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Sony

Sony
Company nameSony Corporation
ソニー株式会社
Company typePublic company
Slogan"make.believe"
IndustryConglomerate
Founded7 May 1946
Founder(s)Masaru Ibuka
Akio Morita
HeadquartersMinato, Tokyo, Japan
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleHoward Stringer
(Chairman, President & CEO)
Ryōji Chūbachi
(Vice Chairman)
Kazuo Hirai
(Executive Deputy President)
Masaru Kato
(EVP & CFO)
ProductsConsumer & professional electronic equipment
Communication & information-related equipment
Semiconductor
Electronic devices & components
Battery
Chemicals
PlayStation
Blu-ray
ServicesFinancial services
Internet service
Revenue(+) US$ 86.64 billion (2011)
Operating income(+) US$ 2.41 billion (2011)
Net income(-) US$ -2.96 billion (2011)
Total assets(+) US$ 155.94 billion (2011)
Total equity(-) US$ 30.74 billion (2011)
Employees168,200 (2011)
SubsidiaryList of subsidiaries

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|} (Tyo - 6758, Nyse - SNE), commonly referred to as Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan and the world's fifth largest media conglomerate with US$86.64 billion (FY2011). Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, products for the consumer and professional markets.

Sony Corporation is the electronics business unit and the parent company of the Sony Group, which is engaged in business through its six operating segments � Consumer Products & Services Group (consumer electronics, game & network services), Professional, Device & Solutions Group (B2B products & services), Pictures, Music, Financial Services and Sony Ericsson. These make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world. Sony's principal business operations include Sony Corporation (Sony Electronics in the U.S.), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Ericsson, and Sony Financial. As a semiconductor maker, Sony is among the Worldwide Top 20 Semiconductor Sales Leaders.

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|} is a Japan-based corporate group primarily focused on the Electronics (such as AV/IT products & components), Game (such as PlayStation), Entertainment (such as motion pictures and music), and Financial Services (such as insurance and banking) sectors. The group consists of Sony Corporation (holding & electronics), Sony Computer Entertainment (game), Sony Pictures Entertainment (motion pictures), Sony Music Entertainment (music), Sony Financial Holdings (financial services) and others.

Its founders Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka derived the name from sonus, the Latin word for sound, and also from the English slang word "sonny", since they considered themselves to be "sonny boys", a loan word into Japanese which in the early 1950s connoted smart and presentable young men.

Sony Video

Music video by Leona Lewis performing Bleeding Love. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 2538598 (C) 2007 Simco Limited under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited
4.38 min. | 4.94 user rating
Music video by Shakira performing Rabiosa (Featuring Pitbull). (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) BV
2.85 min. | 4.51 user rating
Music video by Sean Kingston performing Beautiful Girls. (c) 2007 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
4.30 min. | 4.87 user rating
Music video by Shakira performing Loca (Featuring El Cata). (C) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) BV
2.70 min. | 4.78 user rating
Music video by Shakira performing Sale El Sol. (C) 2011 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) BV
3.53 min. | 4.74 user rating
Music video by Shakira performing Loca (Featuring Dizzee Rascal). (C) 2010 Sony Music Entertainment (Holland) BV
3.43 min. | 4.86 user rating
Music video by Beyonce & Shakira performing Beautiful Liar. (C) 2007 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
3.47 min. | 4.95 user rating
Music video by Beyoncé performing Irreplaceable. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 4047669 (C) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
4.22 min. | 4.94 user rating
Music video by The Ting Tings performing That's Not My Name. (c) 2008 Sony BMG Music Entertainment (UK) Limited
3.73 min. | 4.84 user rating
Music video by MGMT performing Time To Pretend. YouTube view counts pre-VEVO: 1880303 (c) 2008 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
4.32 min. | 4.92 user rating

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PSN outage due to 'external intrusion' - Joystiq Tweet this news
Joystiq---Sony- finally came forward on the PlayStation Blog and admitted that " An external intrusion on our system has affected our PlayStation Network and Qriocity services." -Sony- turned off PSN and Qriocity services on Wednesday to - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 05:10:31 GMT+00:00
Sony's PSP Go Isn't Gone After All... in the US - Tom's Guide Tweet this news
Tom's Guide---Sony's- PSP Go isn't going anywhere for now... at least, not in the United States. Earlier this week, -Sony- issued a statement that production of the beloved (read: sarcasm) PSP Go handheld gaming device had ceased and the pr - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:17:20 GMT+00:00
Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H70 (Red) - CNET Tweet this news
CNET--The good: The -Sony- Cyber-shot DSC-H70 has a compact, lightweight design and good features and photo quality for the money. The bad: The DSC-H70's 16-megapixel photo resolution doesn't improve photo quality from its 14-megapixel predecess - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:39:22 GMT+00:00
Sony coming out with NEX-3 upgrade? - Digitaltrends.com Tweet this news
Digitaltrends.com--The -Sony- Alpha NEX lineup was a thing of beauty, and now -Sony- might revitalize the line with an upgrade to the NEX-3. The -Sony- Alpha NEX series debuted last year and made fans out of DSLR and point-and-shoot photographers alike. . - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 21:15:42 GMT+00:00
Sony Classics' Michael Barker on Morgan Spurlock Doc: 'Will It Make Money? Who ... - Hollywood Reporter Tweet this news
Hollywood Reporter--Spurlock wore his logo-crowded suit and posed with -SONY- Classics' Michael Barker, who said, "I thought the film played very well - very well. But will it make money? Who knows?" POM owner and sponsor Lynda Resn - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:51:33 GMT+00:00
Sony Postpones Earnings Release to Assess Japan Damage - Fox Business Tweet this news
Fox Business---Sony- (SNE) is pushing back by a few weeks the release of its fiscal 2010 results as it continues to gauge the impact of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami on its operations. The Japanese consumer electronics maker will ... - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:37:05 GMT+00:00
Amazon Outage Continues; So Does Sony's - IEEE Spectrum Tweet this news
IEEE Spectrum--By the way, -Sony's- Playstation network went down across the US and Europe Wednesday night and is likely not to come back up until over the weekend. -Sony- has not given any details about why its network went down, although it did hin - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:24:40 GMT+00:00
Timbaland Inks Special Deal With Sony - Contactmusic.com Tweet this news
Contactmusic.com--Superproducer Timbaland has landed a unique deal with entertainment giant -Sony- to feature his music in a variety of film and TV projects. The Way I Are hitmaker and his producer pal Mike 'Daddy' Evans inked the 75-track deal - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 22:27:50 GMT+00:00
Sony Ericsson Has Component Shortages After Japan Quake - Techzone360 Tweet this news
Techzone360--It appears that -Sony- Ericsson is finding itself short on components after the Japanese earthquake, Reuters said. There are shortages of displays, batteries, camera modules and printed circuit boards, ... - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:13:45 GMT+00:00
Sony Bravia KDL-46EX720 - PC Magazine Tweet this news
PC Magazine--Bottom Line: With excellent 2D- and 3D-picture quality, a hearty feature set, and an affordable price, the GreenTech-approved -Sony- KDL-46EX720 is also our latest Editors' Choice LCD HDTV. by Will Greenwald At just 26 by 42.5 by 1.7 inc - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 21:11:23 GMT+00:00

Regional manufacturing and distribution : Laptop batteries dysfunction
Geographic Region Total Sales (yen in millions)
Japan 1,873,219
United States 2,512,345
Europe 2,307,658
Other Area 2,041,270

Sony Corporation

Primary businessesSony Corporation (electronics & holding of the Sony group) * Sony Music Entertainment (music) * Sony Pictures Entertainment (motion pictures and television) * Sony Computer Entertainment (game) * Sony Financial Holdings (financial services; 60%)
Technologies and brandsα * Betacam * Blu-ray * BRAVIA * CD * Cyber-shot * Dash * DAT * Dream Machine * DVD * Handycam * HDCAM/HDCAM-SR * LocationFree * Memory Stick * MiniDisc * MiniDV * mylo * PlayStation * PSP * S/PDIF * SXRD * UMD * VAIO * Video8/Hi8/Digital8 * Walkman * Walkman Phones * XDCAM * Xplōd
Historical productsAIBO * CV-2000 * Betamax * Sony CLIÉ * Discman * JumboTron * Lissa * Mavica * NEWS * Qualia * SRS-17 * TR-55 * Trinitron * U-matic * Watchman * WEGA
ElectronicsSony Corporation * Sony EMCS * Sony Electronics (subsidiary in the US) * Sony Creative Software * Sony Ericsson (50%) * S-LCD (50% minus 1 share) * Sony Mobile Display * Sony Optiarc * Sharp Display Products (7%) * Aiwa
MusicSony Music Entertainment * Sony/ATV Music Publishing * Columbia/Epic Label Group * RCA/Jive Label Group * Sony Music Nashville * Sony Masterworks * Legacy Recordings * Syco Music * Columbia Records UK * RCA Label Group (UK) * Provident Label Group * RED Distribution * Sony Music Japan * Gracenote
Motion Pictures
and Television
Sony Pictures Entertainment * Columbia Pictures * Sony Pictures Classics * Screen Gems * TriStar Pictures * Triumph Films * Destination Films * Stage 6 Films * Affirm Films * Sony Pictures Television * Adelaide Productions * Culver Entertainment * Embassy Row * The Minisode Network * Sony Pictures Television International * 2waytraffic * Sony Pictures Home Entertainment * Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group * Sony Wonder * Sony Pictures Family Entertainment Group * Sony Pictures Digital * (Sony Pictures Imageworks * Sony Pictures Animation) * Syco TV * Syco Film * Sony Pictures Mobile * Sony Pictures Studios * Crackle * Fearnet * Game Show Network (50%) * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (20%)
GameSony Computer Entertainment * Sony Online Entertainment * Cellius (51%) * Square Enix (8.25%)
International networksSony Entertainment Television (Asia, India, Latin America, South Africa, Portugal, Russia and Spain) * AXN * AXN Crime * AXN Sci-Fi * Animax * Animax Eastern Europe * Mystery Channel * Channel 8 India
Financial servicesSony Financial Holdings * Sony Life Insurance * Sony Assurance * Sony Bank * Sony Bank Securities
Other businessesSo-net Entertainment
Other assetsSony Corporation of America (umbrella company in the US) * Other subsidiaries
Joint venturesSony Ericsson * Sony/ATV * S-LCD * FeliCa Networks * Vevo * Cellius (49%) * Sharp Display Products (34% by April 2011)
Key personnelKazuo Hirai * Masaru Ibuka * Nobuyuki Idei * Yasuo Kuroki * Ken Kutaragi * Michael Lynton * Akio Morita * Norio Ohga * Amy Pascal * Howard Stringer

Consumer electronics in Japan

Advantest * Akai * Alaxala Networks * Alinco * Alps * Alpine * Anritsu * AOR * Brother * Canon * Casio * Cateye * Chinon * Citizen Watch * Copal * Clarion * Contec * Daikin * Denon * Denso * DNP * DX Antenna * Eizo * Elpida * Epson * FANUC * Fostex * Fuji Electric * Fujikura * Fuji Xerox * Fujifilm * Fujitsu * Funai * Futaba * Hamamatsu Photonics * Hitachi * Horiba * Hoya * I-O Data * Ibanez * Icom * Iwatsu * JEOL * JRC * JVC Kenwood Holdings * Kawai * Keyence * Kikusui * Kiramek * Konica Minolta * Korg * Kyocera * Luxman * Mabuchi Motor * Mamiya * Marantz * Maspro * Maxell * Melco * Mimaki * Minebea * Mitsubishi * Mitsumi * Murata Manufacturing * Mutoh * Nakamichi * NEC * Nichia * Nikon * Nintendo * Nitto Denko * Oki * Olympus * Omron * Onkyo * Orion Electric * Panasonic * Pentax * Pioneer * Pixela * Plextor * Renesas * Ricoh * Rohm * Roland * Rubycon * Sansui * Sanyo * Seiko * Sharp * Shimadzu * SII * Sony * Stax * Sumitomo Electric * Sigma * Taiyo Yuden * Tamron * TEAC * TDK * Tiger * Tokyo Electron * Toshiba * Uniden * Yaesu * Yagi-Uda * Yamaha * Yaskawa * Yokogawa * Zojirushi * Zuken

JP TOPIX 100 companies of Japan

Core 307&i * Astellas * Canon * Honda * JFE * JR East * JT * KDDI * KEPCO * Komatsu * Mitsubishi Corporation * Mitsubishi Estate * Mitsui & Co. * Mizuho * MUFG * Nintendo * Nippon Steel * Nissan * Nomura * NTT * NTT docomo * Panasonic * Shin-Etsu * Sony * Sumitomo Mitsui Financial * Takeda * TEPCO * Tokio Marine * Toshiba * Toyota
Large 70ÆON * AGC * Asahi Kasei * Bank of Yokohama * Bridgestone * Chubu Electric Power * Daiichi Sankyo * Daikin * Daiwa House * Daiwa Securities * Denso * DNP * Eisai * FANUC * Fujifilm * Fujitsu * Hitachi * Hoya * INPEX * Itochu * JR Central * JR West * Kao * Keyence * Kirin * Kobelco * Kubota * Kyocera * Kyushu Electric Power * Marubeni * Mitsubishi Chemical * Mitsubishi Electric * Mitsubishi Heavy Industries * Mitsui Fudosan * MOL * MSIG * Murata * NEC * Nidec * Nikon * Nippon Oil * Nitto Denko * ORIX * Resona * Ricoh * Rohm * Secom * Sekisui House * Sharp * Shiseido * SMC * SoftBank * Sompo Japan * Sumitomo Chemical * Sumitomo Corporation * Sumitomo Electric * Sumitomo Metal Mining * Sumitomo Metals * Sumitomo Realty * Sumitomo Trust * Suzuki * T&D * TDK * Tohoku Electric Power * Tokyo Electron * Tokyo Gas * Toppan * Toray * Yahoo! Japan * Yamada Denki



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