Who owns the media

Lucy Martyn
 Comcast
biggest cable television company.
They are the second biggest internet
provider and the biggest telephone
company in the USA. Comcast bought
51% of NBC universal. They earned
$74.51 billon in 2015. They own Time
Warner Cable and Dream works
animation.
Time Warner
Time Warner is an American
multinational mass media and
entertainment conglomerate.
$69. 20 billion dollars of assets
in 2017. They own cartoon
network, Warner Bros and CNN
CBS + VIACOM
It is currently the world's
fifth largest entertainment
company in terms of
revenue, after NBC
Universal, The Walt Disney
Company, Warner Media and
21st Century Fox. $20.84
billion assets in 2017.

Walt Disney 21st Century

company
Disney is one of the largest media and
entertainment companies in the
world. Disney owns 20th Century Fox,
a sub company of 21st Century Fox.
$95.789 billon in assets. They own
marvel entertainment and Lucas
films.
Fox
21st Century Fox is the currently the
USA’s fourth largest media
conglomerate after Walt Disney
company, Comcast and AT & T.
$53.831 billion in assets. They own
Fox news and Dow Jones and
company .
Comcast
• Created in 1963 by Ralph J. Roberts, Daniel Aaron and Julian A. Brodsky.
• The company was re-incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1969, under the new name Comcast
Corporation.
• Comcast's initial public offering occurred on June 29, 1972, with a market capitalization of U.S.
$3,010,000.
• It is the second-largest broadcasting and cable television company in the world.
• second biggest internet provider and the biggest telephone company in the USA.
• They own Time Warner Cable and Dream works animation.
• The company was founded on October 16, 1923 – by brothers Walt and Roy Disney
• The company was originally called The Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before
officially changing its name to Walt Disney Company in 1986
• The company is known for its film studio, Walt Disney Studios, which is today one of the largest
and best-known studios in American cinema.
• Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast network; cable television networks such as
Disney Channel, ESPN, A&E Networks, and Freeform; publishing.
• On December 14, 2017, Disney announced an agreement to merge with 21st Century Fox for $52
billion.
• 21st century Fox was founded by Rupert Murdoch in 1979
• It is currently the United States' fourth-largest media conglomerate after The Walt Disney
Company, Comcast and AT&T
• On July 27, 2018, 21st Century Fox shareholders agreed to sell the company to The Walt Disney
Company for $71.3 billion
• $53.831 billion in assets
• They own Fox news and Dow Jones and company .
• Steven Jay Ross who was the CEO of Time Warner, Warner Communications.
• The company was formed in 1990 as Time Warner, from the merger of Time Inc. and Warner
Communications.
• Its assets include HBO, Turner, The CW, Cartoon Network, Warner Bros., CNN, DC Comics, Otter
Media, and a 10% stake in Hulu.
• $69. 20 billion dollars of assets in 2017
• CBS was founded in 1927 by William Samuel Paley
• A collection of 16 radio stations that was purchased by Paley in 1928 and renamed the Columbia
Broadcasting System
• In 2000, CBS came under the control of VIACOM
• It is currently the world's fifth largest entertainment company in terms of revenue after
NBC Universal, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Media and 21st Century Fox.
• $20.84 billion assets in 2017.
• VIACOM was founded by Sumner Redstone in 1971
• It is currently the world's ninth largest broadcasting cable, and media company in terms of
revenue.
• Viacom operates approximately 170 networks, reaching approximately 700 million subscribers in
approximately 160 countries.
• $23.698 billion assets in 2017
• ABC was founded by Louis Blanche and Edward J. Noble in 1943
• a subsidiary of the Disney media networks division of The Walt Disney Company
• The fifth-oldest major broadcasting network in the world and the youngest of the Big Three
television networks.
• ^ The Big three television networks in the US are : the American Broadcasting (ABC), CBS
(Columbia Broadcasting System) and National Brodcasting Company (NBC)
• NBCUniversal is an American multinational media conglomerate owned by Comcast.
• NBC and Universal Television had a partnership dating back to 1950.
• In 2011, Comcast attained 51% and thereby the control of newly reformed NBCUniversal, by
purchasing shares from GE, while GE bought out Vivendi. Since 2013, the company is wholly owned
by Comcast, which bought GE's ownership stake.
• $69,349 billion in 2017
• The BBC was founded in 1922 by John Reith and George Villiers
• The BBC also sells its programmes to other broadcasting companies around world.
• The BBC makes extra money in several ways. One way is by selling its programmes to other broadcasting
companies. Another way is by selling audio tapes and CDs of its best radio programmes, and videos and DVDs of
its best television programmes
• The BBC earned £5.086 billion in 2012/2011
• AT&T was founded by Bell Telephone Company in 1983
• AT&T it the largest provider of both local and long distance fixed telephone services and internet access in the
US with 71.4 million customers.
• It is the second largest wireless service provider in the country.
• It was one of the 30 companies that made up the Dow Jones Industrial Average until 2013, when it was replaced
by Apple Inc.
• $277.787 billion assets in 2013
• In 2004, AT&T Wireless was acquired by Cingular Wireless, a joint venture of SBC communications and BellSouth,
to form the largest wireless carrier in the United States at the time.