Editing Universal Studios, Inc. (section)

===Seagram===
On December 9, 1996, a year after its acquisition by [[Seagram]], MCA was rebranded to Universal Studios, Inc.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/1996/12/09/daily1.html| title=MCA changes name to Universal Studios Inc.| work=[[American City Business Journals|Orlando Business Journal]]| date=December 9, 1996| first=E. Scott| last=Reckard}}</ref> and MCA's music division, MCA Music Entertainment Group, was renamed [[Universal Music Group]]. [[MCA Records]] continued to live on as a label within the Universal Music Group. The following year, [[G. P. Putnam's Sons]] was sold to the [[Penguin Group]] subsidiary of [[Pearson PLC]].

In 1996, Universal Studios filed a lawsuit against [[Viacom (1952–2006)|Viacom]] over Viacom's launch of the [[TV Land]] cable network. Viacom had purchased Paramount in 1994, and the contract for USA Network prohibited either of their owners from owning cable channels outside the joint venture.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/04/30/business/media-business-mca-sues-viacom-saying-new-channel-violates-their-usa-network.html| title=MCA Sues Viacom, Saying New Channel Violates Their USA Network Partnership| date=30 April 1996| work=The New York Times| access-date=29 November 2015| first=Geraldine| last=Fabrikant}}</ref> Viacom had owned [[Viacom Media Networks|MTV Networks]] (the parent of TV Land) since 1985. The suit was settled when Viacom sold MCA its half of the joint venture. TV Land eventually added shows from the MCA/Universal library in 1999.