Who Owns Your News? The Top 100 Digital News Outlets and Their Ownership | TitleMax (2024)

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Now, 90% of the media in the United States is controlled by just six corporations: AT&T, CBS, Comcast, Disney, Newscorp and Viacom. This means that just 232 media executives are calling the shots for the vast majority of the information we are presented with, controlling a total Big Six net worth of over $430 billion.

Now, 90% of the media in the United States is controlled by just six corporations: AT&T, CBS, Comcast, Disney, Newscorp and Viacom. This means that just 232 media executives are calling the shots for the vast majority of the information we are presented with, controlling a total Big Six net worth of over $430 billion.

Who Owns the Majority of Media Companies? The media conglomerate that owns the most media companies is National Amusem*nts. Within its organization are Viacom, CBS, Nickelodeon, and other outlets. Closely following are Disney and Comcast, which also own many media outlets.

Shareholders. In August 2005, the Murdoch family owned only about 29% of the company of which as of June 2013 had been diluted to around 17%. However, nearly all of these shares were voting shares which currently stand at 39% of the total voting shares, and Rupert Murdoch retained effective control of the company.

China has many newspapers but the front runners are all State-run: the People's Daily, Beijing Daily, Guangming Daily and the Liberation Daily. The two primary news agencies in China are Xinhua News Agency and the China News Service.

CNN is a part of WarnerMedia, which is owned by AT&T Inc. 3 (NYSE: T). FOX News is housed within Fox Corporation, which has two classes of common stock: Class A Non-Voting Common Stock and Class B Voting Common Stock (NYSE: FOXA, FOX).

In the 2023 Forbes Global 2000 list, Comcast is the United States' largest media conglomerate, in terms of revenue, with The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, & Paramount Global completing the top four.

But while it may seem like you have limitless options, most of the media you consume is owned by one of six companies. These six media companies are known as The Big 6. While independent media outlets still exist (and there are a lot of them), the major outlets are almost all owned by these six conglomerates.

CNN is owned by WarnerMedia, MSNBC is owned by NBCUniversal (which is a subsidiary of Comcast, which also owns NBC), ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company, and CBS is owned by ViacomCBS.

PBS is owned by its member stations. The major US TV networks—ABC, CBS, and NBC—are owned by different companies. ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company, CBS is owned by ViacomCBS, and NBC is owned by Comcast through its NBCUniversal subsidiary.

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The Federal Communications Commission regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television, wire, satellite and cable in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories.

Discovery, Fox Corporation, Hearst Communications, Amazon (Amazon MGM Studios), Grupo Globo (South America), and Lagardère Group. As of 2022, the largest media conglomerates in terms of revenue are Comcast NBCUniversal, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Paramount Global.

Incorporated in Delaware, it was formed on March 19, 2019 as the portion of 21st Century Fox not acquired by The Walt Disney Company on March 20, 2019. The company is controlled by the Murdoch family via a family trust with 39.6% ownership share, and by Rupert Murdoch himself to the effect of almost 40%.

Our Story. Gannett was founded by Frank Earnest Gannett, who incorporated the company in 1906. By the early 2000s, Gannett was publishing more than 100 newspapers. Today, Gannett publishes USA TODAY along with hundreds of local media outlets across the United States, and over 150 news brands in the United Kingdom.

Nicknamed The Gray Lady, The Times is long regarded within the industry as a national “newspaper of record”. It is owned by The New York Times Company. Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr., whose family has controlled the paper since 1896, is both the paper's publisher and the company's chairman.

We are owned by The Scott Trust. Our ownership structure is unique and exists to secure the financial and editorial independence of the Guardian in perpetuity. It safeguards our journalistic freedom and liberal values, ensuring they remain free from commercial or political interference.