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Columbia Music Entertainment, Inc (TSE: CME 6791) is a leading music and entertainment company trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Established in 1910, CME has a venerable history and catalog of over 140,000 titles. Columbia Music Entertainment is well known in the Japanese market, with a strong presence in the Enka music. The company has moved rapidly and successfully into both Japanese pop and rock.
CME owns Savoy Jazz, the U.S. based label, home to Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, and Miles Davis. CME employs over 700 individuals worldwide, and had revenues in the year ended March 31, 2002 of roughly $300 million. CME
is one of the largest independent music labels in the worldwide music industry. |
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Naylor, Inc. is the leading, business-to-business media services provider of advertising sales, printing, and production functions for industry trade groups and membership associations throughout North America. The company’s main offices are in Gainesville, Florida and Winnipeg, Canada. The company serves 400 associations, enabling its clients to publish over 800 periodicals per year, including magazines, membership directories, newsletters, web sites, and buyer guides.
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Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc. is a leading worldwide publisher, developer and
distributor of interactive entertainment software, hardware and
accessories.
Take-Two's product offerings include
titles for the leading hardware platforms - PLAYSTATION®3 and
PlayStation®2 computer entertainment systems, PSP® (PlayStation®Portable)
system, Xbox 360® and Xbox® video game and entertainment systems
from Microsoft, Wii(tm), Nintendo GameCube(tm), Nintendo DS(tm) and
Game Boy® Advance, and for the PC. The Company publishes and
develops products through its wholly owned labels Rockstar Games, 2K
Games, 2K Sports and 2K Play; and distributes software, hardware and
accessories in North America through its Jack of All Games
subsidiary.
The Company's proprietary brand
franchises include Grand Theft Auto, Sid Meier's Civilization®, Max
Payne, Midnight Club, Manhunt, Red Dead Revolver, BioShock, Sid
Meier's Railroads!®, Sid Meier's Pirates!(tm), and Top Spin.
Licensed brands include the sports games Major League Baseball® 2K,
NBA® 2K, NHL® 2K, and College Hoops 2K.
Take-Two is headquartered in New York
City, with its international headquarters based in Geneva. The
Company has development studios in Edinburgh, San Diego, Vancouver,
Toronto, Leeds (England), London, Novato (California), Quincy
(Massachusetts), Hunt Valley (Maryland), Canberra (Australia),
Camarillo (California), Bellevue (Washington), Gateshead (England),
Shanghai, and Paris; product testing studios in Lincoln (England),
Northridge (California), and New York; sales and marketing offices
in New York, Geneva, London, Paris, Munich, Madrid, Milan, Sydney,
Breda (Netherlands), and Albany (New Zealand); and distribution
facilities in West Chester (Ohio) and Mississauga (Canada).
Take-Two's common stock is publicly
traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. |