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In 1995, Seagram Company Ltd. acquired 80% of MCA INC. and the following year the new owners dropped the MCA name; thus becoming Universal Studios, Inc. and its music division, MCA Music Entertainment Group, was renamed Universal Music Group.
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On December 9, 1996, the new owners dropped the MCA name; the company became Universal Studios, Inc. and its music division, MCA Music Entertainment Group, was renamed Universal Music Group (UMG), headed by Morris.
Nov 27, 1990 · 1959: MCA pays $11.5 million for the 420-acre Universal Studios complex in the Cahuenga Pass overlooking the San Fernando Valley. Advertisement. 1962: MCA purchases Universal Pictures and its...
1914. March: Carl Laemmle’s representative bought four tracts of land (Taylor, Boag, Davis and Hershey ranches) for $165,000. The 230 acre Taylor Ranch was to become the new Universal City Studio plant and the other three ranches the Back ranch.
The zoo and second open-air stage were constructed on the northern sections of lot 277 and 278. The mountain portions above 600 feet (180 m) were not incorporated into studio use until MCA/Universal's master plan to level the hills and create the Universal Studio Tour Center and City Walk.
MCA Masterplan. The beauty of Universal city is that the cumulative effect of haphazard developments — that started in 1912 with the exploitation of the flatlands for the new necessities of film making, and culminated in the eighties, when the existing Mountain was decapitated to create a further platform for development, now accommodates ...
Decca, Kapp, and Uni were merged into MCA Records at Universal City, California in 1971; the three labels maintained their identities for a short time but were soon retired in favor of the MCA label. The first MCA Records release in the US was former Uni artist Elton John 's " Crocodile Rock " in 1972.
