American entertainment company
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Culver Studios , Amazon MGM Studios' headquarters in Culver City, California, United States
Formerly Amazon Studios (2010–2023) Company type Subsidiary Industry Entertainment Predecessors Founded November 16, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-11-16 ) (as Amazon Studios) Headquarters , United States
Area served
Worldwide Key people
Jennifer Salke (CEO ) Products Television production Television distribution Film production Film distribution Parent Amazon Divisions Prime Movies Amazon Content Services Amazon MGM Studios Distribution Subsidiaries Website amazonmgmstudios.com Footnotes / references [ 1] [ 2]
Amazon MGM Studios , formerly Amazon Studios , is an American film and television production and distribution studio owned by Amazon . It was launched in 2010. It took its current name in May 2023 following its merger with MGM Holdings , which Amazon had acquired the year prior.[ 3]
Productions from this studio, as of September 2023, are primarily distributed through movie theaters under the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) label and Amazon's own streaming media service, Amazon Prime Video .[ 4]
Alongside Amazon Prime Video, the company constitutes one half of Amazon's membership in the Motion Picture Association (MPA), which it joined on October 1, 2024.[ 5]
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^ "Motion Picture Association Adds Prime Video & Amazon MGM Studios as Newest Member" . MPA EMEA . Retrieved 2024-11-10 .