Metromedia
| Formerly |
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|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Media |
| Founded | 1956 (as DuMont Broadcasting Corporation) |
| Defunct | 1997 (as a media company) |
| Fate | Sold off, corporate name continues as owner of MetroMedia Technologies |
| Successor | Amazon MGM Studios (content library) Fox Television Stations (broadcast stations) |
| Headquarters | New York City, New York, U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | John W. Kluge (founder/chairman/CEO) Stuart Subotnick (current president/CEO) William Ishida (president/CEO, Metromedia Technologies, Inc.) |
| Products | Television Radio Entertainment Advertising |
| Services | Advertising Media display |
| Subsidiaries | Orion Pictures The Samuel Goldwyn Company Motion Picture Corporation of America Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation |
Metromedia, Inc. (also often MetroMedia) was an American media company that owned radio and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986 and controlled Orion Pictures from 1988 to 1997. Metromedia was established in 1956 after the DuMont Television Network ceased operations and its owned-and-operated stations were spun off into a separate company. Metromedia sold its television stations to News Corporation in 1985 (which News Corp. then used to form the nucleus of Fox Television Stations), and spun off its radio stations into a separate company in 1986. Metromedia then acquired ownership stakes in various film studios, including controlling ownership in Orion. In 1997, Metromedia closed down and sold its media assets to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.