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Revision as of 23:26, 27 February 2014
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| All Media Network, LLC | |
| Company type | Private |
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | All Media Guide |
| Founder | Michael Erlewine |
| Headquarters | |
| Products | Allmusic, Allmovie, Allgame, SideReel |
Number of employees | 11-50 |
| Website | http://www.allmedianetwork.com/ |
| Footnotes / references [1][2] | |
All Media Netowrk (formerly All Media Guide or AMG), is an American company that owns and maintains Allmusic, Allgame, Allmovie, SideReel, and Celebrified. AMG was founded in 1990 by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine which started with the All Music Guide (now Allmusic) in 1991, and expanded to offer the All Movie Guide (now Allmovie) in 1994 and the All Game Guide (now Allgame) in 1998. [3] In late 2007, Macrovision (now Rovi Corporation) acquired the Guides for a reported $72 million [4] Rovi in turn, sold them to newly established All Media Network, LLC in 2013. [5]
History
The company was founded in Big Rapids, Michigan in 1991, in order to create a comprehensive archive of all music. AMG moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1999. AMG was a business unit within Alliance Entertainment Corporation until early 2005. Yucaipa Companies, a multi-billion dollar fund based in California, retained ownership of AMG. Macrovision (Rovi) announced on November 6, 2007 that it had agreed to purchase All Media Guide.[6] All of its websites are now controlled by Rovi's nameservers. The encompassing website that was once allmediaguide.com is now allmedianetwork.com.
Business Model
AMG has created a large database of metadata about movies, video games, audio books, and music releases. These databases are used for point of sale systems in tens of thousands of stores globally, for CD and DVD recognition in software media players such as Windows Media Player, SimpleCenter and Musicmatch Jukebox, and for providing content for a variety of websites.
In addition to selling computerized access to its databases, AMG sells several dozen print compilations of its information.
Products
AllMusic
Allmusic is an online database which catalogs songs, albums, musicians, bands, and musical styles alongside news, reviews and biographies, and ratings and staff recommendations. The content was initially published in book form in 1991 as the All Music Guide, and is now freely available to the public for online reference and information as well as available via licensing for point-of-sale systems, media players, and online music stores.[3]
AllMovie
Allmovie, launched in 1994 as the All Movie Guide, is a database of actors, films, and filmmakers with news, reviews, ratings, and staff recommendations. It offers limited information about Television productions. [3]
AllGame
Allgame was launched in 1998 and offers information and reviews about many console, hand held, arcade, and PC games released in the US. [3]
SideReel
SideReel, launched in 2007, is a TV community site and provides information about TV shows and episodes. [2]
Celebrified
A site offering celebrity news and interviews started in 2012. [2]
See also
References
- ^ "All Media Network, LLC". LinkedIn. LinkedIn. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ a b c "Digital Entertainment Veterans Launch 'All Media Network' to Perfect Digital Media Discovery". MarketWatch. MarketWatch. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ a b c d Bowe, Brian J. (24 January 2007). "Make it or Break it". Metro Times. Metro Times. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Mandasoft Entry, Mandasoft, December 17, 2007, retrieved 2012-06-18
- ^ "Rovi Corporation Reports Second Quarter 2013 Financial Performance". http://www.rovicorp.com. Rovi Corporation. 31 July 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ "Macrovision Agrees to Acquire All Media Guide Holdings, Inc" (Press release). BusinessWire. November 6, 2007. Retrieved 2007-10-06.