Warner Communications[]
1978–1989; 1990[]
| DESIGNER | TYPOGRAPHY | USAGE | ALSO KNOWN AS |
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| Saul Bass (1978–1989) | Watford Regular (1978–1980 & 1985–1989) | Official | Big W |
| Hand-colored/traditionally animation (1980–1986) | Baskerville Bold (1980–1986) | ||
| Hand-drawn cel animation (1985–1989 & 1990) | Futura Extra Bold (1988–1989) |
Warner Communications was an American media company formed in 1972. It owned Warner Bros. Pictures and Warner Music Group.
Time Warner (first era)[]
1990–1993[]
| DESIGNER | TYPOGRAPHY | USAGE | ALSO KNOWN AS |
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| Traditionally cel-animation (1989–1990-1991–1993) | Futura Extra Bold | Official | Eye-Ear |
The company's original identity was created by Chermayeff & Geismar, and included an 1990-2010 eye-ear logo designed by Steff Geissbuhler (which was adopted for Time Warner Cable).
1993–2001[]
| DESIGNER | TYPOGRAPHY | USAGE | ALSO KNOWN AS |
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| Digital ink-and-paint animation (1993–2000) | Baskerville Bold (1993–1994) | Official | The 1st Serif Wordmark |
| Anspach Grossman (1993–1994 & 2001) | Watford Regular (1996–1997) | ||
| Futura Extra Bold (1998–1999) | |||
| Saul Bass (1996–1999) | Bodoni BE Regular (1996–2001) | ||
| Times New Roman (1999–2000) | |||
| Anspach Grossman (1999–2000) |
In April 1993, Time Warner's eye-ear logo was replaced by a more reserved and traditional serif-based wordmark created by Anspach Grossman.
AOL Time Warner[]
2001–2003[]
| DESIGNER | TYPOGRAPHY | USAGE | ALSO KNOWN AS |
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| Digital ink-and-paint animation (November 7, 2000–July 20, 2001, May 21, 2006) | Times New Roman | Official | The 2nd Serif Wordmark |
| Yearim Productions Co., Ltd. (January 15, 2001–December 11, 2001) | |||
| Saerom Animation, Inc. (July 21, 2001–January 10, 2003) |
The combined company was renamed as AOL Time Warner on January 12, 2001. Landor Associates was responsible for designing the new logo, which retained the last one's horizontal lines, but added the word "AOL" next to "TIME WARNER", which had been re-rendered as "Time Warner". Also, the wordmark was colored blue, and the lines were recolored in a pale shade of blue.
Time Warner (second era)[]
2003-2018[]
| DESIGNER | TYPOGRAPHY | USAGE | ALSO KNOWN AS |
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| Landor Associates (September 21, 2002–August 1, 2004) | Bodoni BE Regular | Official | The 3rd Serif Wordmark |
| Digital ink-and-paint animation (December 12, 2003–August 24, 2018) | |||
| Lippincott Mercer (May 1, 2005–September 21, 2014, November 26, 2016–2018) | |||
| Toon Boom Harmony (September 28, 2014–June 15, 2018) | |||
| Flash animation (September 23, 2016–September 22, 2017) |
Starting in November 2002, the company alternated with the Time Warner and AOL Time Warner names, until September 26, 2003, when its name was legally and officially reverted back to Time Warner. Lippincot20192019t Mercer was hired to create the company's new corporate identity.
WarnerMedia[]
2018-2019[]
| DESIGNER | TYPOGRAPHY | USAGE | ALSO KNOWN AS | |
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| Digital ink-and-paint animation (2018–2019) | AT&T Aleck Sans (custom-designed for AT&T) | Hard-drawn animation (2018-2019) | Official | The 3rd Serif Wordmark |
| Bento Box Entertainment (2019–April 21, 2019) | ||||
| Sony Pictures (May 1, 2005–September 21, 2014) | ||||
| Toon Boom Harmony (September 28, 2014–June 15, 2018) | ||||
| Flash animation (September 23, 2016–September 22, 2017) |
On October 22, 2016, AT&T announced its intent to acquire Time Warner for $85 billion. The United States Department of Justice attempted to block the acquisition. However, on June 12, 2018, District Judge Richard J. Leon ruled in favor of AT&T, thus allowing the acquisition to proceed with no conditions or remedies. Two days later, AT&T announced it had closed the acquisition, renaming Time Warner as WarnerMedia after having de-merged and spun off its former Time Inc. properties back into a separate company, which was later purchased by Meredith Corporation. Despite the next logo being introduced below, this logo continued to be used on-screen for the Warner Bros. Pictures and New Line Cinema logos until 2020.
2019-2022[]
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Warner Bros. Discovery[]
2022-present[]
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| Warner Bros. Entertainment: Film production: Television production: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group (On-Screen Logos): Broadcast television: Home Box Office, Inc.: Television production: HBO Entertainment | HBO Enterprises Film production: HBO Films | HBO Documentary Films International channels: HBO (HD) | HBO 2 (HD) | HBO 3 (HD) | Cinemax (HD) | HBO Asia | Cinemax Asia | Cinemax 2 (HD) | HBO Europe | HBO Latin America Group (HBO | HBO 2 | HBO Family | HBO Signature | HBO Plus | Max | Max Prime | Max Up) | Cinemax (LA) | A+E Networks (LA)7 Turner Broadcasting System: Film production: Turner Entertainment | Cartoon Network Movies | CNN Films Cartoon Network: Arabic | Australia | Canada | Europe | France | Germany | Greece | Hungary | India | Italy | Japan | Latin America | Nordic | Pakistan | Philippines | Poland | Portugal | Russia and CIS | Southeast Asia | Taiwan | Turkey | UK & Ireland Other:TMZ.com | Fandango (30%) (Flixster | Rotten Tomatoes) | Machinima | Momlogic | WaterTower Music | Warner Bros. Movie World1 | Warner Village Cinemas1 | Warner Bros. Digital Distribution | Warner Bros. Sound | Warner Bros. Studios | Warner Bros. Online | Hulu8 (10%) Defunct/Dissolved:
1Co-owned by Village Roadshow.  |
| Fixed-line telecommunications: AT&T | SBC Mobile telecommunications: Television services: Other properties: Precedessor companies: Defunct:  |