The Big Six
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
General Electric, Time Warner, Walt Disney, Newscorp, CBS and Viacom control the media in the United States. Here's what is controlled by ownly six mega-media corporations:
GENERAL ELECTRIC
NBC Networks, Telemundo, A&E, History Channel (part), Biography Channel, NBC Entertainment, NBC News, NBC Sports, NBC Television, NBC Universal, CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, Mun2TV, Sci Fi Channel, Sundance Channel (part), Trio, Telemundo, USA Network, Universal HD, and Weather Plus, NBC Network New, A&E [part], The History Channel [part], NBC Universal Television Studio, NBC Universal Television Distribution, Universal theme Parks
TIMEWARNER
AOL, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Telepictures, Mapquest.com, The CW, CNN, HBO, Cinemax, Court TV, TBS, TNT, Cartoon Network, Atlanta Braves baseball team, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment, DC Comics, more than 150 magazines including: Time, People, Entertainment Weekly, Sports Illustrated, MAD Magazine, Fortune, Money Magazine
DISNEY
ABC, ABC Family, ESPN, SoapNet, Lifetime, Touchstone Television, Walt Disney Television, Buene Vista Music Group, Walt Disney Records, Mammouth Records, Lyric Street Records, Hollywood Records, Pixar Animation Studios
NEWSCORP
FOX, all FOX cable channels, Speed channel, MyNetworkTV, MySpace.com, several FOX affiliates, several magazines/newspapers, 20th Century FOX, TV Guide (part), HarperCollins Publishers, Regan Books, New York Post, UK's The Sun
VIACOM (spinoff of CBS Corporation)
MTV Music Television, MTV2, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, TV Land, VH1, Spike TV, CMT: Country Music Television, Comedy Central, MTV U, LOGO, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, Paramount Comedy, The Box, Game One, Viva, TMF (The Music Factory), MTV Network Europe, BET, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, Republic Pictures, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, Go Fish Pictures
CBS CORPORATION
CBS, The CW (co-owned with Time Warner), Showtime, The Movie Channel, Sundance Channel, FLIX, CBS Parmount Television, Big Tickey Television, Spelling Entertainment, Viacom Productions, Kingworld Productions, CBS Productions, several CBS-affiliated TV stations, CBS Radio (O&O of more than 180 stations, manages Westwood One radio), Simon and Schuster Books, several local TV stations
With six corporations controlling the media, there's plenty of room for cross-promotion. The problem is, many times you don't even realize companies are plugging their own shows/magazines, etc. For example, Entertainment Tonight does a segment on Rachael Ray's new show just about every night. It's not because ET producers love her show. It's because "Entertainment Tonight" (Paramount Studios) and the "Rachael Ray Show" (King World) are all under the same Viacom/CBS Corp umbrella. They are simply using one show to promote another. Very sneaky, but very common!
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