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| Type | Private |
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| Founded | Dedham, Massachusetts, USA (1936) |
| Founder(s) | Michael Redstone |
| Headquarters | Norwood, Massachusetts, USA |
| Key people | Sumner Redstone, Chairman and CEO Shari Redstone, President |
| Industry | Entertainment - Theaters, Publishing, Movie Production, Television |
| Subsidiaries | Showcase Cinemas, Cinema de Lux, Multiplex Cinemas, and KinoStar, CBS Corporation, Viacom |
| Website | www.national-amusements.com |
National Amusements, Inc. is a privately owned media and entertainment company based in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA. The company was founded in 1936 as the Northeast Theatre Corporation by Michael Redstone.
National Amusements is now owned by Michael Redstone's son, Sumner Redstone, who holds 80% of the company, and Sumner's daughter, Shari Redstone, who owns the remaining 20%.[1]
The company operates more than 1,500 movie screens across the United States, the United Kingdom, Latin America, and Russia under its Showcase Cinemas, Multiplex Cinemas, Cinema de Lux, and KinoStar brands.
National Amusements holds controlling voting interests in CBS Corporation, Viacom (which includes MTV Networks, Comedy Central, BET, and movie production and distribution Paramount Pictures), and is equal partners in MovieTickets.com.
Main competitors
Sources
- ^ "Redstones settle feud over family business" from The Denver Post, February 2007
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