The Learning Company

American educational software company
Organization video_game_developer Q1045344
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The Learning Company

Summary

The Learning Company is a video game developer[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,647 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Learning Company is in the country of United States[3].
  • The Learning Company's instance of is recorded as video game developer[4].
  • The Learning Company followed Synapse Software[5].
  • The Learning Company followed Spinnaker Software[6].
  • The Learning Company's headquarters location is recorded as Cedar Rapids[7].
  • The Learning Company's headquarters location is recorded as San Francisco[8].
  • The Learning Company's child organization or unit is recorded as Broderbund[9].
  • The Learning Company's Commons category is recorded as The Learning Company[10].
  • The Learning Company's industry is recorded as video game industry[11].
  • January 1, 1980 marks the founding of The Learning Company[12].
  • The Learning Company was dissolved in 2018[13].
  • The Learning Company's parent organization or unit is recorded as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt[14].
  • The Learning Company's official website is recorded as http://www.learningcompany.com[15].
  • The Learning Company's product or material produced is recorded as video game[16].

Product Details

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  • MusicBrainz ID: e456bdd1-a9bc-4376-9712-df36033b237f[17]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1980 marks the founding of The Learning Company[12].

Identity

Predecessors include Synapse Software[5] and Spinnaker Software[6].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Cedar Rapids[7], a city in the United States[18], in United States[19], founded in 1849[20] and San Francisco[8], a شرق الاوسط[21], in United States[22], founded in 1776[23]. The Learning Company's parent organization or unit is recorded as Houghton Mifflin Harcourt[14]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Broderbund[9].

Industry

The Learning Company's industry is recorded as video game industry[11].

Ownership

The Learning Company's product or material produced is recorded as video game[16].

Dissolution

The Learning Company was dissolved in 2018[13].

Why It Matters

The Learning Company ranks in the top 8% of video_game_developer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,647 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . LastDodo. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Q612975. Retrieved . computerhope.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [17] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [20] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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