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- Multimedia_(media_company) abstract "Multimedia, Inc. was a media company that owned 10 daily newspapers, three weekly newspapers, two radio stations, five television stations, and a cable television system division. The company was headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.It also owned TV syndicator Multimedia Entertainment (formerly Avco Embassy Television, which is now owned by NBCUniversal Television Distribution). Multimedia was founded in 1968, when the News-Piedmont Company of Greenville merged with Southern Broadcasting Corporation. The new company called the Southeastern Broadcasting Corporation comprised four newspapers (two morning, two afternoon), three television stations and six radio stations. The company's biggest purchase came in 1976, when it bought WLWT in Cincinnati--and with it, the distribution rights to The Phil Donahue Show. The company was involved in one of the more unusual media transactions in history. In 1983, it sold its flagship television station, WFBC-TV in Greenville (now WYFF) and WXII-TV in Winston-Salem, North Carolina to Pulitzer, Inc. In return, Multimedia received Pulitzer's former flagship television station, KSDK in St. Louis. Multimedia used its new purchase as the testing ground for a new show hosted by Sally Jessy Raphaël.Multimedia was acquired by the Gannett Company in 1995, after the sale was finalized, Gannett sold Multimedia Entertainment to MCA the following year. In January 2000 the cable television division, which included systems in Kansas, Oklahoma and North Carolina was sold to Cox Communications. The North Carolina systems were resold to Suddenlink Communications in 2006.The Multimedia name lives on as a holding company and licensee within Gannett's corporate structure.".
- Multimedia_(media_company) extinctionYear "1995".
- Multimedia_(media_company) fate "Acquired by Gannett Co. (television counterpart sold to Universal Studios in 1996; cable TV counterpart sold to Cox Communications in 2000)".
- Multimedia_(media_company) foundingYear "1968".
- Multimedia_(media_company) industry Mass_media.
- Multimedia_(media_company) keyPerson Chairman.
- Multimedia_(media_company) keyPerson Chief_executive_officer.
- Multimedia_(media_company) keyPerson Craig_A._Dubow.
- Multimedia_(media_company) location Greenville,_South_Carolina.
- Multimedia_(media_company) numberOfEmployees "49675".
- Multimedia_(media_company) product Internet.
- Multimedia_(media_company) product Newspaper.
- Multimedia_(media_company) product Television.
- Multimedia_(media_company) type Public_company.
- Multimedia_(media_company) wikiPageExternalLink Multimedia-Inc-Company-History.html.
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- Multimedia_(media_company) companyName "Multimedia, Inc.".
- Multimedia_(media_company) companyType Public_company.
- Multimedia_(media_company) defunct "1995".
- Multimedia_(media_company) fate "Acquired by Gannett Co.".
- Multimedia_(media_company) foundation "1968".
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- Multimedia_(media_company) industry Mass_media.
- Multimedia_(media_company) keyPeople "Craig A. Dubow; Chairman, President & CEO".
- Multimedia_(media_company) location Greenville,_South_Carolina.
- Multimedia_(media_company) numEmployees "49675".
- Multimedia_(media_company) products "Newspapers, television, and Internet media".
- Multimedia_(media_company) subject Category:Companies_based_in_Greenville,_South_Carolina.
- Multimedia_(media_company) subject Category:Defunct_companies_based_in_South_Carolina.
- Multimedia_(media_company) subject Category:Defunct_media_companies_of_the_United_States.
- Multimedia_(media_company) subject Category:Gannett_TV.
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- Multimedia_(media_company) comment "Multimedia, Inc. was a media company that owned 10 daily newspapers, three weekly newspapers, two radio stations, five television stations, and a cable television system division. The company was headquartered in Greenville, South Carolina.It also owned TV syndicator Multimedia Entertainment (formerly Avco Embassy Television, which is now owned by NBCUniversal Television Distribution).".
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- Multimedia_(media_company) name "Multimedia, Inc.".