Tropes/Right Hand Versus Left Hand

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 * Similarly to Sony, the ArgosyMTM Group company is a "feudal kingdom" comprised of several otherwise-unrelated companies, some with overlapping businesses (such as Argosy Pictures and MTM Films), under a single holding company.
 * While most other conglomerates have only 1 "main" film production and distribution studio which all other brands (Touchstone for Disney, New Line for Warner, etc.) are simply in-name-only subunits of, ArgosyMTM has two: MTM Films (also known as Seven Arts, Embassy, TAT Communications, and formerly Spelling and Worldvision) and Argosy Pictures (also known as Gramercy, Rainbow, and formerly Garland and Maxine). Some movies have been rejected by MTM Films, but picked up by Argosy, or vice-versa. The television units, Argosy Media and MTM Enterprises, are also 2 separate legal subsidiary entities, though they do work together sometimes.