Research any topic before you write.

Find related topics. | Discover entities. | See connections. | Build a topical map.

Metromedia: History, Companies & Measurement

Metromedia, Inc. (also often MetroMedia) was an American media company that owned radio and television stations in the United States from 1956 to 1986 and controlled Orion Pictures from 1988 to 1997. Metromedia was established in 1956 after the DuMont Television Network ceased operations and its owned-and-operated stations were spun off into a separate…

Language: English [EN]
Use the mouse wheel or two fingers (on touchscreens) to zoom in and out of the map.
100%
More settings
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

Metromedia topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Companies and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Metromedia.

Related topics
173
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
178
Extracted relationships
272
Concept neighborhoods
43
Bridge connections
178

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 106 topics
Television syndication · 55 topics
Overview · 8 topics
Typeface · 3 topics
Former stations · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Founded
1956; 70 years ago (1956) (as DuMont Broadcasting Corporation)
Industry
Media
Headquarters
New York City, New York, U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Defunct
1997; 29 years ago (1997) (as a media company)
Fate
Sold off, corporate name continues as owner of MetroMedia Technologies

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

History

Typeface

Former stations

Television syndication

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Metromedia connects Entity context

The extracted context around Metromedia shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Metromedia → Allen Ludden's Gallery, Animal BehaviorJeopardy, CatsCharlie's AngelsChopper OneThe Cross-Wits, Comfort, Consequences, Crusader Rabbit, CTV Television Network, Day, Dusty's Trail, Dynasty, Expedition DangerFamilyFirehouse, FriendsThe Great Space Coaster, Groovie Goolies, Happy, Hart, HartHere We Go Again, Hit Man, HookerThat Girl, HutchStrange ParadiseStrike ForceThe Super, Ivan Tors Films Another extracted example is Metromedia → Benedict Gimbel Jr, California, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Consequences, Decatur, Detroit, FM, Foster, Harlem Globetrotters, Ice Capades, Illinois, In, Kansas City, KIIS-FM, KLAC, KLAC-FM, Kleiser, KMBC-AM-TV. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Metromedia

Top relations

related to Television syndication · 66
Metromedia → Allen Ludden's Gallery, Animal BehaviorJeopardy, CatsCharlie's AngelsChopper OneThe Cross-Wits, Comfort, Consequences, Crusader Rabbit, CTV Television Network, Day, Dusty's Trail, Dynasty, Expedition DangerFamilyFirehouse, FriendsThe Great Space Coaster, Groovie Goolies, Happy, Hart, HartHere We Go Again, Hit Man, HookerThat Girl, HutchStrange ParadiseStrike ForceThe Super, Ivan Tors Films
related to Expansion · 58
Metromedia → Benedict Gimbel Jr, California, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Consequences, Decatur, Detroit, FM, Foster, Harlem Globetrotters, Ice Capades, Illinois, In, Kansas City, KIIS-FM, KLAC, KLAC-FM, Kleiser, KMBC-AM-TV
related to 1985-86 divestitures · 36
Metromedia → AT, Australian, Because, Century Fox Film Corporation, Century Fox Television, Clarke Ingram, Corporation, DuMont, DuMont Television Network, Ellis, Fox, Fox Broadcasting Company, Harlem Globetrotters, Hearst Corporation, Ice Capades, Kluge, March, Marvin Davis, Metromedia Producers Corp, Metromedia's
related to Ownership of film studios · 25
Metromedia → Actava, America, April, By December, February, In, In November, July, Kluge, Look Who's Talking, MCEG Sterling Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Metromedia International Group, MGM, Motion Picture Corporation, MPCA, On April, On May, Orion, Orion Pictures
related to Origins · 24
Metromedia → ABC, ABC-UPT, By, CBS, DuMont, DuMont Broadcasting Corporation, DuMont Laboratories, DuMont Tele-Centre, DuMont Television Network, However, Metromedia Telecenter, NBC, New York, New York City, Paramount, Paramount Pictures, Soon, The, The ABC-UPT, United Paramount Theaters
related to Activities following film sale · 20
Metromedia → AboveNet, Ala TV, Alma TV, Chapter, CIS, Eastern Europe, Following, Georgia, Grand Metropolitan, Its Kazakh, Kamalak TV, Kosmos-TV, Magticom, Metromedia Fiber Network, Metromedia International, Metromedia Restaurant Group, MGM, Most, Restaurant Group, The
related to Legal battles · 13
Metromedia → After, Christine Craft, Craft, In, Kansas City, KMBC-TV, KTTV, Los Angeles, Metromedia's, Paul Winchell, Supreme Court, Winchell, Winchell-Mahoney Time
related to Typeface · 8
Metromedia → Beginning, Futura, Group, Metromedia Television Alphabet, Metromedia's, The, TV, Westinghouse Electric
related to External links · 4
Metromedia → New York Times, Radio, USPTO, Web
related to Former stations · 3
Metromedia → Dumont, Stations, Two

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

television stations company corporation dumont radio broadcasting later also network new sold media metropolitan 1986 orion acquired kluge 1956 news

Metromedia relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 272 structured relationships around Metromedia. Examples in this analysis include Metromedia → Area served → Worldwide and Metromedia → Defunct → 1997; 29 years ago (1997) (as a media company). The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MetromediaArea servedWorldwide1.00infobox
MetromediaDefunct1997; 29 years ago (1997) (as a media company)1.00infobox
MetromediaFateSold off, corporate name continues as owner of MetroMedia Technologies1.00infobox
MetromediaFormerlyDuMont Broadcasting Corporation (1956–1957)1.00infobox
MetromediaFormerlyMetropolitan Broadcasting Corporation (1957–1961)1.00infobox
MetromediaFounded1956; 70 years ago (1956) (as DuMont Broadcasting Corporation)1.00infobox
MetromediaHeadquartersNew York City, New York, U.S.1.00infobox
MetromediaIndustryMedia1.00infobox
MetromediaKey peopleJohn W. Kluge (founder/chairman/CEO) Stuart Subotnick (current president/CEO) William Ishida (president/CEO, Metromedia Technologies, Inc.)1.00infobox
MetromediaPredecessorAllen B. DuMont Laboratories1.00infobox
MetromediaProductsTelevision Radio Entertainment Advertising1.00infobox
MetromediaServicesAdvertising Media display1.00infobox
MetromediaSubsidiariesOrion Pictures The Samuel Goldwyn Company Motion Picture Corporation of America Metropolitan Broadcasting Corporation1.00infobox
MetromediaSuccessorAmazon MGM Studios (content library) Fox Television Stations (broadcast stations)1.00infobox
MetromediaTypePublic1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Metromedia bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Television, Stations and Corporation. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Metromedia
    • Television
    • Stations
    • Corporation
    • Acquired
    • Network
    • News
    • Orion
    • Radio
    • Fox
    • Sold
    • Dumont
    • Following
  • metromedia
    • Television
    • Stations
    • Corporation
    • Acquired
    • Network
    • News
    • Orion
    • Radio
    • Fox
    • Sold
    • Dumont
    • Following
  • radio
    • Television
    • Stations
    • Name
    • Spun
    • Metropolitan
    • New
    • Broadcasting
    • Network
    • Fox
    • Pictures
    • Tv
    • Dumont
  • television stations
    • Television
    • Corporation
    • Broadcasting
    • Fox
    • Spun
    • News
    • Sold
    • Network
    • Tv
    • Dumont
    • City
    • Former
  • dumont television network
    • Broadcasting
    • Network
    • York
    • Spun
    • Corporation
    • New
    • Media
    • Television
    • Radio
    • Two
    • Stations
    • Metropolitan
  • owned-and-operated stations
    • Television
    • Corporation
    • Broadcasting
    • Fox
    • Spun
    • News
    • Sold
    • Network
    • Tv
    • Dumont
    • City
    • Former
  • news corporation
    • Broadcasting
    • Fox
    • Television
    • Stations
    • Dumont
    • Sold
    • Metromedia
    • Media
    • Owned
    • York
    • Kluge
    • Metropolitan
  • fox television stations
    • Television
    • Sold
    • Corporation
    • Spun
    • Broadcasting
    • Fox
    • Stations
    • News
    • Network
    • Radio
    • Tv
    • Dumont

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Metromedia, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Metromedia with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Metromedia — History · splits 72 ⟂ 107
Metromedia — Television syndication · splits 123 ⟂ 56
Metromedia — Overview · splits 170 ⟂ 9
Metromedia — Typeface · splits 175 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

Metromedia

Nodes179
Edges178
Triples272
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011173
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Metromedia to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Companies & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Metromedia · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

For writers, content strategists, SEOs, marketers and creators — from quick topic research to advanced semantic analysis.