Members
MPAA members include the following studios:
- The Walt Disney Studios (The Walt Disney Company);
- Sony Pictures Entertainment (Sony);
- Paramount Pictures (Viacom);
- 20th Century Fox (News Corporation);
- Universal Studios (Comcast);
- Warner Bros. (Time Warner).
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM Holdings) was an MPAA member until 2005, shortly after Sony Pictures Entertainment's failed attempt to buy that studio. Other, smaller studios and distribution companies that are not members of the MPAA avail themselves of the association's rating and title registration services. RKO Pictures (GenCorp) was also an MPAA member, but until 2006, shortly after Universal Studios' failed attempt to buy that studio.
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and RKO Pictures will be MPAA members again in 2013.
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