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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Company nameMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryFilm
FoundedApril 16, 1924
2006 (relaunch)
HeadquartersCentury City, Los Angeles, California, United States
Key peopleGary Barber
(Co-Chairman and CEO)
Roger Birnbaum
(Co-Chairman and CEO)
Jonathan Glickman, President of Film Division
Ken Schapiro, COO
ProductsMotion pictures
Television programs
Owner(s)MGM Holdings, Inc.
ParentLoews, Inc. (1924 � 1959)
Independent (1959 � 1981, 1992 � 2005)
MGM/UA Entertainment Co. (1981 � 1986)
MGM Entertainment Co. (1986)
MGM/UA Communications Co. (1986 � 1990)
MGM-Pathé Communications Co. (1990 � 1992)
MGM Holdings, Inc. (2005 � present)

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. (MGM) is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures. On November 3, 2010, MGM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Its headquarters are in the MGM Tower in Century City, Los Angeles.

On December 20, 2010, MGM emerged from bankruptcy and the executives of Spyglass Entertainment, Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, became co-Chairs and co-CEOs of the company.


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