Who controls the media?
From WhyNotWiki
(A lot of this information could be moved out to the more generic Who owns what?. But I don't want to do that until I can figure out how to interconnect them, without duplication...)
"systemfailure" (2003-04-09). Who owns CNN? or MSNBC? ABC? (http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/47530.php).
GENERAL ELECTRIC --(donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for his 2000 election campaign)
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%).
The "MS" in MSNBC means microsoft The same Microsoft that donated 2.4 million to get GW bush elected.
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.
WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.
Westinghouse Electric Company, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL)
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.
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.
DISNEY / ABC / CAP (donated 640 thousand to GW's 2000 campaign)
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.
TIME-WARNER TBS - AOL (donated 1.6 million to GW's 2000 campaign)
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.
NEWS CORPORATION LTD. / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch) (donations see bottom note)
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).
- (Phillip Morris donated 2.9 million to George W Bush in 2000)*
