Editing Lone Ranger (section)

==Ownership==
From its inception, George W. Trendle had legal ownership of the Lone Ranger and characters associated with the Lone Ranger through his company, The Lone Ranger, Inc. Trendle sold The Lone Ranger, Inc. to oil man and film producer [[Jack Wrather]] in 1954 for $3&nbsp;million ({{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=3000000|start_year=1954|r=-3|fmt=eq}}).  After Wrather died in 1984, his widow, [[Bonita Granville]], sold the Wrather Productions properties to Southbrook International Television Co. in 1985 for $10&nbsp;million ({{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=10000000|start_year=1985|r=-4|fmt=eq}}).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kb3eCQAAQBAJ&q=trendle+%2B+wrather&pg=PA203|title=An Illustrated History of Trigger: The Lives and Legend of Roy Rogers' Palomino|author=Pando, Leo|date=November 22, 2010|page=203|publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers |isbn=9780786461110}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8f76dbp/entire_text/|title=Jack and Bonita Granville Wrather Papers|website=Oac.cdlib.org|access-date=September 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/173020826/|title=Los Angeles Times from Los Angeles, California on April 25, 1985 · 73|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=July 25, 2018}}</ref> [[Broadway Video]] acquired the rights in 1988. [[Classic Media]] acquired the rights in 2000. [[DreamWorks Animation]] acquired Classic Media in 2012 and renamed the division [[DreamWorks Classics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-jul-23-la-et-ct-dreamworks-animation-20120722-story.html|title=DreamWorks Animation buys 'Casper,' 'Lassie' parent Classic Media|first=Richard|last=Verrier|date=July 23, 2012|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=September 22, 2017}}</ref> This was later acquired by [[NBCUniversal]] in 2016 for $3.8&nbsp;billion ({{Inflation|index=US-GDP|value=3800000000|start_year=2016|r=-6|fmt=eq}}). Its [[Universal Pictures]] unit currently has the rights to the Lone Ranger.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcuniversal.com/article/nbcuniversal-announces-acquisition-dreamworks-animation|title=NBCUniversal Announces Acquisition of DreamWorks Animation|date=April 28, 2016|website=Nbcuniversal.com|access-date=July 25, 2018}}</ref>