Given the question: Pick one category for the following text. The options are - company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work. Good Machine - Good Machine was an independent film production film distribution and foreign sales company started in the early 1990s by its co-founders and producers Ted Hope and James Schamus. David Linde joined in the late 90s to start the international sales company. They sold the company to Universal Pictures in 2001; in 2002 it was acquired by Vivendi SA which merged it with USA Films to create Focus Features.
The answer is:
Company