Sony Snapshot
Many eyes and hands are on Sony -- or, most likely, on its high-profit consumer electronics products and gaming systems. The company, officially named Sony Kabushiki Kaisha, makes a host of products, including digital and video cameras, Walkman stereos, TVs, and semiconductors, through its more than 1,200 subsidiaries. A top media conglomerate worldwide, Sony boasts entertainment assets such as music (Sony Music Entertainment), motion pictures (Sony Pictures Entertainment and Sony Digital Production), DVDs (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), and TV programs (Sony Pictures Television). Under its first non-Japanese leader, Sir Howard Stringer, Sony's realigning its business and shedding some longtime traditions.
