MCA Inc., originally Music Corporation of America, was an American media conglomerate that operated from 1924 to 1996. Jules Stein and William R. Goodheart Jr. formed it in Chicago as a music booking agency, and it grew into the largest talent agency in the world after moving to Beverly Hills in 1939. With a waiver from the Screen Actors Guild it began producing television through Revue Productions, and in 1958 it bought the Universal Studios lot, then took over Decca Records and Universal Pictures in 1962 and closed its talent agency after the Justice Department filed an antitrust suit. It later added music publishing, the Universal Studios tour, record labels such as MCA Records, book publishing and cable interests. Matsushita bought it in 1990 and Seagram took 80 percent in 1995; in December 1996 the new owners dropped the MCA name and it became Universal Studios Inc.
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was an American media conglomerate that operated from 1924 to December 6, 1996
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was an American media conglomerate that operated from 1924 to December 6, 1996
History, Early years
MCA was formed in 1924 by Jules Stein and William R. Goodheart Jr. as Music Corporation of America
History, Later years
the new owners dropped the MCA name; the company became Universal Studios Inc.
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the company became a major force in the film industry
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later expanded into television production
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