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Media ownership Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/ http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/ WHO OWNS THAT Currently, the realm of television in its entirety is controlled by 6-7 mega-corporations in the U.S. and strongly dominated by three worldwide. When only a few players run the most powerful medium of our time with the same agenda, the small fry (read: you and I) are shut out of the culture-making process. In the face of increasing homogenization, we incite you to join the Two Minute Media Revolution - a collective demand that broadcasters set aside two minutes of airtime every hour for citizen-produced advocacy messages. Find out who's big and what they own GENERAL ELECTRIC WESTINGHOUSE / CBS VIACOM INTERNATIONAL DISNEY TIME-WARNER NEWS CORPORATION / FOX NETWORKS GENERAL ELECTRIC Television Holdings: NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households. NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise. CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet news service (co-owned by NBC and Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%). Other Holdings: GE Consumer Electronics. GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors and power plants. GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power equipment. GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains. Back to Top WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC. Television Holdings: CBS: includes 14 stations and over 200 affiliates in the US. CBS Network News: 60 minutes, 48 hours, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS Morning News, Up to the Minute. Country Music Television, The Nashville Network, 2 regional sports networks. Group W Satellite Communications. Other Holdings: Westinghouse Electric Company: provides services to the nuclear power industry. Westinghouse Government Environmental Services Company: disposes of nuclear and hazardous wastes. Also operates 4 government-owned nuclear power plants in the US. Energy Systems: provides nuclear power plant design and maintenance. Back to Top VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC. Television Holdings: Paramount Television, Spelling Television, MTV, VH-1, Showtime, The Movie Channel, UPN (joint owner), Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, Sundance Channel (joint owner), Flix. 20 major market US stations. Media Holdings: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Video, Blockbuster Video, Famous Players Theatres, Paramount Parks. Simon & Schuster Publishing. Back to Top DISNEY / ABC / CAP Television Holdings: ABC: includes 10 stations, 24% of US households. ABC Network News: Prime Time Live, Nightline, 20/20, Good Morning America. ESPN, Lifetime Television (50%), as well as minority holdings in A&E, History Channel and E! Disney Channel/Disney Television, Touchtone Television. Media Holdings: Miramax, Touchtone Pictures. Magazines: Jane, Los Angeles Magazine, W, Discover. 3 music labels, 11 major local newspapers. Hyperion book publishers. Infoseek Internet search engine (43%). Other Holdings: Sid R. Bass (major shares) crude oil and gas. All Disney Theme Parks, Walt Disney Cruise Lines. Back to Top TIME-WARNER TBS - AOL America Online (AOL) acquired Time Warner–the largest merger in corporate history. Television Holdings: CNN, HBO, Cinemax, TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television, Turner Classic Movies, Warner Brothers Television, Cartoon Network, Sega Channel, TNT, Comedy Central (50%), E! (49%), Court TV (50%). Largest owner of cable systems in the US with an estimated 13 million subscribers. Media Holdings: HBO Independent Productions, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera. Music: Atlantic, Elektra, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. Records, EMI, WEA, Sub Pop (distribution) = the world’s largest music company. 33 magazines including Time, Sports Illustrated, People, In Style, Fortune, Book of the Month Club, Entertainment Weekly, Life, DC Comics (50%), and MAD Magazine. Other Holdings: Sports: The Atlanta Braves, The Atlanta Hawks, World Championship Wrestling. Back to Top NEWS CORPORATION LTD. / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch) Television Holdings: Fox Television: includes 22 stations, 50% of US households. Fox International: extensive worldwide cable and satellite networks include British Sky Broadcasting (40%); VOX, Germany (49.9%); Canal Fox, Latin America; FOXTEL, Australia (50%); STAR TV, Asia; IskyB, India; Bahasa Programming Ltd., Indonesia (50%); and News Broadcasting, Japan (80%). The Golf Channel (33%). MEDIA HOLDINGS: Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight. 132 newspapers (113 in Australia alone) including the New York Post, the London Times and The Australian. 25 magazines including TV Guide and The Weekly Standard. HarperCollins books. OTHER HOLDINGS: Sports: LA Dodgers, LA Kings, LA Lakers, National Rugby League. Ansett Australia airlines, Ansett New Zealand airlines. Rupert Murdoch: Board of Directors, Philip Morris (USA).

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