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In 1999, MGM folded the existing United Artists company into their own operations (with copyrights for ''The Pink Panther'' and ''Rocky'' transitioning to MGM, although James Bond kept with a UA copyright for legacy purposes) and rebranded their [[G2 Films]] (a renamed portion of the former [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company|Samuel Goldwyn Company]]) division) as United Artists International, with the United Artists brand now being used as an art-house theater label. | In 1999, MGM folded the existing United Artists company into their own operations (with copyrights for ''The Pink Panther'' and ''Rocky'' transitioning to MGM, although James Bond kept with a UA copyright for legacy purposes) and rebranded their [[G2 Films]] (a renamed portion of the former [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company|Samuel Goldwyn Company]]) division) as United Artists International, with the United Artists brand now being used as an art-house theater label. | ||
On April 8, 2005, [[Sony | On April 8, 2005, [[Sony|Sony Corporation of America]], [[:Category:Comcast|Comcast]], and four other partners bought MGM and United Artists for $4.8 billion. In November 2006, Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner were made the new heads of this revamped United Artists. However, on August 14, 2008, Wagner left the studio but still remained a stockholder in United Artists. In 2011, it became completely owned by MGM again when the studio purchased the stock formerly owned by Cruise and Wagner. As a result, UA was absorbed but still exists as an in-name-only unit of MGM. | ||
In September 2014, MGM acquired a stake in Mark Burnett's companies [[One Three Media]] and [[Lightworkers Media]], merging them into [[United Artists Media Group]]; the next year, UAMG was folded into [[MGM Television]]. | In September 2014, MGM acquired a stake in Mark Burnett's companies [[One Three Media]] and [[Lightworkers Media]], merging them into [[United Artists Media Group]]; the next year, UAMG was folded into [[MGM Television]]. | ||