List of libraries owned by Warner Bros. Discovery explained

This is a list of content libraries and catalogs owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Content libraries

Warner Bros.

• Warner Bros. Pictures film library (post-1949) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • • • DC Studios Warner Bros. Pictures Animation
    • Warner Bros. Feature Animation (predecessor)
  • Seven Arts Productions (excluding co-productions)^[4]
    • Seven Arts Television
  • National General Pictures film library (excluding the Cinema Center Films library, owned by Paramount Pictures)
    • Banner Productions
  • First Artists film library
  • Orion Pictures film library (pre-May 1982)
  • Lorimar Motion Pictures film library (1978–1990) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)^[5]
    • Monogram Pictures/Allied Artists Pictures Corporation film library (post-August 1946)
  • The Geffen Film Company film library (excluding Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, owned by Paramount Pictures via MTV Entertainment Studios)
  • Warner Independent Pictures
  • Warner Premiere
  • Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (excluding films owned by third-party companies)
  • Dark Castle Entertainment film library (pre-2013) (only films co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • RatPac-Dune Entertainment film library (2013–2018) (only films co-produced and co-financed with Warner Bros. Pictures)^[6]
  • Distribution rights to The Saul Zaentz Company film library (owned by Teatro della Pace Films)
  • US distribution rights to the Samuel Goldwyn Productions film library (excluding The Hurricane, owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and films in the public domain)
  • International distribution rights to most of the Morgan Creek Entertainment film library (pre-2011)
  • International theatrical and home video distribution rights to the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (post-May 1986)^{[7] [8] [9]}
  • Home video distribution rights to the Cannon Pictures film library (post-June 1991)
  • Distribution rights to the Locksmith Animation film library (excluding Ron's Gone Wrong, owned by Disney via 20th Century Animation, and That Christmas, owned by Netflix via Netflix Animation)^[10]
  • Turner Entertainment Co.^[11]
    • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film library (pre-May 1986) (excluding Babes in Toyland and Electric Dreams, owned by MGM itself via Orion Pictures, with the latter copyrighted to MGM, and films owned by third-party companies)^{[12] [13]}
      • Material from MGM's predecessors (Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer Pictures) (post-1915) that did not enter the public domain
      • MGM Television library (pre-1985) (excluding the 1964–1967 Flipper series and Fame, owned by MGM itself, with ownership of the former handled through Orion Pictures)
      • MGM Cartoons library (1934–1958, 1961–1967) (excluding the Flip the Frog and Willie Whopper cartoons, owned by the Iwerks estate)
    • A portion of the United Artists library^[14]
      • US, Canadian, UK, French, Latin American and Australian distribution rights to the RKO Radio Pictures library (pre-1959) (excluding co-productions and films owned by third-party companies or fallen in the public domain)^[15]
      • Gilligan's Island and its animated spin-offs (The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet)
      • Associated Artists Productions^[16]
        • Warner Bros. Pictures film library (pre-1950) (excluding some films that are either in the public domain or owned by third-party companies)^[17]
          • First National Pictures
          • Warner Bros. Cartoons library (pre-August 1948 color cartoons and )
            • Harman and Ising-produced Merrie Melodies cartoons (excluding Lady, Play Your Mandolin!)
        • Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Popeye the Sailor cartoons (1933–1957) (under license from King Features Syndicate)
    • Brut Productions^[18]
    • Particular Crowd film library (pre-2023)^{[19] [20]}
    • Turner Pictures
  • Discovery Films
  • Flagship Entertainment Group film library (49%) (only films co-produced with Warner Bros. Pictures)
  • New Line Cinema film library (post-November 1984) (excluding films owned by third-party companies)^[21]
    • New Line Television
    • Fine Line Features
    • Picturehouse film library (2005–2008)
  • Castle Rock Entertainment film library (pre-2010) (excluding home entertainment and streaming rights to pre-1994 films, held by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer via Orion Pictures, and A Few Good Men, In the Line of Fire and North, owned by Sony Pictures via Columbia Pictures)
    • Castle Rock Entertainment television library (including ancillary rights to Seinfeld, which was distributed by Sony Pictures Television, and excluding The Powers That Be)^[22]
• WaterTower Music discography
  • MGM Records (film and television soundtracks)

Home Box Office, Inc.

• HBO Entertainment
• HBO Enterprises
• HBO Films
• HBO Documentary Films
• HBO Animation
• HBO Latin America Originals^{[23] [24]}
• HBO Independent Productions
• HBO Downtown Productions (pre-1992)
• Time Life Films (pre-1986)^[25]
  • The March of Time
  • Talent Associates (excluding East Side/West Side, owned by MGM Television, McMillan & Wife, owned by Universal Television, and most shows co-produced with CBS Productions, owned by CBS Media Ventures)

Cable News Network, Inc.

• CNN Originals
• CNN Films
• HLN Originals
• Great Big Story

Television Networks and Studios

• Warner Bros. Television Studios
  • Alloy Entertainment^[26]
  • Warner Horizon Scripted Television
  • Warner Horizon Unscripted Television
    • Shed Media U.S.
  • Telepictures
    • Turner Program Services
    • Rankin/Bass Productions (post-September 1974)
    • Lorimar Television
    • Telepictures Music
    • A Very Good Production
      • eleveneleven
  • The Wolper Organization library (post-1970)
  • Blue Ribbon Content
  • Cartoon Network Studios (excluding Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003), owned by Disney via Lucasfilm, and , owned by Hasbro via Hasbro Entertainment)
    • Williams Street
    • CN LA Original Productions
      • • Warner Bros. Animation Warner Bros. Cartoons library (B&W and post-July 1948 color cartoons)
    • Hanna-Barbera (excluding licensed properties)^[27]
    • Ruby-Spears Enterprises (pre-1991) (excluding , owned by StudioCanal, It's Punky Brewster, owned by Universal Television, and Piggsburg Pigs!, owned by Disney via ABC Family Worldwide)
  • Warner Bros. International Television Production
    • Warner Bros. Television Studios UK
      • Shed Media^[28]
      • Renegade Pictures
      • Ricochet^[29]
      • Twenty Twenty Television^[30]
      • Wall to Wall Media^[31]
      • Hanna-Barbera Studios Europe
    • Eyeworks^[32]
      • Eyeworks UK
      • Eyeworks Touchdown
      • Eyeworks Cuatro Cabezas
      • Eyeworks Egmond
      • Eyeworks Brazil
• Warner Bros. Discovery Networks (including Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, Discovery Life, HGTV, Travel Channel, Food Network, Discovery Family, Cartoon Network, TruTV, HBO, and other networks)

DC Comics

• Absorbed libraries
  • National Comics Publications (predecessor)^{[33] [34]}
  • All-American Publications (predecessor)
  • Fawcett Comics
  • Quality Comics
  • Charlton Comics
  • Fox Feature Syndicate
  • WildStorm
    • America's Best Comics
    • WildStorm Signature
      • Cliffhanger (predecessor)
      • Homage Comics (predecessor)
    • CMX
  • Mad
  • Milestone Media
    • Earth M
• Elseworlds
• Piranha Press library
  • Paradox Press library (successor)
• Impact Comics library (under license from Archie Comics)
  • Red Circle Comics library (successor)
• Vertigo Comics library
  • DC Black Label library (successor)
    • Hill House Comics library
    • The Sandman Universe
  • Helix library
  • Murphyverse library
• Amalgam Comics (co-owned with Marvel Comics)
• Tangent Comics
• DC Focus
• Johnny DC
• All Star
• Minx
• Zuda Comics
• Earth One
• DC Entertainment
  • Fleischer Studios/Famous Studios Superman cartoons (1941–1943)
• Young Animal
• Wonder Comics
• DC Graphic Novels for Young Adults library
  • DC Ink library (predecessor)
• DC Graphic Novels for Kids library
  • DC Zoom library (predecessor)
• DC Universe originals
  • DC Universe Infinite originals (successor)

Streaming & Interactive Entertainment

• Otter Media
  • Fullscreen originals
    • Machinima, Inc.
  • Gunpowder & Sky (pre-2022)
  • Rooster Teeth Productions
    • Rooster Teeth Animation
    • Rooster Teeth Games
    • Rooster Teeth Studios^[35]
• Max Originals
  • HBO Go originals
• Discovery+ originals
• BluTV originals^[36]
• Player+ originals
• Warner Bros. Games
  • TT Games (with some exceptions)^[37]
    • Traveller's Tales
    • TT Games Publishing
    • TT Fusion
    • TT Animation
    • TT Odyssey
    • TT Centroid
  • Monolith Productions
  • Surreal Software
  • Portkey Games
  • Avalanche Software (2017–present)
  • Rocksteady Studios
  • WB Games Boston
  • WB Games Montréal
  • WB Games New York
  • WB Games San Diego
  • WB Games San Francisco
  • Cartoon Network Games
  • Adult Swim Games
  • NetherRealm Studios
    • Midway Games (excluding the NBA Jam series, owned by Electronic Arts via EA Sports, and third-party licensed video games)^[38]
      • Midway Games West Inc.
      • Time Warner Interactive
      • Williams Electronics
  • Player First Games

Music publishing

• Lorimar Music Publishing, Inc.
  • Lorimar Music A Corp. (ASCAP)
  • Lorimar Music Bee Corp. (BMI)
• New Line Melodies (SESAC)
• New Line Music Corp. (BMI)
• New Line Tunes (ASCAP)
• T-L Music Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Eleven Hundred Music (SESAC)
  • L-T Music Publishing (BMI)
  • T-L Music Publishing (ASCAP)
• Turner Music Publishing Inc.
  • RET Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
  • Super Satellite Music (BMI)
  • Techwood Music, Inc. (ASCAP)
  • Ten Fifty Music, Inc. (BMI)
  • Title Match Music, Inc. (SESAC)
  • Turner Music Canada, Inc. (SOCAN)
• Warner-Barham Music LLC (BMI)
• Warner-Hollywood Music LLC (SESAC)
• Warner-Olive Music LLC (ASCAP)

See also

• List of Warner Bros. Discovery television programs
• List of Discovery Channel original programming
• List of Animal Planet original programming
• List of Food Network original programming
• List of Travel Channel original programming
• List of assets owned by Warner Bros. Discovery
• Lists of Warner Bros. films
• List of New Line Cinema films
• List of Castle Rock Entertainment films

Notes and References

1. Web site: WarnerBros.com About the Studio. 2021-12-06. www.warnerbros.com.
2. Web site: 2022-03-10 . Our Brands Warner Bros. Discovery . 2022-04-20 . Warner Bros. Discovery . en.
3. Web site: WBITVP - Warner Bros. International Television Production . 2023-03-12 . www.wbitvp.com.
4. News: 1966-11-26 . Seven Arts Purchases Shares in Warner Bros. . en-US . The New York Times . 2021-12-05 . 0362-4331.
5. News: Fabrikant. Geraldine. 1988-05-11. Warner in Deal to Acquire Lorimar. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-12-05. 0362-4331.
6. Web site: McNary . Dave . 2019-01-03 . Warner Bros. Buys RatPac-Dune Library, Including 'Wonder Woman,' 'Gravity' . 2022-11-02 . Variety . en-US.
7. Web site: D'Alessandro . Anthony . 2022-08-14 . Warner Bros Forms Multi-Year Pact To Distribute MGM Movies Overseas Beginning With 'Bones And All', 'Creed III'; How Bond Will Be Handled . 2023-03-19 . Deadline . en-US.
8. Web site: Kay2022-08-15T05:08:00+01:00 . Jeremy . Warner Bros to handle international theatrical on MGM films . 2023-03-19 . Screen . en.
9. Web site: 2022-08-14 . MGM Strikes Overseas Film Distribution Deal With Warner Bros . 2023-03-19 . The Wrap . en-US.
10. Web site: D'Alessandro . Anthony . 2023-06-09 . Warner Bros Pictures Animation Inks First-Look Deal With Locksmith Animation; First Pics Are 'Bad Fairies' & 'The Lunar Chronicles' . 2023-06-10 . Deadline . en-US.
11. News: Landler . Mark . 1995-09-23 . TURNER TO MERGE INTO TIME WARNER; A $7.5 BILLION DEAL . en-US . The New York Times . 2021-12-05 . 0362-4331.
12. News: 1985-08-08 . TURNER ACQUIRING MGM MOVIE EMPIRE (Published 1985) . The New York Times . en . 2023-08-22 . Fabrikant . Geraldine .
13. Web site: Delugach . Al . 1986-06-07 . Turner Sells Fabled MGM but Keeps a Lion's Share . 2023-08-22 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
14. Web site: MGM buys United Artists for $380 million . 2022-05-25 . UPI . en.
15. Web site: 1987-12-10 . Turner Buys Rights to 800 RKO Movies . 2022-05-25 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
16. Book: Movies from a.a.p.: Programs of quality from quality studios, Warner Bros. features and cartoons, Popeye cartoons . The Corporation . 1957 . New York . 10993499.
17. Web site: 1956-03-05 . 1956-03-05-BC-OCR-Page-0040 . 2023-10-29.
18. News: 1982-01-01 . Faberge Sells Brut's Assets . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-05-25 . 0362-4331.
19. Web site: WBD anuncia que Particular Crowd se convertirá en una empresa independiente . 2023-02-13 . www.prensario.net . es.
20. Web site: Particular Crowd . dead . https://archive.today/20220612183045/https://www.particularcrowd.com/ . June 12, 2022 . May 23, 2022.
21. Web site: Citron . Alan . 1993-08-18 . Turner Gets Nod to Buy New Line and Castle Rock : Entertainment: The deals, worth a combined $750 million, establish the cable mogul as a major Hollywood force. . 2023-11-01 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
22. Web site: SEINFELD Sony Pictures Entertainment . 2023-11-01 . www.sonypictures.com.
23. Web site: Digital . Olhar . Redação . 2020-05-05 . WarnerMedia compra 100% da HBO no Brasil e América Latina . 2023-10-03 . Olhar Digital . pt-BR.
24. Web site: Braga . Lucas . 2020-05-05 . WarnerMedia e AT&T incorporam HBO no Brasil e América Latina . 2023-10-04 . Tecnoblog (in Brazilian Portuguese).
25. News: Mufson . Steven . 1989-07-25 . TIME BUYS WARNER FOR $14 BILLION . en-US . Washington Post . 2022-05-25 . 0190-8286.
26. Web site: Goldberg . Lesley . 2012-06-11 . Warner Bros. TV Group Acquires 'Gossip Girl' Producer Alloy Entertainment . 2021-12-05 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
27. News: 1991-10-30 . COMPANY NEWS; Turner Buying Hanna-Barbera . en-US . The New York Times . 2021-12-05 . 0362-4331.
28. Web site: 2010-08-05 . Time Warner buys Shed Media . 2022-04-06 . the Guardian . en.
29. Web site: Wilkes . Neil . 2005-11-25 . Shed acquires 'Supernanny' producer Ricochet . 2022-04-06 . Digital Spy . en-GB.
30. Web site: Oatts . Joanne . 2007-09-19 . Shed productions buys Twenty Twenty . 2022-04-20 . Digital Spy . en-GB.
31. Web site: Shed finalises Wall to Wall buy-out . 2022-04-20 . C21media . en-us.
32. Web site: Littleton . Cynthia . 2014-02-11 . Warner Bros. Sets $273 Mil Deal To Buy Eyeworks' International TV Operations . 2022-04-20 . Variety . en-US.
33. Web site: The History of DC and Marvel Comics . 2023-01-07 . 94.7 WCSX . en.
34. Web site: 2017-09-22 . The History of The DC Comics Universe: Writing Guide . 2023-01-07 . A Research Guide for Students . en-US.
35. Web site: Jordan Levin Takes Reins at Rooster Teeth, Co-Founder Matt Hullum Shifts to New Role. September 24, 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190924232550/https://variety.com/2019/digital/news/rooster-teeth-jordan-levin-matt-hullum-1203347749/ . September 24, 2019. November 1, 2022.
36. Web site: 2023-12-29 . Warner Bros. Discovery Acquires Turkish Streaming Service BluTV. 2023-12-29 . en-US.
37. Web site: Jenkins. David. 2007-11-08. Warner Bros. Acquires Traveller's Tales. 2021-12-13. Game Developer. en.
38. Web site: Warner Bros. Makes A $33 Million Bid For Midway Games . 2023-03-08 . www.cbsnews.com . 21 May 2009 . en-US.