Companies American Broadcasting Company American broadcast television network owned by The Walt Disney Companyfounded 12 October 1943 Parent companyThe Walt Disney Companyfounded 16 October 1923CCapital Cities Communicationsfounded 1947, dissolved 1996PPlitt Theatresfounded 1974, dissolved 1987AABC Entertainmentfounded 1995Founded byEdward John Noble8 August 1882 – 28 December 1958OwnsABC Newsfounded 15 June 1945EESPN, LLCfounded 7 September 1979 From Wikipedia and Wikidata (public domain), updated daily.