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Barris Industries, Inc. was an American game show production company that was founded by Chuck Barris. ==History== Barris founded his company on June 14, 1965 as Chuck Barris Productions. The company's first series was an unsold pilot called ''People Pickers''. Its first successful program was ''The Dating Game''; it was known for producing other hit game shows such as ''The Newlywed Game'' and ''The Gong Show''. The latter title eventually became a movie released by Universal Pictures in 1980. Chuck Barris Productions was incorporated on October 2, 1968.〔(GPEC INC. ) wysk.com, Retrieved on February 3, 2014〕 It had its first game show in syndication in 1969, the short-lived ''The Game Game'' (credited to Chuck Barris Games Shows, Inc. ()). In 1981, Barris renamed Chuck Barris Productions, Inc. to Barris Industries, Inc. After spending some time in Europe, Chuck Barris returned to the United States in 1984 and formed a syndication arm called Bel-Air Program Sales in October along with Brian Cohen and Brian Firestone, which began syndicating ''The Dating Game'', ''The Newlywed Game'', ''The Gong Show'', ''The $1.98 Beauty Show'' and the Barris versions of ''Treasure Hunt''. In 1985, Barris Industries formed an ad-sales barter called Clarion Communications. Later in 1986, Bel-Air Program Sales was renamed to Barris Program Sales, Clarion Communications was renamed to Barris Advertising Sales (a.k.a. Barris National Advertisers), and the production arm Chuck Barris Productions was changed to Barris Productions. In 1986, Barris Industries filed a $5 million copyright lawsuit against Lorimar-Telepictures, claiming that the game show ''Perfect Match'' was too similar to ''The New Newlywed Game''. On March 25, 1987, Barris resigned, left the company, and in the process, sold his shares to Burt Sugarman.〔"New York Times" (Barris Industries ) nytimes.com, Retrieved on December 5, 2012〕 Barris Industries, under the leadership of Burt Sugarman and his company Giant Group Ltd., originally owned a 5.27% stake in Reeves Communications Corp.〔"Los Angeles Times" (Barris said it may raise its stake in Reeves. ) articles.latimes.com, Retrieved on December 5, 2012〕 In January 1988, Barris Industries merged with the Guber-Peters Company to form Barris/Guber-Peters. On March 31, 1989, Burt Sugarman sold his shares of Barris Industries to Westfield Capital Corporation and Northern Star Holdings Ltd., the owners of Network Ten of Australia owned by Frank Lowy for $34.5 million.〔"New York Times" (COMPANY NEWS; Sugarman Sells Barris Stake ) nytimes.com, Retrieved on December 5, 2012〕〔WILLIAM K. KNOEDELSEDER Jr. "Los Angeles Times" April 1, 1989 (Australian Group Buys 24.4% Stake in Barris From Sugarman ) articles.latimes.com, Retrieved on February 3, 2013〕〔GEORGE GARTIES "AP News Archive" March 31, 1989 (INVESTOR SELLS STAKE IN TV PRODUCTION COMPANY TO AUSTRALIAN NETWORK ) apnewsarchive, Retrieved on February 3, 2013〕 On September 7, 1989, Barris Industries was renamed as the Guber-Peters Entertainment Company, Barris Program Sales was renamed to Guber-Peters Program Sales, and Barris Advertising Sales was renamed Guber-Peters Advertising Sales.〔(Barris Industries Has New Name. )〕 On September 29, 1989, a day after Sony Corporation of Japan acquired Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Sony acquired Guber-Peters Entertainment Company for $200 million.〔(Sony Buys Guber-Peters )〕 The sale was completed on November 9, 1989 after Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures Entertainment a day earlier. On November 5, 1990, CPE folded its first-run syndication unit Guber-Peters Television into Columbia Pictures Television Distribution. As of today, all of the Barris game shows are owned and distributed by Sony Pictures Television, while the Guber-Peters Entertainment Company is still an active in-name-only unit of SPT and Columbia Pictures, known as GPEC, Inc.〔(GPEC INC. ) wysk.com, Retrieved on February 3, 2014〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Barris Industries」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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