Editing Seagram (section)

{{Short description|Former Canadian multinational conglomerate}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Infobox company
| name = The Seagram Company Ltd.
| logo = [[File:Seagram_logo.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| trade_name = Seagram's
| type = 
| traded_as = {{TSX was|VO}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seagram.com/company_info/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303100245/http://www.seagram.com/company_info/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2000-03-03|title=Seagram shareholders website}}</ref><br>{{NYSE was|VO}}
| industry = [[Drink industry|Beverages]]
| fate = [[Reorganization|Broken up]]:<br>
* Core business assets split and acquired by Diageo, Pernod Ricard and Infinium Spirits
* Universal Studios's television operations acquired by [[USA Networks]]
* Remaining assets acquired by Vivendi
| successors = 
{{Plainlist|
* [[Diageo]]
* [[Pernod Ricard]]
* Infinium Spirits
* [[USA Networks]]
* [[Vivendi Universal]]
}}
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1857}}, in [[Waterloo, Ontario]], Canada
| defunct = {{End date and age|2000}}
| location_city = [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]
| location_country = Canada
| locations = {{Plainlist|
* [[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]]
* [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]]
* [[Oshawa]]
* [[Brampton]]
* [[Saskatoon]]
* [[Edmonton]]
* [[Burnaby]]
* [[Waterloo, Ontario|Waterloo]]
* [[New York City]]
}}
| key_people = [[Joseph E. Seagram]]<br>[[Bronfman family]]
| products = [[Alcoholic beverage]]s, [[Ginger ale]], [[Tonic water]], [[Club soda]]
| website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20111011084729/http://www.seagram.com/ www.seagram.com (archived)]
}}

'''The Seagram Company Ltd.''' (which [[trade name|traded]] as '''Seagram's''') was a Canadian multinational beverage and during the last few years of its existence, entertainment [[Conglomerate (company)|conglomerate]] formerly headquartered in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]]. Originally a [[Distilled beverage|distiller]] of [[Canadian whisky]] based in [[Waterloo, Ontario]], it was in the 1990s the largest owner of [[alcoholic beverage]] brands in the world.

Toward the end of its independent existence, it also controlled various entertainment and other business ventures. Its purchase of [[MCA Inc.]], whose assets included [[Universal Pictures]] and its [[theme park]]s, was financed through the sale of Seagram's 25% holding of chemical company [[DuPont]], a position it acquired in 1981.

Unable to maintain financial stability, Seagram later imploded, with its beverage assets sold to industry titans [[Diageo]] and [[Pernod Ricard]]. Universal's television holdings were sold to [[Barry Diller]], and the balance of the Universal entertainment empire and what was Seagram was sold to French conglomerate [[Vivendi]] in 2000.