The Matthews Company

The Matthews Company is an American multinational technology company and multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Palo Alto, California, founded in 1977 by John K. Matthews as part of a reconsolidation of his broadcast and technology assets.

Recently, the multimedia corporation has agreed to merge with GamerCraft, a fellow mass media firm owned by Matthews' nephew Red Gordonia.

Early history
In 1950, John K. Matthews founded Everest Pictures, a movie production company in Los Angeles, California.

Formation
In 1977, as part of its purchase of The Grassyville Star Company, he reconsolidated all of his broadcast and movie assets as well as acquired technologies. He then founded The Matthews Company. However, just as he founded the company, he had to sell the Star 's radio stations WXB-AM-FM in Grassyville, Minecraftia to Infinity Broadcasting Corporation to comply with FCC regulations regarding common ownership of newspapers and broadcast stations. The radio stations' former television sister kept by Matthews is now WJKM-TV, named in his honor; it is an ABC affiliate since 1992, when CBS purchased Midwest Radio and Television, owners of rival station WGRV-TV (now WGVM-TV; after merging with Infinity in 1997, that station reunited with former sister WGVM radio and became a sister to the aforementioned WXB radio stations).

Long-standing relationships with Microsoft and Linux
The Matthews Company had changed its media empire in 1985, when they sold Everest to Philippines-based longtime partner VGC, but the company continued to operate TMC Productions, a television and movie production company separate from Everest.

The company's technology division, on the other hand, had help, then as now, from Microsoft and later, the Linux Foundation.

Reunifications
After selling The Grassyville Star to the Gannett Company, in which TMC retained WJKM-TV, the company was allowed again to own a radio sister station; in 2017, CBS/Entercom sold the WXB and WGVM radio stations to TMC to comply with FCC regulations, which reunited WXB radio with the old WXB-TV.

Merger with GamerCraft
In 2019, the Matthews family decided to sell their corporate empire. They agreed to merge the company with GamerCraft, a firm owned by John K. Matthews' nephew Red Gordonia.

In February 12, 2020, GamerCraft and TMC shareholders and board members approved the merger. It is expected to be finalized between February 24 to March 31, 2020.

Television
NOTE: Ownership year may predate the formation of The Matthews Company.