 Final logo used from 1976 to 1996 | |
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1924 (as Music Corporation of America) Incorporated as MCA, Inc. on November 10, 1958 |
| Founder | Jules Stein William R. Goodheart, Jr. |
| Defunct | December 9, 1996 (as MCA Inc.) |
| Fate | Acquired by Seagram and later reincorporated as Universal Studios, Inc. |
| Successors | Universal Studios |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Parent | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (1990–1995) Seagram (1995–1996) |
| Divisions | Universal Pictures Universal Television MCA Records |
| Subsidiaries | Decca Records |
MCA Inc. (originally an initialism for Music Corporation of America) was an American media conglomerate founded in 1924. Originally a talent agency with artists in the music business as clients, the company became a major force in the film industry, and later expanded into television production. MCA published music, booked acts, ran the MCA Records music label, represented film, television and radio stars, and eventually produced and sold television programs to the three major television networks, especially NBC.
MCA was the legal predecessor of Vivendi Universal and thereby NBCUniversal. Its other legal successor is Universal Music Group Holding Corp, a holding company owned by Universal Music Group (which has absorbed PolyGram).