Associated Artists Productions

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Associated Artists Productions, Inc.

The a.a.p. logo, as seen at the end of the Popeye the Sailor cartoons it acquired from Paramount Pictures.
Formerly	Associated Artists (1948–1951) PRM, Inc. (1954–1956) Associated Artists Productions, Inc. (1956–1958) United Artists Associated (1958–1968)
Company type	Private
Industry	Television syndication
Founded	1948 (first incarnation)[1] 1954 (second incarnation)
Founder	Eliot Hyman
Defunct	October 1958 (as Associated Artists Productions) 1968 (as United Artists Associated)
Fate	Folded into United Artists
Successors	Studio: United Artists Television Library: Warner Bros. (through Turner Entertainment Co.) (pre-1950 Warner Bros. feature films, pre-September 1948 Warner Bros. short subjects, pre-August 1948 Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies and Popeye the Sailor theatrical shorts only)
Headquarters	New York, New York , United States
Products	Television packages of feature films and theatrical short subjects and cartoons
Owner	Eliot Hyman (1948–1951; 1954–1958)
Parent	United Artists (1958–1968)
Subsidiaries	a.a.p. Records, Inc.

Associated Artists Productions, Inc. (a.a.p.)^[2][3] later known as United Artists Associated was an American distributor of theatrical feature films and short subjects for television. Associated Artists Productions was the copyright owner of the Popeye the Sailor shorts by Paramount Pictures, and the pre-1950 Warner Bros. Pictures film library, notably the pre-August 1948 color Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts, and the black-and-white Merrie Melodies shorts from Hugh Harman and Rudolf Ising, excluding Lady, Play Your Mandolin!.