Entertainment companies listed in Business Week Top 1000. (Business Week ranks Walt Disney Co., Blockbuster Entertainment Corp., King World Productions Inc., Paramount Communications Inc. and United Artists Entertainment Co.) (Forecaster)

Video Business, June, 1991 by Mitchell, James

Entertainment companies listed in Business Week Top 1000 Five entertainment companies ranked within the Business Week list of the 1,000 most valuable companies, as published in a special issue. Topping the entertainment companies was Walt Disney, ranking 33rd, and posting a 5% increase in market value from last year's list.

The company's total market value rose to $16.5 billion. Blockbuster, positioned 314 on the list, showed the highest growth of entertainment companies with a 72% market value increase to more than $2 billion. Also showing value increases was King World Productions - which grew 18% to $1.2 billion. King World placed 479 on the list. Paramount Communications at 137 and United Artists Entertainment at 345 posted market...

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