Formerly | Kinney National Services Inc. (1966–1971) Kinney Services Inc. (1971–1972) |
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Company type | Public |
Industry | Entertainment |
Predecessor | Kinney Service Corporation (1945–1966) National Cleaning Contractors Inc. (1886–1966) |
Founded | August 12, 1966 |
Founder | Steve Ross |
Defunct | February 10, 1972 |
Fate | Corporation's restructuring and reincorporated as Warner Communications Inc. in 1972 |
Successor | Warner Communications (1972–1990) Time Warner (1990–1992, 2003–2018) Time Warner Entertainment (1992–2001) AOL Time Warner (2001–2003) WarnerMedia (2018–2022) Warner Bros. Discovery (2022–present) |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Parking services Cleaning services Film Television Music Magazine |
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Subsidiaries | National Kinney Corporation |
Kinney Services Inc. was an American conglomerate company from 1966 to 1972. Its successors were Warner Communications and WarnerMedia and its current successor is Warner Bros. Discovery. Kinney National's predecessors were Kinney Service Corporation and National Cleaning Contractors Inc., whose merger began in January 1966 and was completed in August of the same year. National Cleaning Contractors was founded in 1886[1][2] by Louis Frankel[3] and Max Sweig[4] as National Window Cleaning & House Renovating Co., and was later known as National House Cleaning Contractors Inc.