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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]]. | ||
In 2018, MGM revived the UA brand as United Artists Digital Studios, which was folded into MGM in 2020. The United Artists name would finally return to the big screen in 2019 as [[United Artists Releasing]], a re-branding of MGM and [[Annapurna Pictures]]' existing distribution joint-venture Mirror Releasing, distributing movies from fellow MGM subsidiaries [[Orion Pictures]], [[Orion Classics]] and [[American International Pictures]]. On March 4, 2023, the same day ''Creed III'' was released to theaters, it was announced that United Artists Releasing was folded back into MGM due to Amazon (the current owner of MGM)'s optimism of the feasibility of theatrical distribution, | In 2018, MGM revived the UA brand as United Artists Digital Studios, which was folded into MGM in 2020. The United Artists name would finally return to the big screen in 2019 as [[United Artists Releasing]], a re-branding of MGM and [[Annapurna Pictures]]' existing distribution joint-venture Mirror Releasing, distributing movies from fellow MGM subsidiaries [[Orion Pictures]], [[Orion Classics]] and [[American International Pictures]]. On March 4, 2023, the same day ''Creed III'' was released to theaters, it was announced that United Artists Releasing was folded back into MGM due to Amazon (the current owner of MGM)'s optimism of the feasibility of theatrical distribution, putting the United Artists name to rest after 104 years; the UA logo was noticeably missing from marketing materials and posts for MGM's slate of 2023 releases, most notably ''Creed III''.{{ImageTOC | ||
|United_Artists_(1941)_(From_-_Lydia).png|1st Logo (May 17, 1930-October 23, 1967) | |United_Artists_(1941)_(From_-_Lydia).png|1st Logo (May 17, 1930-October 23, 1967) | ||
|GW237H179.jpg|2nd Logo (October 30, 1942-July 17, 1943) | |GW237H179.jpg|2nd Logo (October 30, 1942-July 17, 1943) | ||