Who Owns What
AT&T
2011 Revenue: $126.7 billion
Online Holdings:
* Yellowpages.com
* YP.com
Other:
* Ingenio, Inc.
* Wayport, Inc.
* Superclick, Inc.
* Xanaboo, Inc.
* Plusmo, Inc.
* Daniel IT Services, Inc.
* Comergent Technologies, Inc.
Cablevision System Corporation
2011 Revenue: $6.7 billion
TV:
* AMC
* WE tv
* IFC
* Sundance Channel
* News 12 Networks
* MSG Varsity
* Rainbow Media Holdings
* IFC Entertainment
* Rush HD
* Bresnan Cable
Print:
* Newsday Media Group
* am New York
* Star Community Publishing Group
Entertainment:
* Clearview Cinemas
Other:
* RASCO (advertising)
* PVI Virtual Media Services
Bertelsmann
2011 Revenue: $20.7 billion
TV:
* RTL Group (Europe’s largest broadcasting and production company, which controls TV and radio stations in 10 different countries, along with content production)
Print:
* Random House (with over 200 imprints in 15 countries, including the Ballantine Publishing Group, the Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Broadway, the Crown Publishing Group, the Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, Pantheon, Random House U.K., Transworld, Sudamericana, C. Bertelsmann, Karl Blessing Verlag, Goldmann, Siedler Verlag, Wolf Jobst Siedler Verlag, Plaza & Janes (50 percent), Grijalbo Mondadori (50 percent), the Knopf Publishing Group, the RH Adult Trade Publishing Group, RH Audio, RH Children’s Books, RH Direct, Inc., the RH Information Group, RH International, RH Large Print, RH Value Publishing, and Waterbrook Press)
* Gruner + Jahr (285 print titles in 20 countries)
Other:
* Avarto (outsourcing provider)
CBS Corporation
2011 Revenue: $14.2 billion
TV:
* CBS Television Network
* The CW Network (joint op with Warner Bros.)
* 29 O&O CBS television stations and CBS Television Studios
* CBS Entertainment
* CBS News (incl. CBS MoneyWatch formerly BNET)
* CBS Sports;
* CBS Studios International
* CBS Television Distribution (formerly KingWorld)
* Showtime
* CBS College Sports Network
* Smithsonian Networks
Radio:
* CBS Radio and 130 radio stations
* Radio.com
* Eventful.com
Online Holdings:
* CBS Interactive (Chow, Last.fm, Metacritic, GameSpot, TV.com, Movietome, Giant Bomb, Comic Vine, Modern Auto Reviews)
* CNET
Print:
* Simon & Schuster
* Watch! Magazine
* Pocket Books
* Scribner
* Free Press (publishing house)
Entertainment
* CBS Films
Other
* CBS Outdoor
* CBS Connections
* EcoMedia
Franchises:
* Star Trek
Comcast
2011 Revenue: $55.8 billion
TV:
* NBCUniversal
* 24 O&O television stations and the NBC television network
* Telemundo
* USA Network
* SyFy
* CNBC
* MSNBC
* Bravo
* Oxygen
* Chiller
* CNBC World
* E!
* The Golf Channel
* Sleuth
* mun2
* Universal HD
* VERSUS
* Style
* G4
* Comcast SportsNet (Philadelphia), Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore/Washington, D.C.), Cable Sports Southeast, Comcast SportsNet Chicago, MountainWest Sports Network, Comcast SportsNet California (Sacramento), Comcast SportsNet New England (Boston), Comcast SportsNet Northwest (Portland, Ore.), Comcast Sports Southwest (Houston), Comcast SportsNet Bay Area (San Francisco), New England Cable News (Boston), Comcast Network Philadelphia, Comcast Network Mid-Atlantic (Baltimore/Washington, D.C.)
TV (partial ownership):
* The Weather Channel (25 percent stake)
* A&E (16 percent stake
* The History Channel (16 percent stake
* The Biography Channel (16 percent stake)
* Lifetime (16 percent stake)
* The Crime and Investigation Channel (16 percent stake)
* Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (30 percent stake
* FEARnet (31 percent stake)
* PBS KIDS Sprout (40 percent stake
* TV One (34 percent stake)
* Houston Regional Sports Network (23 percent stake)
* SportsNet New York (8 percent stake)
Online Holdings:
* MSNBC.com (50 percent stake)
* Hulu (32 percent stake)
* DailyCandy
* iVillage
* Fandango
Telecom:
* Clearwire Communications (9 percent stake)
Other:
* Comcast Interactive Media
* Plaxo (online address book company)
* Universal Studios Hollywood
* Wet ‘n Wild theme park
* Universal Studios Florida
* Universal Islands of Adventure
* Philadelphia 76ers
* Philadelphia Flyers
* Wells Fargo Center
* iN DEMAND
* Music Choice (12 percent stake)
* SpectrumCo (64 percent stake)
Gannet Co.
2011 Revenue: $5.2 billion
TV:
* 23 television stations
Online Holdings:
* CareerBuilder.com
* MomsLikeMe.com
* ShopLocal.com
* Cars.com
* Apartments.com
* CareerSite.biz
* Livestream.com
* Metromix.com
* Ongo, Inc.
* Reviewed.com
* SavvyShopperDeals.com
* Homefinder.com
* BNOT.com
* Nurse.com
Print:
* USA Today
* More than 600 magazines and other non-daily print publications
* Clipper Magazine
* Mint Magazine
* Gannett Government Media
* Gannett Education
* Newsquest (U.K.)
Other:
* Gannett Healthcare Group
* PointRoll
* Planet Discover
* Schedule Star
* Classified Ventures
* QuadrantONE
* Fantasy Sports Ventures
* Captivate
* Pearls Review
* Gannett Offset
The Hearst Corporation
TV:
* 31 television stations
* A&E (42 percent stake)
* The History Channel (42 percent stake)
* The Biography Channel (42 percent stake)
* Lifetime (42 percent stake)
* The Crime and Investigation Channel (42 percent stake)
* Cosmopolitan TV
* ESPN Networks (20 percent stake)
* ESPN Radio (20 percent stake)
* Current (minority stake)
* Reed Brennan Media Associates
Radio:
* 2 radio stations
Online Holdings: Kaboodle.com; Manilla.com; RealAge.com; seattlepi.com; Brightcove.com (minority stake); BuzzFeed.com (minority stake); DoubleFusion.com (minority stake); Drugstore.com; ELNK (minority stake); Gazillion Entertainment (minority stake); Idilia (minority stake); IGG (minority stake); Mobitv (minority stake); the News Market (minority stake); Pandora (minority stake); Suzanne’s Files (minority stake); TurnHere (minority stake); Voxpop.tv (minority stake); Wideorbit.com (minority stake); WorldwideBiggies.com (minority stake); Ugo.com; Electronic Engineers Master
Print: Twenty U.S. magazines (including Car and Driver, Cosmopolitan, Country Living, ELLE, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Marie Claire, O, Popular Mechanics, Redbook, Seventeen and Woman’s Day); King Features (syndicator of newspaper comic strips including Blondie, Beetle Bailey, Hagar the Horrible, Family Circus, Dennis the Menace, Popeye); Black Book; Hearst Business Media (Electronics Products Magazine; Floor Covering Weekly); IDG/Hearst; Hearst Books; Hearst News Service
Entertainment: Hearst Entertainment
Other: 1-800-Free-411 (minority stake); Hearst Tower; Hearst Ranch; Hearst Service Center; First Databank; Fitch Ratings; FleetCross; Map of Medicine; MOTOR Information Systems; Stocknet; Veretech; Zynx Health; LocalEdge; Metrix4Media; CDS Global; CMG; COMAG; iCrossing; PPSB
iHeartMedia Inc. / iHeartCommunications, Inc.
(Formerly CC Media Holdings Inc., Clear Channel Communications, Inc. under Bain Capital/Thomas H. Lee Partners)
2011 Revenue: $6.2 billion
Company Overview: These private equity firms own Clear Channel, the largest radio station owner in the country. Approximately half of the company’s revenue is generated from radio broadcasting. The remaining half comes from advertising companies and other investments.
Radio:
* 866 radio stations and Premiere Radio Networks (a national radio network that produces, distributes or represents approximately 90 syndicated radio programs, serves nearly 5,800 radio station affiliates and has over 213 million weekly listeners. Programs include the Rush Limbaugh Show, Glenn Beck and the Sean Hannity Show); Fox Sports Radio; Fox News Radio; Australian Radio Network
Other:
* Katz Media (radio advertising broker)
* American Outdoor Advertising
News Corp.
2011 Revenue: $33.4 billion
TV:
* 27 television stations and FOX Broadcasting Company (FOX Network, MyNetworkTV)
* FOX News
* FOX Business
* FOX News Radio Network
* FOX News Talk Channel
* FSN (12 regional sports networks)
* FX
* SPEED
* FUEL TV
* Fox College Sports
* Fox Movie Channel
* Fox Soccer Channel
* Fox Soccer Plus
* Fox Pan American Sports
* Fox Deportes
* Big Ten Network
* National Geographic U.S.
* Nat Geo Adventure
* Nat Geo Music
* Nat Geo Wild
* Fox International Channels
* Utilisima
* Fox Crime
* NEXT
* FOX History & Entertainment
* The Voyage Channel
* STAR World
* STAR Movies
* NGC Network International
* NGC Network Latin America
* LAPTV
* Movie City
* City Mix
* City Family
* City Stars
* City Vibe
* The Film Zone
* Cinecanal
* Elite Sports Limited
* BabyTV
* STAR India
* STAR Taiwan
* ESPN STAR Sports
* Shine Limited
Online Holdings:
* Hulu.com (32 percent minority share)
Print:
* HarperCollins Publishers
* The New York Post
* The Daily News
* News International (the Times; the Sunday Times; the Sun)
* News Limited (146 newspapers in Australia)
* Dow Jones (Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, SmartMoney, Factiva, Dow Jones Newswires, Dow Jones Local Media, Dow * Jones VentureSource)
Telecom:
* Satellite: BSkyB (39 percent minority share)
* SKY Italia
Entertainment
* Fox Filmed Entertainment
* Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
* Twentieth Century Fox Television
* Twentieth Television
* Fox Television Studios
Other: Marketing/advertising
* News America Marketing Group
* News Outdoor; Fox Library
* IGN Entertainment, Inc.
* Making Fun, Inc.
* Wireless Generation
Time Warner Inc.
2011 Revenue: $29 billion
TV:
* One television station and the Warner Brothers Television Group
* Warner Brothers Television
* Warner Horizon Television
* CW Network (50 percent stake)
* TBS
* TNT
* Cartoon Network
* truTV
* Turner Classic Movies
* Boomerang
* CNN
* HLN
* CNN International
* HBO
* Cinemax
* Space
* Infinito
* I-Sat
* Fashion TV
* HTV
* Much Music
* Pogo
* Mondo TV
* Tabi
* CNN Español
Online Holdings:
* Warner Brothers Digital Distribution
* TMZ.com
* KidsWB.com
Print
* Time, Inc.
* 22 magazines including People, Sports Illustrated, Time, Life, InStyle, Real Simple, Southern Living, Entertainment Weekly and Fortune
Entertainment
* Warner Brothers
* Warner Brothers Pictures
* New Line Cinema
* Castle Rock
* WB Studio Enterprises, Inc.
* Telepictures Productions, Inc.
* Warner Brothers Animation, Inc.
* Warner Home Video
* Warner Premiere
* Warner Specialty Films, Inc.
* Warner Brothers International Cinemas
Other:
* Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment
* DC Entertainment
* DC Comics
Tribune
2010 Revenue: $3.2 billion
TV:
* 23 television stations
* The Food Network (30 percent stake)
* WGN America
* CLTV Chicagoland
* Tribune Entertainment
Radio:
* One radio station (WGN-AM)
Online Holdings:
* Zap2it.com
* TribuneDirect.com
* MetroMix.com (minority stake under Gannet)
* CareerBuilder.com (minority stake)
* Apartments.com (minority stake)
* Cars.com (minority stake)
* ForSaleByOwner.com
* HomeFinder.com (minority stake)
* Healthkey.com
* Topix.net (minority stake)
Print:
* 12 daily newspapers (including the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, the Baltimore Sun and the Hartford Courant)
* Chicago Magazine
Other:
* Tribune Media Services
* Classified Ventures (minority stake)
Viacom
2011 Revenue: $14.9 billion
TV:
* Viacom Media Networks (160 cable channels including MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, TV Land, Spike TV, Tr3s, BET and CENTRIC)
Online Holdings:
* ParentsConnect.com
Entertainment:
* Viacom Filmed Entertainment (produces motion pictures under numerous studio brands including Paramount Pictures, Insurge Pictures, MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies)
Other:
* Nickelodeon Games Group
Walt Disney Company
TV:
* 8 television stations and the ABC television network
* ESPN
* Disney Channels Worldwide
* ABC Family
* SOAPnet Networks
* A&E (42 percent stake)
* Lifetime Television (42 percent stake)
* The History Channel (42 percent stake)
* Lifetime Movie Network (42 percent stake)
* The Biography Channel (42 percent stake)
* History International (42 percent stake)
* Lifetime Real Women (42 percent stake)
* Live Well Network (42 percent stake)
Radio:
* ESPN Radio Network
* Radio Disney
Print:
* ESPN The Magazine
* Disney Publishing Worldwide
* Juvenile Publishing
* Digital Publishing
* Disney Music Publishing
* Marvel Publishing
Entertainment:
* Marvel Entertainment
* ABC Studios
* ABC Media Production
* Pixar
* Walt Disney Pictures
* Walt Disney Records
* Hollywood Records
* Mammoth Records
* Buena Vista Records
* Lyric Street Records
Other:
* Buena Vista Concerts
* Disney Mobile
* Disney Theatrical Productions
* The Disney Store
* Disney theme parks and water parks
* Disney English
* Disney Interactive Media Group
* Disney Games
* Playdom, Inc.
Washington Post Co.
2011 Revenue: $4.2 billion
TV:
* 6 television stations
Print:
* The Washington Post
* The Herald
* The Washington Post News Service
* Post-Newsweek Media; Greater Washington Publishing
* The Slate Group (Slate, the Root, Foreign Policy); El Tiempo Latino; Express Publications (Express, ExpressNightOut.com)
* Social Code
* Classified Ventures (17 percent stake)
Telecommunications:
* Cable ONE, Inc.
Other:
* Kaplan (Kaplan Higher Education, Kaplan University, Kaplan Test Preparation, Kaplan International, Kaplan Ventures, Kaplan EduNeering, Kaplan Learning Technologies, the Kidum Group, Kaplan Continuing Education, Kaplan Global Solutions, Colloquy, Kaplan Virtual Education and Kaplan VC LLC)
* Avenue 100 Media Solutions, Inc.
* Bowater Mersey Paper Company (49 percent stake)