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once largest owner of alcoholic beverage brands in the world
acquired MCA Inc.
acquired PolyGram
divested beverage business
entered entertainment industry in 1990s
family-controlled for most of its history
liquidated assets
merged with Vivendi in 2000
sold beverage assets to Diageo and Pernod Ricard
sold entertainment assets to Universal Studios
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