiary
    - DC Ink Subsidiary
    - DC Zoom Subsidiary
    - Elseworlds Subsidiary
    - Helix Subsidiary · United States
    - Impact Comics Subsidiary · United States
    - Piranha Press Subsidiary · United States
    - Tangent Comics Subsidiary
  - DC Direct Subsidiary
  - DC Studios Subsidiary · Burbank
  - First National Pictures Subsidiary · United States
  - Franchise Pictures Subsidiary
  - Hanna-Barbera Subsidiary · Los Angeles
    - Hanna-Barbera Records Subsidiary
  - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio Subsidiary · Culver City
  - New Line Cinema Subsidiary · Los Angeles
    - Fine Line Features Subsidiary
    - New Line Home Entertainment Subsidiary · Los Angeles
    - New Line Television Subsidiary · Burbank
    - New Line Cinema's House of Horror Subsidiary · United States
  - Telepictures Subsidiary · Burbank
    - A Very Good Production Subsidiary · United States
      - 1 more
    - TMZ Subsidiary · Los Angeles, United States
  - The Geffen Film Company Subsidiary · United States
  - The Ladd Company Subsidiary · Hollywood
  - Turner Entertainment Subsidiary · United States
  - Vitaphone Subsidiary · United States
  - Warner Bros. Animation Subsidiary · Burbank
  - Warner Bros. Entertainment Italia Subsidiary · Rome, Italy
  - Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Subsidiary · Burbank
    - Warner Bros. Games Subsidiary · Burbank
      - 10 more
    - Warner Premiere Subsidiary · Burbank
  - Warner Bros. Japan Subsidiary · Nishi-Shinbashi
  - Warner Bros. Pictures Subsidiary · Burbank
    - Warner Bros. Pictures Animation Subsidiary · Burbank
  - Warner Bros. Television Studios Subsidiary · Burbank
    - Alloy Entertainment Subsidiary · New York City
    - Outright Distribution Subsidiary · London
    - Shed Productions Subsidiary · London
  - Warner Bros. Television Studios UK Subsidiary · London
    - Ricochet Subsidiary · London
    - Twenty Twenty Subsidiary · London
    - Wall to Wall Media Subsidiary · London
  - Warner Independent Pictures Subsidiary · Burbank
  - Williams Street Subsidiary · Atlanta
  - Loma Records Subsidiary · United States
  - and 2 more
- Atari Subsidiary · California
  - Atari Program Exchange Subsidiary
  - Fox Interactive Subsidiary · Los Angeles
- Atari Games Subsidiary · Milpitas
  - Tengen Subsidiary · Milpitas
  - Time Warner Interactive Ltd. Subsidiary · United Kingdom
- Lorimar-Telepictures Subsidiary · Culver City
- New York Cosmos Owned · United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

What it owns

What Warner Communications reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Stakes and holdings (Wikidata)

Atari Games
New York Cosmos

Things Wikidata records the company as owning, with the share when stated.¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Divisions

Warner Special Products

Also owns

New York Cosmos

From Wikidata.¹

Acquisitions

1988Acquired Lorimar Television¹
1984Atari Games became a subsidiary¹
1978Warner Bros. Home Entertainment became a subsidiary¹
Oct 4, 1976Acquired Atari, Inc.¹
1972Acquired Warner Bros. Entertainment¹
1971Warner Music Group became a subsidiary¹
1971Acquired Williams Publishing¹
1970DC Comics became a subsidiary¹
Succeeded Kinney Services Inc.¹

Timeline

1990Dissolved Dissolved¹
Feb 1972Founded Founded in New York City¹

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

1
WikidataWarner Communications on Wikidata
2
GLEIFWarner Communications LEI record (5493008YGO1036SPIR05)
3
Wikimedia CommonsWarner Communications logo by Warner Communications, Public domain