Who Owns the Media?

Corporation	Owner	Notes
TV stations
ABC News	The Walt Disney Company
CBS News	National Amusements
NBC News	General Electric (80%)  Vivendi SA (20%)
CNBC	General Electric (80%)  Vivendi SA (20%)
CNN	Time-Warner	CNN Store Obama
Fox News	News Corporation
MSNBC	General Electric (80%)  Vivendi SA (20%)
PBS	private, non-profit enterprise
NPR	private, not-for-profit corporation
numerous	Hearst Corporation	owns 26 TV stations
Numerous stations	Gannett
Magazines:
Newsweek	The Washington Post
Times	Time-Warner
Esquire	Hearst Corporation	owns 15 U.S. magizines
Top Newspapers
NY Times	The New York Times Company	NTY Obama Store
USA Today	Gannatt Company	Numerous newspapers
Chicago Tribune	The Tribune Company	filed bankruptcy 12/08
LA Times	The Tribune Company
The Boston Globe	The New York Times Company
International Herald Tribune	The New York Times Company
Wall Street Journal	News Corporation
Daily News (New York	News Corporation
New York Post	News Corporation
The Washington Post	The Washington Post
Houston Chronicle	Hearst Corporation	owns 15 daily newspapers
The Arizona Republic	Gannatt Company
San Francisco Chronicle	Hearst Corporation
Resouces:
About.com	The New York Times Company
Economic Experts:  Media groups:
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List of assets owned by Cablevision
List of assets owned by CHUM Limited
List of assets owned by Clear Channel Communications
List of assets owned by Comcast
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List of assets owned by Dow Jones
List of assets owned by Gannett
List of assets owned by Hearst Corporation
List of assets owned by Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation
List of assets owned by News Corporation
List of assets owned by New York Times Corporation
List of assets owned by Rogers Communications
List of assets owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
List of assets owned by Time Warner
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List of assets owned by Tribune Corporation
List of assets owned by Viacom
List of assets owned by Village Voice Media
List of assets owned by Washington Post Company