Sony Corporation of America (SCA), based in New York, NY, is the United States subsidiary of Japan's Sony Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo. It is the umbrella company under which all Sony companies operate in the United States.

Sony is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Its motion picture, television, computer entertainment, music and online businesses make Sony one of the most comprehensive entertainment companies in the world.

Sony's principal U.S. businesses include Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (one of the largest film & television companies in the world), Sony Computer Entertainment Inc., & Sony Music Entertainment Inc.(one of the largest recorded music companies in the world). Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $88.7 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008, and it employs 180,500 people worldwide. Sony’s consolidated sales in the U.S. for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 were $29 billion.

[edit] Subsidiaries

• Sony Electronics Inc.
• Sony Entertainment Inc.^[1][2]
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc.
    • Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
  • Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
  • Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (50%)
• Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc.
  • Sony Online Entertainment LLC
• Sony Digital Audio Disc Corporation (Sony DADC) and Sony Entertainment Distribution
• Sony Connect Inc.
• Sony Plaza Public Arcade and Sony Wonder Technology Lab (New York City)
• MGM Holdings, Inc. (20%)
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
    • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc.
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures, Inc.
      • United Artists Corporation
      • United Artists Entertainment LLC
      • Orion Pictures Corporation
• Gracenote, Inc.

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Company website
• http://www.sony.com/SCA/index.shtml