WHO OWNS THE NEWS?

So why are the owners of the news so important? Well, the people who run the news play a key role in running the country. They basically dictate what people think. These companies and their owners need to be watched like hawks.



A&E Television Networks

ABC Television Network

Adams Business Media

Advance Publications, Inc.

Advanstar Communications Inc.

America Online (AOL)

American City Business Journals Inc.

American Media, Inc.

Belo Corporation

Bertelsmann AG

BNP Media

Boone Newspapers, Inc.

Cablevision Systems Corporation

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CBS Corporation

Clear Channel Communications Inc.

CMP Information Ltd

CMP Media, LLC

Comcast Corporation

CommerceConnect Media

Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc.

Conde Nast Publications

Cox Broadcasting, Inc.

Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Cox Media Group, Inc.

Cox Newspapers, Inc.

Crain Communications, Inc.

Cygnus Business Media

Discovery Communications Inc.

Disney Publishing

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Dow Jones Local Media Group

E.W. Scripps Co.

Emmis Communications Corporation

Entravision Communications Corporation

ESPN

Evening Post Publishing Company

Fairchild Fashion Group

Fisher Communications, Inc.

Fox Television Stations

Freedom Communications, Inc.

Gannett Company, Inc.

GateHouse Media

Gemstar - TV Guide International

General Electric Company

Golf Digest Companies

Google

Granite Broadcasting Corporation

Gray Television, Inc.

Gruner + Jahr USA

Hachette Filipacchi Media U.S., Inc.

Hearst Corporation

Herald Media Inc.

Hollinger International Inc.

Home Box Office (HBO)

InterActiveCorp

Journal Communications, Inc.

Journal Register Company

Knight Ridder Inc.

Lagardere SCA

Landmark Media Enterprises LLC

Landmark Community Newspapers, LLC

Lee Enterprises, Inc.

LIN TV Corporation

Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc.

McClatchy Company

McGraw-Hill Companies

Media General, Inc.

MediaNews Group, Inc.

Meredith Corporation

Morris Communications Company LLC

National Geographic Society

NBC Universal

New York Times Company

Newhouse Newspapers

News Corporation

News World Communications, Inc.

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.

Nielsen Business Media

Ogden Newspapers, Inc.

Parade Publications

PennWell Corporation

Penton Media, Inc.

Poynter Institute

Primedia Business Information

Primedia Enthusiast Media

Primedia Inc.

Prism Business Media

Pulitzer Inc.

Quincy Newspapers, Inc.

Raycom Media, Inc.

Reader's Digest Association, Inc.

Reed Business Information

Reed Elsevier

Rodale Inc.

Seattle Times Company

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc.

Source Interlink Companies, Inc.

SourceMedia, Inc.

Stephens Media Group

Sun-Times Media Holdings, LLC

The Nielsen Company (VNU)
Thomson Reuters

Time Inc.

Time Warner Inc.

Tribune Broadcasting

Tribune Company

Tribune Publishing

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

United Business Media plc

Univision Communications Inc.

Viacom Inc.

Village Voice Media, Inc.

Virgo Publishing

VNU Business Media

VNU N.V.

Walt Disney Company

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

Washington Post Company

Weider Publications, Inc.

Ziff Davis Media Inc.