Who Owns the Media? Free Press. Broadcasters make billions in profits while using the public airwaves for free. In return, they are supposed to provide programming that fulfills community needs.

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Instead, lobbyists have successfully fought to make it easier for broadcast companies to gobble up even more free airspace while doing less to serve the public. Take Action to end the big broadcast swindle. 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: 8. 66 radio stations and Premiere Radio Networks (a national radio network that produces, distributes or represents approximately 9. 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. Revenue: $1. 4. 2 billion.

Company Overview: CBS Corporation "has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and the CW — a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime Networks, Smithsonian Networks and CBS Sports Network), local television (CBS television stations), television production and syndication (CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International and CBS Television Distribution), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on out- of- home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive media (CBS Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS Consumer Products), video/DVD (CBS Home Entertainment), motion pictures (CBS Films) and socially responsible media (Eco. Media)."TV: Twenty- nine television stations and CBS Television Studios; CBS Entertainment; CBS News; CBS Sports; CBS television stations; CBS Television Studios; CBS Studios International; CBS Television Distribution; the CW; Showtime; CBS College Sports Network; CBS Television Network; Smithsonian Networks. Radio: CBS Radio and 1.

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Online Holdings: CBS Interactive; CNETPrint: Simon & Schuster; Watch! Magazine; Pocket Books; Scribner; Free Press (publishing house)Entertainment: CBS Films. Other: CBS Outdoor; CBS Connections; Eco. Media. 20. 11 Revenue: $5.

Company Overview: In 2. Federal Communications Commission approved Comcast’s takeover of a majority share of NBCUniversal from General Electric. This merger combines the nation's largest cable company and residential Internet service provider and one of the world's biggest producers of TV shows and motion pictures. Comcast’s media holdings now reach almost every home in America. It serves customers in 3. District of Columbia.

In addition to its vast NBCUniversal holdings, Comcast has 2. Internet customers and 7. Comcast recently entered into a partnership with Verizon in which each company will market and sell the other's services.

TV: NBCUniversal; twenty- four television stations and the NBC television network; Telemundo; USA Network; Sy. Fy; CNBC; MSNBC; Bravo; Oxygen; Chiller; CNBC World; E!; the Golf Channel; Sleuth; mun. Universal HD; VERSUS; Style; G4; Comcast Sports. Net (Philadelphia), Comcast Sports. Net Mid- Atlantic (Baltimore/Washington, D. C.), Cable Sports Southeast, Comcast Sports.

Net Chicago, Mountain. West Sports Network, Comcast Sports. Net California (Sacramento), Comcast Sports. Net New England (Boston), Comcast Sports. Net Northwest (Portland, Ore.), Comcast Sports Southwest (Houston), Comcast Sports.

Net Bay Area (San Francisco), New England Cable News (Boston), Comcast Network Philadelphia, Comcast Network Mid- Atlantic (Baltimore/Washington, D. C.); the Weather Channel (2.

A& E (1. 6 percent stake); the History Channel (1. Biography Channel (1. Lifetime (1. 6 percent stake); the Crime and Investigation Channel (1. Pittsburgh Cable News Channel (3. FEARnet (3. 1 percent stake); PBS KIDS Sprout (4. Watch Die Hard 2 Online Full Movie.

TV One (3. 4 percent stake); Houston Regional Sports Network (2. Sports. Net New York (8 percent stake)Online Holdings: MSNBC.

Hulu (3. 2 percent stake); Daily. Candy; i. Village; Fandango. Telecom: Clearwire Communications (9 percent stake)Other: Comcast Interactive Media; Plaxo; Universal Studios Hollywood; Wet 'n Wild theme park; Universal Studios Florida; Universal Islands of Adventure; Philadelphia 7. Philadelphia Flyers; Wells Fargo Center; i. N DEMAND; Music Choice (1. Spectrum. Co (6. 4 percent stake)2. Revenue: $5. 2 billion.

Company Overview: International media company focusing on broadcast TV, print and Web content. TV: Twenty- three television stations. Online Holdings: Career. Builder. com; Moms. Like. Me. com; Shop. Local. com; Cars.

Apartments. com; Career. Site. biz; Livestream. Metromix. com; Ongo, Inc.; Reviewed. Savvy. Shopper. Deals. Homefinder. com; BNOT. Nurse. com. Print: USA Today; over 6. Clipper Magazine; Mint Magazine; Gannett Government Media; Gannett Education; Newsquest (U.

K.)Other: Gannett Healthcare Group; Point. Roll; Planet Discover; Schedule Star; Classified Ventures; Quadrant. ONE; Fantasy Sports Ventures; Captivate; Pearls Review; Gannett Offset. Revenue: $2. 9 billion. Company Overview: Time Warner is the world's second- largest entertainment conglomerate with ownership interests in film, television and print. TV: One television station and the Warner Brothers Television Group; Warner Brothers Television; Warner Horizon Television; CW Network (5.

TBS; TNT; Cartoon Network; tru. TV; 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. Kids. WB. com. Print: Time, Inc.; 2.

People, Sports Illustrated, Time, Life, In. Style, 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. Revenue: $3. 2 billion.

Company Overview: Tribune owns 2. TV stations, one radio station, 1. TV: Twenty- three television stations and the Food Network (3. WGN America; CLTV Chicagoland; Tribune Entertainment. Radio: One radio station. Online Holdings: Zap. Tribune. Direct. com; Metro.

Mix. com (minority stake); Career. Builder. com (minority stake); Apartments. Cars. com (minority stake); For.

Sale. By. Owner. com; Home. Finder. com (minority stake); Healthkey. Topix. net (minority stake)Print: Twelve 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)2. Revenue: $1. 4. 9 billion.

Company Overview: Viacom is the world's fourth- largest media conglomerate, with interests primarily in cable television networks, programming production and distribution. Viacom controls over 1.

TV: Viacom Media Networks (1. MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, TV Land, Spike TV, Tr. BET and CENTRIC)Online Holdings: Parents. Connect. 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. Revenue: $4. 0. 1 billion. Company Overview: The Walt Disney Company owns the ABC television network; cable networks including ESPN, the Disney Channel, SOAPnet, A& E and Lifetime; 2. Touchstone, Miramax and Walt Disney Pictures; Pixar Animation Studios; the cellular service Disney Mobile; and theme parks around the world.