Sony Corporation of America
American subsidiary of Japan's Sony corporation
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| 2025 | Hayate, an animation studio, launched as a joint venture between Crunchyroll and Aniplex. |
| January 28 2025 | Announced management changes including Hideaki Nishino becoming president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, with Hermen Hulst remaining CEO of the Studio Business Group. |
| 2024 | SPT acquired a majority stake in Eleventh Hour Films and formed Hot Sauce Pictures, a Northern Irish production company. |
| September 2024 | Sony Group announced Ravi Ahuja as the new CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, effective January 2, 2025, succeeding Tony Vinciquerra. |
| June 2024 | PlayStation PC label is quietly renamed to PlayStation Publishing. |
| June 12 2024 | Sony Pictures acquired Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, marking the first major Hollywood studio theater chain ownership in over 75 years, with Alamo Drafthouse to continue operating Fantastic Fest. |
| May 2024 | Sony Pictures and Apollo made a $26 billion cash offer to acquire Paramount Global, which would potentially make Sony the third-largest movie company globally. |
| May 13 2024 | Sony Interactive Entertainment unveiled a new leadership structure with Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino becoming CEOs of separate divisions, effective June 1, 2024. |
| May 5 2024 | A special committee of Paramount's board of directors approved beginning deal talks with Sony and Apollo. |
| April 2024 | Sony Music Entertainment's Global Podcast Division acquired podcast production company Neon Hum Media. |
| April 18 2024 | Reports surfaced indicating Sony Pictures' interest in acquiring Paramount Global through a joint buyout with Apollo Global Management. |
| March 31 2024 | Jim Ryan left Sony after announcing his retirement in September 2023. |
| February 27 2024 | SIE announced a layoff of 900 employees (approximately 8% of workforce) and the closure of London Studio. |
| 2023 | Crunchyroll Channel launched as a free ad-supported streaming television network broadcasting anime, managed as a joint venture between Sony Pictures and Sony Music Entertainment Japan-owned Aniplex's Crunchyroll, LLC. |
| 2023 | SPT formed Sony Pictures Television Music Development (SPTMD). |
| November 14 2023 | Sony Pictures unveiled a special centennial anniversary logo for Columbia Pictures, ahead of its 100th anniversary on January 10, 2024. |
| January 2023 | Sony Music and Alamo Records founder Todd Moscowitz launched Santa Anna, an artist and label services company. |
| 2022 | SPT formed Sony Pictures Television Game Shows (SPTGS) and acquired Sony Pictures Television Nonfiction (formerly CORE Media Group). |
| 2022 | Sony Pictures Entertainment acquires Pixomondo (PXO), an international visual effects and virtual production studio |
| 2022 | Sony Music Entertainment acquired boutique branding and merchandising agency Ceremony of Roses (CoR). |
| 2022 | Sony invested more than $1 billion in Epic Games, acquiring a 5.4% stake in the video game company, with a total investment of $1.45 billion. |
| November 2022 | God of War reached 23 million units sold, becoming one of the 50 best-selling games of all time. |
| November 28 2022 | Legendary Entertainment reached a distribution deal with Sony to distribute its future film slate, excluding Dune and MonsterVerse films. |
| September 8 2022 | Sony Music officially announces its final withdrawal from Russia, removing foreign music catalogs from Russian streaming services and preparing for the independent local brand Kiss Koala. |
| August 2022 | Sony acquired Savage Game Studios as their first dedicated mobile game developer within PlayStation Studios |
| July 15 2022 | Sony acquired Bungie, a video game developer, for $3.7 billion, strengthening its video game portfolio. |
| July 15 2022 | Bungie acquisition completed, with Bungie remaining an independent development studio. |
| March 2022 | Sony Interactive Entertainment acquired Haven Studios, becoming their first development team in Canada. |
| March 10 2022 | Sony Music Entertainment announces suspension of operations and new releases in Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, while continuing to pay Russian employees. |
| February 2022 | Sony signed a streaming deal with WarnerMedia Europe to stream theatrical films on HBO Max for Central and Eastern European countries. |
| January 2022 | Sony Interactive Entertainment announced intent to purchase Bungie for $3.6 billion. |
| 2021 | SPT acquired Bad Wolf, a British television production company originally founded in 2015. |
| 2021 | Sony agreed to buy Kobalt's neighboring rights division and independent distribution company AWAL for $430 million. |
| 2021 | Sony Music acquired UK media company Somethin' Else to form a Global Podcast Division. |
| 2021 | Sony Music Entertainment LLC reports annual revenue of 2.56 billion rubles ($42.7 million) and a net profit of 132.9 million rubles ($2.22 million). |
| 2021 | Sony Pictures Entertainment became the highest earning film production company in the United States. |
| 2021 | Sony reports that more than half of its total revenue is generated from companies based in the United States, highlighting the significance of its US investments. |
| 2021 | Sony Interactive Entertainment reported revenue of $25 billion. |
| August 9 2021 | Sony purchased Crunchyroll, a video streaming service, for $1.17 billion, expanding its digital entertainment offerings. |
| July 1 2021 | Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the acquisition of Nixxes Software, with plans to release more PlayStation games on personal computers. |
| June 2021 | Sony confirmed their dedication to PC gaming after acquiring Nixxes studio, while emphasizing PlayStation consoles remain the primary gaming platform |
| June 29 2021 | Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the acquisition of Housemarque. |
| May 3 2021 | Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the acquisition of a minority stake in Discord. |
| April 2021 | Sony signed a first-look deal with Netflix for hosting their films after theatrical and home media releases, and entered into a multi-year licensing agreement with The Walt Disney Company to stream films on Disney+ and Hulu. |
| April 2021 | Grupo Globo sold its domestic record label Som Livre to Sony Music for an undisclosed amount. |
| April 2021 | PlayStation established the PlayStation PC label to handle game publications on Windows |
| April 13 2021 | Epic Games received an additional $200 million strategic investment from Sony Group Corporation. |
| March 2021 | SIE and RTS jointly acquired the assets and properties of the Evolution Championship Series. |
| 2020 | SIE hired a former Apple Arcade content manager to expand mobile game development ambitions to the Western market. |
| 2020 | SPT acquired Eleven, a British production company, and acquired a 20% stake in Satisfaction Group, a French production company. SPT also acquired a minority stake in The Whisper Group, a British sports production company. |
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