State fairs began to transition themselves from agricultural trade shows to entertainment operations.
Paramount's entertainment operations are still strong.
Musical recording and/or other entertainment operations are done at the home office in Portland, Tennessee.
Sony has made a series of costly changes in its entertainment operations.
Coke is restructuring its entertainment operation, and Merck said it had received approval to market its cholesterol drug.
Revenue at the company's filmed entertainment operation increased by 4.9 percent, to $1.89 billion from $1.8 billion.
Gustavo Cisneros, his son, began his career in media and entertainment operations of the company.
The sale of the television business, the core of the entertainment operations, was widely criticized at the time.
Those taking part in the discussions said Vivendi would not need to sell its American entertainment operations to help it manage its debt.
Vivendi has reduced debt further, to about 7 billion euros, since the end of the quarter by selling its entertainment operations in the United States.