Media Concentration

Largest Media Companies in the U.S.

• Disney / ABC / Fox Entertainment / FX / Hulu (67% partnership with Comcast) / ESPN (80% partnership with Hearst) / Marvel / LucasFilm / Pixar / 20th Century / Vice Media (26% ownership) [NYSE: DIS]

• NBC / Universal / Comcast / Sky / Peacock / MSNBC / CNBC / Telemundo / Bravo / Syfy / Oxygen / DreamWorks Animation / USA Network / Vox, Vulture & The Verge (34% ownership) [NASDAQ: CMCSA]

• CBS Corp (f/k/a Viacom) / Paramount / Showtime / MTV / VH1 / Comedy Central / BET / Nickelodeon / Pluto TV [NASDAQ: PARA]

• Warner Bros. Discovery (f/k/a Time Warner) / HBO / TBS / CNN / TNT / TLC / HGTV / Cartoon Network / DC Comics [NASDAQ: WBD]

• Liberty Media / Sirius XM Pandora / Atlanta Braves / Formula 1 / Tripadvisor [NASDAQ: LSXMA, SIRI, FWONA, BATRA, TRIP]

• Dish Network (spun off from Echostar) [NASDAQ: DISH, SATS]

• Sony Entertainment / Columbia TriStar / Epic, RCA & Arista Records / Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) / EMI Music Publishing / Crackle / Crunchyroll / PlayStation [NYSE: SONY]

• LionsGate / Starz [NYSE: LGF.A]

• Amazon / MGM / Epix / Orion / United Artists / Washington Post [NASDAQ: AMZN]

• Verizon [NYSE: VZ]

• Apple [NASDAQ: AAPL]

• Fox / Fox News / News Corp / Wall Street Journal / Barron's / New York Post / Investor's Business Daily / Marketwatch / Factiva / Dow Jones / HarperCollins / TMZ / realtor.com [NASDAQ: FOXA, NWSA]

• Nexstar (f/k/a Tribune Media) / CW / The Hill [NASDAQ: NXST]

• T-Mobile / Sprint [NASDAQ: TMUS]

• Sinclair Broadcasting [NASDAQ: SBGI]

• AMC Networks / IFC / Acorn TV / Shudder [NASDAQ: AMCX]

• Google (a/k/a Alphabet) / YouTube [NASDAQ: GOOGL]

• E.W. Scripps / Katz Broadcasting / Scripps / Ion / Court TV [NASDAQ: SSP]

• Gannett / USA Today [NYSE: GCI]

• Hearst / A&E Networks and Lifetime (50% partnership with Disney) / Fitch / Cosmopolitan / Esquire / Houston Chronicle [Private]

• Altice (f/k/a Cablevision) (a/k/a Optimum) / Cheddar [NYSE: ATUS]

• AT&T / DirecTV (70% partnership with Disney) [NYSE: T]

• Yahoo! (90% partnership with Verizon) / AOL [f/k/a Oath] / TechCrunch / Netscape / Engadget [Private, owned by Apollo]

• Tegna / Standard General / Mediaco Holding [NASDAQ: TGNA (soon to be owned by Apollo), MDIA]

• Microsoft / Activision Blizzard (f/k/a Vivendi Games) / GitHub / LinkedIn [NASDAQ: MSFT]

• Facebook / Instagram / Meta / WhatsApp [NASDAQ: META]

• Cox / Cox Media (29% partnership with Apollo) / Axios [Private]

• IAC / InterActiveCorp / Dotdash Meredith (f/k/a About.com) / Vimeo / The Daily Beast / Match Group / Entertainment Weekly / Angie's List & HomeAdvisor (a/k/a Angi) / Investopedia / Lifewire / People / Ask Media / Expedia (spun off) / Ticketmaster (spun off) [NASDAQ: IAC]

• Advance Publications / Condé Nast / Pitchfork / Allure / GQ / The New Yorker / Vanity Fair / Vogue / Wired / Glamour / Ars Technica [Private]

• Tribune Publishing (f/k/a Tronc) / Chicago Tribune / New York Daily News [Private, owned by Alden Capital]

• Charter Communications (f/k/a Time Warner Cable) (a/k/a Spectrum) (23% ownership by Liberty & 13% by Advance Publications) [NASDAQ: CHTR]

• Warner Music Group (previously part of AOL Time Warner) / Atlantic Records [NASDAQ: WMG]

• Universal Music Group (not part NBC Universal) / Decca / MCA [AMS: UMG]

Smaller Players

• Gray Television (f/k/a Meredith Broadcasting) [NYSE: GTN]

• iHeartMedia (f/k/a Clear Channel) [NASDAQ: IHRT]

• Salem Media [NASDAQ: SALM]

• Entertainment Studios / Allen Media Group / Weather Channel [Private]

• Lee Enterprises [NASDAQ: LEE]

• New York Times / The Athletic [NYSE: NYT]

• Urban One [NASDAQ: UONE]

• Cumulus Media / Citadel / Westwood One [NASDAQ: CMLS]

• Audacy / Entercom (f/k/a Westinghouse Broadcasting) / CBS Radio (f/k/a Infinity) [NYSE: AUD]

• Saga Communications [NASDAQ: SGA]

• Beasley Broadcast Group [NASDAQ: BBGI]

• Townsquare Media (f/k/a Regent Communications) [NYSE: TSQ]

• Entravision Communications [NYSE: EVC]

• Ziff Davis / IGN / Rotten Tomatoes / Mashable / GameSpy [NASDAQ: ZD]

• Red Ventures / Lonely Planet / ZDNet / CNET / GameSpot, Metacritic, TV Guide & GameFAQs (sold to TPG) [Private]

• Axel Springer / Politico / Business Insider [Private, owned by KKR]

• G/O Media / Gizmodo (f/k/a Gawker) / Deadspin / Lifehacker / The Onion [Private]

• Penske Media / Deadline Hollywood / IndieWire / Variety / Rolling Stone [Private]

• BuzzFeed / HuffPost [Nasdaq: BZFD]

• Hasbro / Entertainment One [NASDAQ: HAS]

• Bloomberg / Businessweek [Private]

• Morningstar / Inc. Magazine [NASDAQ: MORN]

• Salesforce / Time Magazine [NYSE: CRM]