Approximately six big media corporations control virtually everything we see, hear, and read. It's not sufficient to just point that out. It isn't until you see those holdings listed that you get a real idea how powerful these six media giants are. This information comes from the esteemed Columbia Journalism Review.
(I will update the owners of America's radio stations in a seperate post)
COMCAST
The country's largest cable provider isn't just in the cable business. They own soooo much more. Check out this partial list below...
Television
NBC Television Network
NBC Entertainment
NBC News
NBC Sport Group
Universal Television (UTV)
Universal Cable Productions
NBC Universal Domestic Television Distribution
NBCUniversal International Television Distribution
NBC Local Media Division
NBC New York (WNBC)
NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)
NBC Chicago (WMAQ)
NBC Philadelphia (WCAU)
NBC Bay Area (KNTV)
NBC Dallas/Fort Worth (KXAS)
NBC Washington (WRC)
NBC Miami (WTVJ)
NBC San Diego (KNSD)
NBC Connecticut (WVIT)
NBC Everywhere
LX TV
Skycastle Entertainment
Telemundo
KVEA (Los Angeles)
WNJU (New York)
WSCV (Miami)
KTMD (Houston)
WSNS (Chicago)
KXTX (Dallas/Fort Worth)
KVDA (San Antonio)
KSTS (San Francisco/San Jose)
KTAZ (Phoenix)
KNSO (Fresno)
KDEN (Denver)
KBLR (Las Vegas)
WNEU (Boston/Merrimack)
KHRR (Tucson)
WKAQ (Puerto Rico)
KWHY (Los Angeles) (Independent)
Television Channels
Bravo
Chiller
CNBC
CNBC World
Comcast Charter Sports Southeast
Comcast Sports Group
Comcast SportsNet Bay Area
Comcast SportsNet California
Comcast SportsNet Chicago
Comcast SportsNet Houston
Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
Comcast SportsNet New England
Comcast SportsNet Northwest
Comcast SportsNet Philadelhpia
SNY
The Mtn.-Mountain West Sports Network
CSS
Comcast Sports Southwest
New England Cable News (Manages)
NBC Sports Network
The Comcast Network
E! Entertainment Television
G4
Golf Channel
MSNBC
mun2
Oxygen Media
Cloo
Sprout
The Style Network
Syfy
Universal HD
USA Network
The Weather Channel Companies
Syfy Universal (Universal Networks International)
Diva Universal (Universal Networks International)
Studio Universal (Universal Networks International)
Universal Channel (Universal Networks International)
13th Street Universal (Universal Networks International)
Movies 24 (Universal Networks International)
Hallmark Channel (non-U.S.) (Universal Networks International)
KidsCo (Interest) (Universal Networks International)
Film
Universal Pictures
Focus Features
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Parks and Resorts
Universal Parks and Resorts
Digital Media
DailyCandy
Fandango
Hulu (32%)
iVillage
NBC.com
CNBC Digital
Plaxo
Communications
XFINITY TV
XFINITY Internet
XFINITY Voice
Sports Management
Comcast-Spectator
Philadelphia Flyers
Wells Fargo Center
Global Spectrum (Public Assembly Management)
Ovations Food Services
Front Row Marketing Services
Paciolan
New Era Tickets (ComcastTIX)
Flyers Skate Zone
Other
Comcast Ventures
4INFO
About.com
Abor Networks
Arroyo
Accolade
BelAir Networks
BENU
Bigpoint
BlackArrow
BlogHer
Bodymedia
BNI Video
BroadLogic Network Technologies
BroadSoft
>Bubble Motion
CarWoo!
Catalog Spree
CedarPoint Communications
Citysearch
Closely
ConteXtream
CTI Towers
Demde
Docusign
DreamIT MEAP (Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program)
EdgeConneX
Entreproid/dd>
FanDuel
Fwix
GreyStripe
Half.com
Healthline Networks
Iddiction
iControl Networks
Immedia Semiconductor
Integrate
Intellon
InviteMedia
JiWire
Kiwi Crate
KPCB
LinkShare
MegaPath Networks
MovazNetworks
Nebula
netForensics
NGT New Global Telecom
Nuera
ONDS
Ortiva Wireless
Perfect Market
Plumdistrict
Radius
Ramp
RF Magic
RGB Networks
SB Nation
SkyStream Networks
SnagFilms
Stratalight
The Rubicon Project
TiVO
TidalTV
Trion Worlds
Tripwire
Ubermedia
VeriSign
Verivue
Vertialnet
Videology
Visible World
Vitrue
Vivox
Vox Media
Whosay
XOS Digital
Comcast Spotlight
Comcast Business Class
Comcast Interactive Media
TIME WARNER
In 2014, Comcast tried to merge with Time Warner and the governement wouldn't allow it. Look at the list above, and the list below, to see why this was a prudent decision. If it came up again now under this administration and this FCC, it would probably be given the green light.
Home Box Office (HBO), Inc.
@ Max
5 Star Max
Action Max
Cinemax
Cinemax Brasil (Latin America)
Cinemax On Demand
HBO
HBO 2 (Latin America)
HBO Asia/South Asia
HBO Brasil (Latin America)
HBO Bulgaria
HBO Canada
HBO Caribe (Latin America)
HBO Croatia
HBO Comedy
HBO Family (Latin America)
HBO Domestic and International Program Distribution
HBO Europe
HBO Family
HBO Go
HBO HD (Brazil)
HBO Home Entertainment
HBO Hungary
HBO Latin America
HBO Latino
HBO Macedonia
HBO Ole (Latin America)
HBO On Demand
HBO Plus (Latin America)
HBO Plus Brazil (Latin America)
HBO Poland
HBO Romania
HBO Serbia
HBO Signature
HBO United Kingdom
HBO Zone
MAX
MAX Go
Max Prime (Latin America)
More Max
Outer Max
Thriller Max
W Max
Turner Broadcasting System
Adult Swim
Amo El Cine
Boomerang
Cartoonito
Cartoon Network
Cartoon Network Asia Pacific
Cartoon Network Asia
Cartoon Network Australia
Cartoon Network India
Cartoon Network Japan
Cartoon Network Korea, South
Cartoon Network New Zealand
Cartoon Network Philippines
Cartoon Network Southeast Asia
Cartoon Network Taiwan
Cartoon Network Thailand
Cartoon Network Vietnam
Cartoon Network Europe, The Middle East, and Africa
Cartoon Network United Kingdom
Cartoon Network France
Cartoon Network Spain
Cartoon Network Italy
Cartoon Network Poland
Cartoon Network Netherlands
Cartoon Network Sweden
Cartoon Network Denmark
Cartoon Network Romania
Cartoon Network Hungary
Cartoon Network Germany
Cartoon Network Africa
Cartoon Network Pan Europe
Cartoon Network Turkey
Cartoon Network Scandinavia
Cartoon Network Russia
Cartoon Network Bulgaria
Cartoon Network Arabic
Cartoon Network Japan
Cartoon Network Latin America
Cartoon Network Argentina
Cartoon Network Bogata
Cartoon Network Brazil
Cartoon Network Chile
Cartoon Network Mexico
Cartoon Network Venezuela
Cartoon Network Too
CNN/U.S.
CNN.com
CNN Airport Network
CNN en Español
CNN International
CNN Mobile
CNN Newsource
CNNRadio
Glitz*
HTV
Infinito
Japan Image Communications Co., Ltd. (JIC)
Tabi Channel
Mondo TV Channel
HLN
HLN in Asia Pacific
HLN in Latin America
I-SAT
Much Music
NASCAR.com
Peachtree TV
PGA.com
Pogo
TBS
TCM Asia
TCM Australia/ New Zealand
TCM Canada
TCM France
TCM Latin America
TCM Spain
TCM UK
TheSmokingGun.com
TNT HD
TNT Latin America
Tooncast
Toonami
truTV
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Network Television
Turner Sports
Joint Ventures
BOING
Cartoon Network Korea
CNN.co.jp (Japanese)
CNN.de (German)
CNN-IBN
CNNj
CNNMexico.com
CNNMoney.com
CNN Chile
CNN Türk
Lumière Movies
Q-TV
WB
Warner Channel
Warner Bros. Entertainment
DC Entertainment
DC Comics
DC Universe
DCUniverseOnline.com
MAD Magazine
Vertigo
Flixster
New Line Cinema
Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Warner Bros. International Cinemas
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group
Warner Bros. Advanced Digital Services
Warner Bros. Anti-Piracy Operations
Warner Bros. Digital Distribution
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Technical Operations
Warner Home Video
Warner Bros. Pictures Group
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Pictures International
Warner Bros. Studio Facilities
Warner Bros. Television Group
Warner Bros. Animation
The CW Television Network
Studio 2.0
Telepictures Productions
Warner Bros. Television
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
Warner Bros. International Branded Services
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution
Warner Bros. International Television Production
Warner Horizon Television
Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures
Time Inc.
All You
Coastal Living
Cooking Light
Entertainment Weekly
Essence
Fortune
Golf Magazine
Health
InStyle
Money
People
People Country
People en Español
People StyleWatch
Real Simple
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated Kids
Southern Living
Sunset
This Old House
Time For Kids
Time Asia
Time Europe, Middle East and Africa
Time U.S.
Time Inc. Digital Only
CelebrityBabyBlog.com
CNNMoney.com
FanNation.com
LIFE.com
MyHomeideas.com
MyRecipes.com
Grupo Editorial Expansión
Balance
Chilango
Clase Premier
CNNExpansión.com
CNN México
Cronosº
Dinero Inteligente
ELLE
Endless Vacation
Escala
Expansión
Gran Plan
IDC Asesor Jurídico y Fiscal
IDC Online
InStyle
Life and Style
Loop
Manufactura
Medio Tiempo
Metros Cubicos
Obras
Quién
Quo
Revolution
Travel & Leisure, Mexico
Vuelo
IPC Media
25 Beautiful Homes
Amateur Gardening
Amateur Photographer
Angler's Mail
Beautiful Kitchens
Chat
Chat-It's Fate
Country Homes & Interiors
Country Life
Cycle Sport
Cycling Active
Cycling Weekly
Decanter
Essentials
Eventing
Feel Good Games
Golf Monthly
Homes & Gardens
Horse
Horse & Hound
IBI
Ideal Home
InStyle (U.K.)
Livingetc
Look
Marie Claire
Motor Boat & Yachting
Motor Boats Monthly
MBR -- Mountain Bike Rider
NME
Now
Nuts
Pick Me Up
Practical Boat Owner
Rugby World
Shooting Gazette
Shooting Times & Country Magazine
Shootinguk
Soaplife
Sporting Gun
Superyacht Business
Superyacht World
Teen Now
The Field
TV & Satellite Week
TV Easy
TVTimes
Uncut
VolksWorld
VW Camper & Bus
Wallpaper*
What Digital Camera
What's on TV
Woman
Woman Special Series
Woman&Home
Woman&Home Feel Good Food
Woman&Home Feel Good You
Woman's Own
Woman's Own Lifestyle Series
Woman's Weekly
Woman's Weekly Fiction
Woman's Weekly Home Series
Woman's Weekly Living Series
World Soccer
Yachting Monthly
Yachting World
IPC Digital Only
goodtoknow.co.uk
goodtoknow recipes
housetohome.co.uk
TrustedReviews.com
mousebreaker.com
YBW.com
Time Warner Investments Group
Adaptly
Adify
Admeld
Arroyo
Bigband Networks
Bluefin Labs
BroadLogic
Conviva
CrowdStar
Dynamic Signal
Double Fusion
Everyday Health
Exent
Gaia Online
GetGlue
GoldPocket
Glu Mobile
Kosmix
Maker Studios
MediaVast
Meebo
N2 Broadband
Nuvo TV
PlanetOut Inc.
PlaySpan
ScanScout
Simulmedia
SkyStream Networks
Tremor Video
Trion Worlds
Tumri
Turbine
Vindigo
Visible World
21st CENTURY FOX/NEWS CORP
These are now techically two different corporations, but since they are both still controlled by Rupert Murdoch, that's a distinction for Wall Street investors. The following properties are all controlled by the Murdoch family...
Cable Network Programming
Fox Networks (A unit of Fox Networking Group)
FX Networks and Productions (FX, FXX, FXM)
National Geographic Channel
Nat Geo WILD
Nat Geo Mundo
Fox Sports Network (FSN) and 22 regional cable sports networks
FOX Sports 1
FOX Sports 2
FOX Soccer Plus
FOX College Sports
FOX Deportes
FOX Life
Baby TV
BTN (co-venture with the Big Ten Conference)
(Digital Extensions of Fox Networks:)
BTN2Go
FOX Sports GO
FXNOW
Nat Geo TV
Big Ten Network (A joint venture between the Big Ten Conference and Fox Networks)
Fox Business Network
Fox Deportes
Fox News Channel
Fox International Channels (300 channels across Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, in 44 languages)
24Kitchen
BabyTV
Channel M
Channel V
Cinecanal
Film Zone
FOX
FOX Crime
FOX Life
FOX Movies
FOX Retro
FOX Sports
FOX Sports 2
FOX Sports 3
FOX Traveller
FX
Moviecity
MundoFOX
Nat Geo People
Nat Geo Wild
National Geographic Channel
Star Chinese Movies
Star Movies
Star World
Viajar
Voyage
FX Networks and Productions
MundoFox (a joint venture between Fox International Channels (FIC), News Corporation's international multi-media business, and RCN, which is owned by Organización Ardila Lülle (OAL))
STAR India
A network of over thirty channels in seven languages, including:
Star Gold
Channel [V]
Star Jalsha
Star Pravah
Star World
Star Movies
Star Utsav
Life OK
Movies OK
Star Plus
Asianet Channels
Star Vijay
YES Network
Filmed Entertainment
Twentieth Century Fox Film
Twentieth Century Fox
Fox 2000 Pictures
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox International Productions
Twentieth Century Fox Animation
Twentieth Century Fox Television
Fox 21 (cable production division)
Fox 2000
Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios
Fox Home Entertainment
Fox International Productions
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox Television Studios
Shine Group
An international television production and distribution group with 26 production companies across 12 countries, including:
Americas
Shine America
Australasia
Shine Australia
Europe
Shine France
Shine Germany
Shine Iberia
Nordics
Shine Nordics
Friday TV
Filmlance
Meter Television
Metronome Denmark
Shine Finland
Metronome Spartacus
Rubicon
Studios
STO - CPH
UK
Shine Group
Bossa Studios
ChannelFlip
Brown Eyed Boy
Dragonfly Film and Television
Kudos
Lovely Day
Princess Productions
Shine Pictures
Shine TV
Shine 360°
Shine International
Shine Network
Television
Fox Broadcasting Company
Fox Sports
Fox Television Stations Group
WAGA (Atlanta)
KTBC (Austin)
WUTB (Baltimore)
KFTC (Bemidji, MN; satelite of WFTC, Minneapolis)
WFXT (Boston)
WFLD (Chicago)
WPWR (Chicago)
KDFW (Dallas)
KDFI (Dallas)
WJBK (Detroit)
KRIV (Houston)
KTXH (Houston)
KTTV (Los Angeles)
KCOP (Los Angeles)
WHBQ (Memphis)
KMSP (Minneapolis)
WFTC (Minneapolis)
WNYW (New York City)
WWOR (New Jersey)
WOGX (Ocala-Gainesville)
WRBW (Orlando)
WOFL (Orlando)
WTXF (Philadelphia)
KUTP (Phoenix)
KSAZ (Phoenix)
WTVT (Tampa Bay)
WTTG (Washington D.C.)
WDCA (Washington D.C.)
MyNetworkTV
Direct Broadcast Satellite Television
BSkyB (Britain, Ireland)
Challenge
Mobile Services (Sky Content on Mobile Apps)
NOW TV
Sky+
Sky 1
Sky 3D
Sky Arts
Sky Atlantic
Sky Broadband (Internet Provider)
Sky Living
Sky Movies
Sky News
Sky Go
Sky Sports
Sky Talk (Communications Provider)
Sky TV
Sky Deutschland
Sky 3D
Sky Action
Sky Atlantic
Sky Sport Austria
Sky Bundesliga 1
Sky Bundesliga 2
Sky Cinema
Sky Cinema +1
Sky Cinema +24
Sky Comedy
Sky Emotion
Sky HD
Sky Hits
Sky Krimi
Sky Nostalgie
Sky Sport 1
Sky Sport 2
Sky Italia
Sky TV
Sky Famiglia
Sky Cinema
Sky Sport
Sky Calcio
Sky Primafila
Sky 3D
Canali Opzionali
My Sky
Sky Multivision
HD - Alta Definizione
Sky Go
Sky Go live
Sky On Demand
Sky e Fastweb
Applicazioni
SMS
Sky iD
Sky Life Magazine
Dow Jones (News Corp)
The Wall Street Journal
Wall Street Journal Global (Asia, Europe, Latin America, Brazil,
China, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Turkey)
The Wall Street Journal Radio
The Wall Street Journal Digital Network
The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition
2Dow Jones Local Media Group (Ottaway):
Cape Cod Media Group (MA)
Cape Cod Times
Cape Cod View
Barnstable Patriot
Hudson Valley Media Group (NY)
Times Herald-Record (Middletown)
Orange Magazine (Orange County)
Nantucket Island Media Group (MA)
The Inquirer and Mirror (Nantucket)
Nantucket Today
Pocono Mountains Media Group (PA)
Pocono Record (Stroudsburg)
San Joaquin Media Group (CA)
The Record (Stockton)
Seacoast Media Group (NH)
The Portsmouth Herald
The Exeter News-Letter
The Hampton Union
The York Weekly
York County Coast Star
South Coast Media Group (MA)
The Standard-Times (New Bedford)
The Advocate (Fairhaven)
The Chronicle (Westport and Dartmouth)
Middleboro Gazette
The Spectator (Somerset and Swansea)
The Fall RIver Spirit
New England Business Bulletin
Southern Oregon Media Group (OR)
Medford Mail Tribune
The Nickel (Medford)
Ashland Daily Tidings
AllThingsD.com
BigCharts.com
eFinancialNews
Dow Jones Averages
Dow Jones Client Solutions
Dow Jones Companies & Executives
Dow Jones Events
Dow Jones Indexes
Dow Jones Insight
Dow Jones Investment Banker
Dow Jones LP Source
Dow Jones Newswires
Dow Jones Private Markets
Dow Jones Reprint Portal
Dow Jones Watchlist
Dow Jones VentureSource
FINS.com
SmartMoney.com
Vedomosti (with Pearson and Independent Media)
Virtual Stock Exchange
DJX
Factiva
Risk & Compliance
Private Equity/Venture Capital
Dow Jones Newswires
MarketWatch
ETF Trader
Hulbert Financial Digest Monthly Newsletter
Hulbert Interactive
MarketWatch Options Trader
Proactive Fund Investor
Retirement Weekly
Revolution Investing
The Technical Indicator
Financial News
HarperCollins Publishers (News Corp)
Amistad
Avon
Avon A
Avon Inspire
Avon Red
Caedmon
Harper Design
Ecco
Harper
Harper Business
HarperLuxe
Harper Paperbacks
Harper Perennial
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Harper Voyager
HarperAudio
HarperBibles
HarperCollins e-Books
HarperOne
ItBooks
Rayo
William Morrow
HarperCollins Children's Books
Amistad
Balzer + Bray
Collins
Greenwillow Books
HarperCollins Children's Audio
HarperCollins Children's Books
HarperCollins e-books
HarperFestival
HarperTeen
Katherine Tegen Books
Rayo
Walden Pond Press
HarperCollins Australia
HarperCollins Canada
HarperCollins India
HarperCollins New Zealand
HarperCollins US
HarperCollins UK
Zondervan
News America Marketing (News Corp)
SmartSource
UtiliSource
News Marketing Canada
News Corp Australia
The Australian
The Daily Telegraph
The Sunday Telegraph
Herald Sun
Herald Sun Sunday
The Courier Mail
The Sunday Mail
The Advertiser
NT News (a.k.a. Northern Territory News)
Sunday Territorian
The Sunday Times
Perth Now
Mercury - The Voice of Tasmania
Sunday Tasmania
Fox Sports
Foxtel (50%)
REA Group
realestate.com.au
realcommercial.com.au
property.com.au
ealholidays.com.au
HubOnline
casa.it
atHome.lu
squarefoot.com.hk
news+
NewsLifeMedia
Super Food Ideas
ABC delicious magazine
donna hay magazine
taste.com.au magazine
Vogue Living
Country Style
Inside Out
Gardening Australia
Vogue Australia
GQ Australia
Big League
Australian Golf Digest
homelife
Best Recipes
birth
kidspot.com.au
Investments
Carsguide
SportingPulse
Australian Associated Press
News UK
The Sun
The Times
The Sunday Times
TLS (The Times Literary Supplement)
Other
Amplify (Educational products and services)
News America Marketing
News Corp. Digital Media
News International
NDS (49%)
New York Post
CBS/VIACOM
Again, these are technically two different corporations, but they share a chairman (Sumner Redstone) and both are controlled by his company National Amusements, so this is another distinction merely for Wall Street investors.
Television and Film
CBS Television Network
CBS News
CBS Sports
CBS Films
CBS Television Studios
CBS Studios International
CBS Home Entertainment
CBS Television Distribution
CBS College Sports Network
Big CBS
Prime
Spark
Love
The CW
Showtime Networks Inc.
Showtime
Showtime 2
Shotime Showcase
Showtime Extreme
Showtime Beyond
Showtime Next
Showtime On Demand
Showtime Women
Showtime Family Zone
The Movie Channel
The Movie Channel On Demand
The Movie Channel Xtra
Flix
Flix On Demand
Smithsonian Networks (Smithsonian Channel)
CBS Television Stations
KCCO-TV (Alexandria, MN)
WUPA-TV (Atlanta, GA)
WJZ-TV (Baltimore, MD)
WBZ-TV (Boston, MA)
WSBK (Boston, MA)
WBBM-TV (Chicago, IL)
KTVT-TV (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
KTXA-TV (Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)
KCNC-TV (Denver, CO)
WWJ-TV (Detroit, MI)
WKBD-TV (Detroit, MI)
WCBS-TV (New York, NY)
WBFS-TV (Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
WFOR-TV (Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
WCCO-TV (Minneapolis, MN)
KYW-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
WPSG-TV (Philadelphia, PA)
KDKA-TV (Pittsburgh, PA)
WPCW-TV (Pittsburgh, PA)
WLNY-TV (Riverhead, NY)
KMAX-TV (Sacramento, CA)
KOVR-TV (Sacramento, CA)
KBCW-TV (San Francisco, CA)
KPIX-TV (San Francisco, CA)
KCAL-TV (Los Angeles, CA)
KCBS-TV (Los Angeles, CA)
KSTW-TV (Seattle, WA)
WTOG-TV (Tampa, FL)
KCCW-TV (Walker, MN)
Publishing
Simon & Shuster
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
Atria Books
Folger Shakespeare Library
Free Press
Gallery Books
Howard Books
Scribner
Simon & Schuster
Threshold Editions
Touchstone
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Aladdin
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Beach Lane Books
Little Simon
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Paula Wiseman Books
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Simon Pulse
Simon Spotlight
Simon & Schuster Audio
Simon & Schuster Audio
Simon & SChuster's Pimsleur
Simon & Schuster International
Simon & Schuster Australia
Simon & Schuster Canada
Simon & Schuster UK
Online Properties
BNet
CBS.com
CBSNews.com
CBSSports.com
CHOW
College Network
CNET
Find Articles
Gamespot.com
Help.com
The Insider
Last.FM
MaxPreps
Metacritic
MoneyWatch
mySimon
Radio.com
Search.com
Shopper.com
SmartPlanet
TechRepublic
TV.com
UrbanBaby.com
ZDNet
Other
EcoMedia
CBS Connections
CBS Consumer Products (and CBS Retail Store)
CBS Outdoor
CBS Records
CBS Scene
Watch! Magazine
Cable Networks (Viacom)
Atom Entertainment
AddictingGames
Atom.com
AtomUploads.com
Logotv.com
newnownext.com
Shockwave
BET Networks
BET
BET Event Productions
BET Gospel
BET Hip Hop
BET International
BET Mobile
BET Pictures
Centric
CMT
CMT Loaded
CMT Mobile
CMT On Demand
CMT Pure Country
CMT Radio
Colors
Comedy Central
Jokes.com
GameTrailers
GT Marketplace
GoCityKids
Logo
AfterEllen.com
AfterElton.com
MTV Networks
MTV
MTV Books
MTV Hits
MTV Jams
MTV2
MTVN International
Flux
Game One
Lazona.com
MTV Boombox
MTV OVERDRIVE
MTV Revolution
QOOB
TMF (The Music Factory)
Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas
VIVA
mtvU
mtvU.com
RateMyProfessors.com
Neopets
Nick at Nite
Nick Jr.
Nickelodeon
The Click
Nick Arcade
Nick GAS
Nickelodeon Consumer Products
Nicktoons Network
TeenNick
Palladia
ParentsConnect
Quizilla
Spike TV
Spike Filmed Entertainment
TV Land
VH1
VH1 Classic
VHUno
Vspot
Viacom International Media Networks
Film
Paramount Pictures Corporation
MTV Films
Nickelodeon Movies
Paramount Animation
Paramount Home Entertainment
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Vantage
Viacom Digital
EPIX
TheGodfather.com
iCarly.com
TheLastAirbenderMovie.com
PetPetPark.com
SouthParkStudios.com
Other
Rainbow Group (Minority Interest)
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY
The Walt Disney company is no longer just a happy-go-lucky theme park and film company. They own much, much, much more...
Film and Theater
Disneynature
Disney Theatrical Productions
Touchstone Pictures
Marvel Entertainment
LucasFilm
Walt Disney Pictures
DisneyToon Studios
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Pixar Animation Studios
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International (Distribution)
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Music
Disney Music Group
Hollywood Records
Walt Disney Records
Television
ABC-Owned Television Stations Group
WLS (Chicago, IL)
KFSN (Fresno, CA)
KTRK (Houston, TX)
KABC (Los Angeles, CA)
WABC (New York, NY)
WPVI (Philadelphia, PA)
WTVD (Raleigh-Durham, NC)
KGO (San Francisco, CA)
Disney ABC Television Group
ABC Television Network (ABC Daytime, ABC Entertainment, and ABC News)
ABC Family
ABC Studios
A&E Television Networks (50%)
The Biography Channel (50%)
Disney ABC Domestic Television
Disney ABC International Television
Disney-ABC-ESPN Television
Disney Channel Worldwide (Disney XD, Playhouse Disney, Jetix, and ABC Kids)
History (formerly The History Channel) (50%)
H2 (50%)
Hungama
Lifetime Entertainment Services (50%)
SOAPnet
Disney Junior (Flanders and the Netherlands)
ESPN, Inc. (80%)
ESPN (and ESPN.com and ESPN360.com)
ESPN2
ESPN 3D
ESPN Classic
ESPN Deportes
ESPNEWS
ESPNU
ESPN Enterprises
ESPN Interactive
ESPN International
ESPN Mobile Properties
ESPN on Demand
ESPN PPV
ESPN Regional Television
Longhorn Network
Publishing
Hyperion Books
ABC Daytime Press
Hyperion
Jump At The Sun
Mirimax Books
Voice
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Disney Digital Books
Disney English
Disney Global Book Group
Global Children's Magazines
U.S. Magazines
ESPN The Magazine (50% with Hearst)
ESPN Books
Parks and Resorts
Adventures by Disney
Disney Cruise Line
Disneyland Resort
Disneyland Resort Paris (51%)
Disney Vacation Club
Hong Kong Disneyland (48%)
Shanghai Disney Resort (43%)
Tokyo Disney Resort (Owned and operated the Oriental Land Company)
Walt Disney Imagineering
Walt Disney World Resort
Other
The Baby Einstein Company
Club Penguin
Disney Consumer Products
The Disney Store
Disney Apparel
Disney Accessories & Footwear
Disney Fashion & Home
Disney Food
Disney Health & Beauty
Disney Stationery
Disney Toys
Disney Interactive Media Group
Disney Interactive Studios
Disney Online (Disney.com)
Disney Online Studios
Disney Mobile
El Capitan Theatre
The Muppets Studio
Playdom
Rocket Pack
UTV Software Communications
SONY
Sony is the only foreign-owned media giant (Japan), but they certainly aren't a small player on the US media stage. The list below is just some of what they own...
Sony Pictures Entertainment (Film)
Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group
Columbia Pictures
Sony Pictures Classics
Screen Gems
Sony Pictures Releasing and Sony Pictures Releasing International
TriStar Pictures
Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia (Hong Kong)
Columbia Films Producciones Espanolas (Madrid)
Columbia Pictures Producciones Mexico (Mexico City)
Sony Pictures Digital Productions
Sony Pictures Animation
Sony Pictures Imageworks Interactive
Sony Pictures Studios
Sony Pictures Technologies
Colorworks
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Sony Pictures Releasing and Sony Pictures Releasing International
Sony Music Entertainment
Columbia Records
Epic Records
Volcano Entertainment (Distributed by Epic Records)
Legacy Recordings
Star Time International
RCA/JIVE Label Group (This group, along with its subsidiaries, was rebranded as RCA Records in 2011)
Arista Records (Absorbed into RCA Records in 2011)
Battery Records Black Seal (Absorbed into RCA Records in 2011)
J Records (Absorbed into RCA Records in 2011)
Jive Records (Absorbed into RCA Records in 2011)
LaFace Records (Absorbed into RCA Records in 2011)
Polo Grounds Music (Absorbed into RCA Records in 2011)
RCA Records
RCA Inspiration (Formerly Verity Gospel Music Group)
Provident Label Group
Beach Street Records
Essential Records
Flicker Records
Reunion Records
Sony Masterworks
Masterworks
Masterworks Broadway
Okeh
Portrait
RCA Red Seal
Sony Classical
RCA Victor
Sony Music Latin
Sony Music Nashville
Arista Nashville
BNA Records (Absorbed into Columbia Nashville in 2012)
Columbia Nashville
RCA Records Nashville
Music Choice (Partnership)
Sony/ATV Music Publishing
SYCO (Partnership)
VEVO (Partnership)
Sony Pictures Television Group
AATH (Bengal)
AXN Black
AXN Crime
AXN Sci Fi
AXN Spin
AXN Movies
AXN White Portugal
AXN White España
beTV (Asia)
Crackle
Sony Entertainment Television (SET)
SET Africa
SET India
SET Latin America (a.k.a. Canal Sony)
SET Max
SET PIX
SET Russia
SET Asia (based in Singapore)
SAB
AXN
AXN Mystery
Animax
Sony Max
MIX
One
SIX
Sony Turbo
Spin
Other
Games and Apps (Online and Mobile)
The Smurfs: Smurf Village
Wheel of Fortune: Spin the Wheel!
This Is the End: Hollywood Hellfire
Hotel Transylvania: Dracula's Maze
Hotel Transylvania: The Social Game
Men In Black 3
Men In Black 3: Target Practice
Jeopardy!
The Amazing Spiderman Second Screen App
Here Comes the Boom - Make It Boom
Crackle (App)
My Daily Clip (App)
Qriocity
Sony Card Marketing & Services Company
Sony Computer Entertainment America (Playstation and Associated Games)
Sony DADC
Sony Electronics
Sony Mobile Communications
Sony Pictures Consumer Products
Sony Plaza Public Arcade
Sony Wonder Technology Lab (New York)
Six men.
When you hear someone arguing against Net Neutrality, you can bet that person is being financed by one of those six men. They are the only six people in America who want it. When you hear about these six people having a private meeting in Idaho (which they do every summer, although Redstone has been too sick to attend for years), remember the power associated with a meeting like that.
This reality inspired my novel "$everance". Ever since I wrote it ten years ago people have been asking me to update the media ownership realities we face today. This is my best effort.
I now hand over this crusade to the next man in line. I'm a little weary of standing on my soapbox.
