MRC (company)

MRC's investors include Guggenheim Partners, AT&T, WPP Group, Goldman Sachs and ABRY Partners.[2][3]

In 2008, The CW leased its Sunday-night schedule to MRC beginning in the 2008-09 television season. MRC scheduled the reality show In Harm's Way and the dramas Valentine and Easy Money.[4] In November 2008, after all four shows drew poor viewership, The CW announced that it would withdraw from the agreement.[5] The network returned the Sunday timeslots to its affiliates in the 2009-10 season.[6]

After acquiring rights to produce a U.S. remake of the BBC miniseries House of Cards, MRC would sell the series to the streaming service Netflix in 2011, where it ran for six seasons as one of its first original series.[7][8][9]

On February 1, 2018, Eldridge Industries, a holding company owned by former Guggenheim Partners president Todd Boehly, announced that it would contribute its media assets — including The Hollywood Reporter, Dick Clark Productions, and Billboard, and merge them with MRC into a new company known as Valence Media.[10] In October 2018, MRC formed a joint venture with United Talent Agency known as Civic Center Media, which seeks to back projects involving its members via MRC.[11][12]

In December 2019, Valence Media acquired Nielsen Holdings' music data business, with the division being rebranded as MRC Data.[13]

In April 2020, it was reported that Valence Media would rebrand under the MRC name.[14] The rebranding was completed in July 2020.[15]

On September 23, 2020, it was announced that Penske Media Corporation, owner of The Hollywood Reporter's main competitor Variety, would assume operations of the MRC Media & Info publications under a joint venture with MRC known as PMRC. In turn, MRC will form a second joint venture that will develop content tied to PMRC publications.[16]

• Ozark (2017–present) for Netflix
• The Great (2020-present) for Hulu

• In Harm's Way (2008) for The CW
• Valentine (2008) for The CW
• Easy Money (2008) for The CW
• The Goode Family (2009) for ABC
• Surviving Suburbia (2009) for ABC
• Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire (2009) for Comedy Central
• Rita Rocks (2008–2009) for Lifetime
• Shaq Vs. (2009–2010) for ABC
• The Life & Times of Tim (2008–2012) for HBO[17]
• The Ricky Gervais Show (2010–2012) for HBO[17]
• How to Be a Gentleman (2011-2012) for CBS[17]
• House of Cards (2013–2018) for Netflix[17]
• Blunt Talk (2015-2016) for Starz
• Counterpart (2017-2019) for Starz[21]
• The Outsider (2020) for HBO