The Ten Largest American Media Conglomerates
Submitted by podizz on Tue, 11/24/2009 - 11:55
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- Time Warner--AOL, Warner Brothers Entertainment, Time Inc, CNN, Mapquest, Moviefone, Weblogs, Advertising.com, HBO, Cinemax, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, New Line Cinema, The CW, Looney Tunes, DC Comics, Entertainment Weekly, Fortune, People, Sports Illustrated, Time.
- CBS Corporation (owned by National Amusements)--CBS, The CW (co-owned with Time Warner), CBS College Sports Network, Showtime Networks, CBS Records, CBS Radio, CBS Interactive, CBS Innertube, Last.fm, CNET Networks, Download.com, GameFAQs, GameSpot, Metacritic, MP3.com, TV.com, CBS Outdoor Advertising, Simon & Schuster, CBS Consumer Products, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, CBS Films, CBS Operations, CBS Games
- General Electric-GE Technology Infrastructure, GE Consumer & Industrial, GE Capital, GE Energy Infrastructure , NBC Universal, NBC channel, Bravo, Telemundo, CNBC, MSNBC, USA Network, Weather Channel, Tivo, Universal Pictures, Focus Features,
- Clear Channel Communications-- Over 900 radio stations (most of which air the puketrocious combination of Beck, Limbaugh, Hannity, and Savage) Clear Channel Entertainment (live events), Vertical Real Estate, owns and operates 1,500 broadcast transmission towers across the US, owns thousands of billboards and ad-space across the country.
- News Corporation-Fox Broadcasting Company, The Wall Street Journal, Harper Collins, New York Post, Dow Jones & Company , Marketwatch, Barron's, MySpace Records, 20th Century Fox, Fox News, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Blue Sky Studios, FSN, FX, National Geographic Channel, Speed Network, MySpace, Photobucket, BeliefNet, 45% of Hulu, IGN
- Sony-- Blu-ray, BRAVIA, CD, Cyber-shot, DVD, Handycam, Memory Stick, MiniDisc, PlayStation, PSP, VAIO, Walkman, Sony Creative Software, Sony Ericsson, Sony Mobile Display, Aiwa, Arista, Columbia Records, Epic, Jive, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, creen Gems, TriStar Pictures, Sony Life Insurance, Sony Assurance, Sony Bank.
- The Times Group (distinct from Times Newspapers of News Corporation)
- Viacom (owned by National Amusements)- Paramount Pictures, MTV, Nickelodeon, Mandalay Entertainment, TV Land, CMT, VH1, Spike, BET, Comedy Central, TMF, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, Harmonix, GameTrailers.
- The Walt Disney Company--ESPN, ABC, Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, Miramax Films, Pixar Animation Studios, Buena Vista International, Disney Music Group, Hyperion Books, Disneyland, Disneyworld.
- Bertelsmann-- RTL Group: Europe's biggest broadcaster, Gruner + Jahr: a magazine publisher, the biggest in Europe, Random House: the world's largest trade book publisher, Direct Group: the world's largest book and music club group, Arvato AG: an international media and communications service provider
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