Sony

Sony Corporation is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo. Its diversified business includes consumer and professional electronics, gaming, entertainment and financial services.

(source: sony.net)

Sony Plans Financial Services IPO as PS5 Sales Cool
Sony Plans Financial Services IPO as PS5 Sales Cool
February 14, 2024  |  IPO

Electronics/entertainment giant Sony plans to take its financial services unit public next fall. The company announced the partial spin-off of Sony Financial Group (SFGI), a business that includes banking...

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Sony’s $10 Billion Zee Merger at Risk of Collapse
Sony’s $10 Billion Zee Merger at Risk of Collapse
January 08, 2024  |  International

Sony’s India unit is reportedly ready to cancel its $10 billion merger with Zee Entertainment. The deal, in the works since 2021, is at risk due to an...

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Sony Ventures Appoints New CEO, Creates Role of Chairman 
Sony Ventures Appoints New CEO, Creates Role of Chairman 
January 05, 2024  |  Personnel

Sony Ventures, the dedicated investment team of Sony Group, has appointed 27-year Sony Group veteran Kazuhito Hadano as its new CEO, effective Jan. 1.  Gen Tsuchikawa, the previous...

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CES Adds Momentum to Consumer AI Push
CES Adds Momentum to Consumer AI Push
January 03, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

If next week’s Consumer Electronics Show is any indication, artificial intelligence is moving from the world of engineering and technology to the province of consumers,...

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Insomniac Reports Data Breach Involving Employee Information, Game Development Details
Insomniac Reports Data Breach Involving Employee Information, Game Development Details
December 22, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

Sony-owned video-game studio Insomniac released a statement Friday (Dec. 22) about a data breach that became known earlier this month. “We’re both saddened and angered...

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Report: Blackstone to Acquire 80% Stake in Sony Payment Services 
Report: Blackstone to Acquire 80% Stake in Sony Payment Services 
December 21, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Alternative asset manager Blackstone is reportedly set to acquire an 80% stake in Sony Payment Services, a payment service provider under Sony Group.  The deal, valued at approximately $280...

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Xbox Making Billion-Dollar Game Pass Bet as Competition Heats Up
Xbox Making Billion-Dollar Game Pass Bet as Competition Heats Up
December 04, 2023  |  Subscriptions

Xbox is seeing its massive investment in video game content pay off, as more of gaming comes to rely on subscription models. In an interview...

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Netflix Leverages Fan Enthusiasm to Sidestep Gaming’s Subscriber Acquisition Challenges
Netflix Leverages Fan Enthusiasm to Sidestep Gaming’s Subscriber Acquisition Challenges
October 20, 2023  |  Subscriptions

Netflix is taking advantage of its subscribers’ strong affinity for many of its films and series to create an audience for its incipient gaming business...

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Google, Sony, Oracle to NRF: You Can’t Spell Retail Without ‘A-I’
Google, Sony, Oracle to NRF: You Can’t Spell Retail Without ‘A-I’
January 18, 2023  |  Retail

Officially it’s called Retail’s Big Show, but NRF 2023 was also about Retail’s Big Tech. As in, the retail industry’s increasing embrace of Big Tech...

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