Illustrious

Illustrious Industries (simply known as Illustrious) is a Canadian-American holding firm founded by OWL Ventures founder Oliver Watson to personally hold and control assets that Watson has a personal investment in, it also serves as a firm for companies that him and his team at OWL believe would be better under his control, and not OWL's. Watson described it as "his own attempt at running a Vuori like company".

Assets
Illustrious was originally formed to be the holding company for Watson's production company, Studio Watson, Watson's controlling stake in OWL Ventures, and a 50% stake in Salovaara Watson, but has also come to be the holding company for assets such as:
 * Illustrious Entertainment
 * Sony Pictures Entertainment
 * Sony Music Group
 * Sony Entertainment Japan (a merger of Sony Pictures Japan and Sony Music Japan respectively)
 * Litton Entertainment
 * Almost Music
 * Studio Watson
 * Salovaara Watson (50%)
 * The Times-Tribune Company
 * LA and NY Times
 * The San Diego Union-Tribune
 * The Dow Jones Company
 * Tribune Publishing
 * Gannett
 * Illustrious Digital Media
 * G/O Media
 * Bustle Digital Group
 * Mansueto Ventures
 * Cycle Media/Laundry Service
 * Some Spider Studios
 * Complexly
 * First Media
 * Minute Media
 * Valnet
 * Vice Media
 * Verizon Media
 * Monitor (formerly Cheddar, Whistle, Barcroft Media, Local Now and Newsy)
 * Storyful
 * Slate Group
 * CNet Media Group
 * Tentpole (minority stake)
 * IAC/CollegeHumor
 * Illustrious Retail
 * Moviepass (formerly Redbox)
 * Showpass
 * Gamepass
 * Musicpass
 * Bookpass
 * GamePass
 * GSBB Holdings
 * shopCulture
 * Seeso
 * Illustrious Publishing
 * Conde Nast
 * Hearst Communications
 * Future plc
 * Hubert Burda Media
 * Editis
 * Simon and Schuster
 * HarperCollins
 * Lagardere Publishing International (assets outside UK, USA and France)
 * Polarity (JV with The Eclipse Group)
 * Illustrious Sports and Experiences
 * Loews Hotels
 * Seaworld Parks and Entertainment
 * Impact Wrestling
 * Cloud9
 * Illustrious Venues
 * Merlin Entertainments
 * Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment
 * Illustrious Media
 * Illustrious Broadcasting
 * E.W. Scripps Company
 * Tegna
 * Cox Media Group
 * Meredith Broadcasting
 * Hearst Television
 * various stations from Nexstar Media
 * CityMedia
 * Bloomberg
 * Anthem Sports and Entertainment
 * Stats Perform
 * Thomson Reuters
 * The Weather Company
 * Bandlab Technologies
 * AccuWeather
 * Pelmorex Group
 * Stingray Group
 * Pinewood Group
 * Tee Media
 * Matador
 * Toros - Spanish TV channel
 * Ripley Entertainment
 * Guinness World Records
 * Newsfeed Media
 * Illustrious Theaters
 * AMC Theaters
 * Styhon Battersea Theaters
 * Illustrious Capital
 * Vuori (20% stake)
 * OWL Ventures (controlling stake)
 * Styhon Battersea Theaters
 * Illustrious Capital
 * Vuori (20% stake)
 * OWL Ventures (controlling stake)

Corporate affairs
Illustrious is headquartered at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto. The company has several US offices, including:
 * 1211 Avenue of the Americas
 * 51 West 52nd Street
 * 435 North Michigan Avenue
 * 620 Eighth Avenue
 * 1 CNN Center
 * 3400 West Olive Avenue
 * 1241 East Main Street