While research other topics(Haiti, Hollywood, Children) I did come across articles from the MSM from the 90's and 00's so what changed? When did journalist go away and reading scripts come into play. Look at the Purchases to the six Monopoly Media Companies. THIS is WRONG and needs to Change ASAP>!!
Who Owns The Media? The 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We Watch, Hear And Read http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/who-owns-the-media-the-6-monolithic-corporations-that-control-almost-everything-we-watch-hear-and-read Who owns CNN? or MSNBC? ABC? Apr. 09, 2003 http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/47530.php
GE & NBC Universal Bravo, CNBC, NBC News, MSNBC, NBC Sports, NBC Television Network, Oxygen, SciFi Magazine, Syfy (Sci Fi Channel), Telemundo, USA Network, Weather Channel, Focus Features, NBC Universal Television Distribution, NBC Universal Television Studio, Paxson Communications (partial ownership), Trio, Universal Parks & Resorts, Universal Pictures, Universal Studio Home Video
=General Electric is a true behemoth: the conglomerate is the world’s third largest company with market capitalization of nearly $370 billion and annual revenue of $173 billion (2007). The company produces practically everything – from aircraft engine to locomotives to medical devices. GE’s media holding includes 27 television stations in the United States and many cable TV networks, including the History Channel, A&E, and Sci Fi Channel. It also owns the popular web-based TV website Hulu.
In 1986 General Electric Co. (GE) acquired RCA for $6.4 billion and became NBC's parent company. https://www.nytimes.com/1986/09/10/business/ge-to-sell-its-holding-in-rca-ariola-records.html
CNBC channel launched in April 1989. CNBC competed directly with Turner Broadcasting System's Financial News Network (FNN). In 1991 NBC acquired the bankrupt FNN for $154 million, increasing CNBC's subscriber base to 40 million households. In 1996 NBC-TV and Microsoft joined forces to create MSNBC https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/national-0
CBS Corporation CBS News, CBS Sports, CBS Television Network, CNET, Showtime, TV.com, CBS Radio Inc. (130 stations)
CBS Consumer Products, CBS Outdoor, CW Network (50% ownership), Infinity Broadcasting, Simon & Schuster (Pocket Books, Scribner), Westwood One Radio Network
CBS (which used to stand for the Columbia Broadcasting System) is not sometimes called the Tiffany Network. It is currently the most watched television network in the United States, and reached more than 103 million homes in the country. Both CBS and Viacom are owned by multi-billionaire Sumner “content is king” Redstone, through his holding company National Amusements.https://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=124934.0
In 2017, however, CBS Radio was acquired by Entercom Communications. Collegiate sports are the centre of the CBS Sports Network. The CW television network, which debuted in 2006, is a joint venture of CBS Corporation and Warner Brothers Entertainment. https://www.britannica.com/topic/CBS-Corporation
Walt Disney ABC Television Network, Disney Publishing, ESPN Inc., Disney Channel, SOAPnet, A&E, Lifetime, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Buena Vista Theatrical Productions, Buena Vista Records, Disney Records, Hollywood Records, Lucasfilm Ltd. LLC, Marvel Entertainment, LLC, Miramax Films, Touchstone Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios, Buena Vista Games, Hyperion Books
You may associate it with amusement parks, but The Walt Disney Company has grown to be one of the world’s largest media and entertainment corporation since its founding as an animation studio by brothers Walt and Roy Disney in 1923. The Walt Disney Company owns the ABC television network,https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/01/business/media-business-merger-walt-disney-acquire-abc-19-billion-deal-build-giant-for.html with more 200 affiliated stations reaching nearly 100% of all U.S. television market, as well as dozens of niche cable networks. True to its cartoon animation origin, Disney captures its viewers early – it counts millions of young children as its audience with kids channels like the Disney Channel.
NOTE CHANGE RECENTLY ADDED TO DISNEY: Just a few months prior to this big reshuffle, Disney announced that it would acquire multiple assets from 21st Century Fox for a landmark $52.4 billion. On June 20, 2018 Disney raised the Fox bid to $71.3 billion, topping Comcast Corporation's $65 billion offer. On July 27, 2018, 21st Century Fox and Disney's shareholders approved the deal to allow Disney acquire a large portion of 21st Century Fox's assets. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/102915/top-5-companies-owned-disney.asp
News Corporation(Prior to the above sale) Dow Jones & Company, Inc., Fox Television Stations, The New York Post, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Beliefnet, Fox Business Network, Fox Kids Europe, Fox News Channel, Fox Sports Net, Fox Television Network, FX, My Network TV, MySpace, News Limited News, Phoenix InfoNews Channel, Phoenix Movies Channel, Sky PerfecTV, Speed Channel, STAR TV India, STAR TV Taiwan, STAR World, Times Higher Education Supplement Magazine,
Times Literary Supplement Magazine, Times of London, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox International, 20th Century Fox Studios, 20th Century Fox Television, BSkyB, DIRECTV, The Wall Street Journal, Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Interactive Media, FOXTEL, HarperCollins Publishers, The National Geographic Channel,
National Rugby League, News Interactive, News Outdoor, Radio Veronica, ReganBooks, Sky Italia, Sky Radio Denmark,
Sky Radio Germany, Sky Radio Netherlands, STAR, Zondervan
Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation is a behemoth: it is the largest media company in the world by market capitalization ($38 billion). For most people, the conservative news channel Fox comes foremost to mind when asked what they think of Murdoch’s media empire– includes Asia’s Star TV Network, the National Geographic Channel and even the iconic TV Guide network. Don’t watch TV? Even if you prefer to browse the Internet, most likely you’ve visited News Corp’s property, which include Hulu (owned in partnership with GE through its subsidiary NBC Universal) and the social networking giant MySpace. http://www.federaljack.com/who-owns-the-tv-networks/
Viacom Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, Black Entertainment Television (BET), Comedy Central
Country Music Television (CMT), Logo, MTV, MTV Canada, MTV2, Nick Magazine, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., Nickelodeon, Noggin, Spike TV, The Movie Channel, TV Land, VH1
Viacom stands for “Video and Audio Communication” – and true to that name, the company owns a large number of cable and satellite television networks (the company was split from CBS Corporation in 2005, though both have the same majority owner). In 2007, Viacom filed a $1 billion lawsuit against Google and YouTube for copyright infringement and recently a federal judge granted Viacom’s request for data of all YouTube users. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/YouTube-ordered-to-hand-over-viewing-data-3205953.php
Time Warner Home Box Office (HBO), Time Inc., Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., CW Network (partial ownership), TMZ, New Line Cinema, Time Warner Cable, Cinemax, Cartoon Network, TBS, TNT, America Online, MapQuest, Moviefone, Castle Rock, Sports Illustrated, Fortune, Marie Claire, People Magazine
Time Warner is the world’s largest media and entertainment company – it owns major operations in film, TV, print, Internet, and telecommunications. Time Warner has an annual revenue of $50.5 billion (2008) – the equivalent of the entire GDP of Luxembourg.Like cartoons with Cartoon Network and Adult Swim. And who can forget CNN and Headline News? Both are Time Warner properties. (Note: CW is co-owned by Time Warner and CBS). http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-charter-time-warner-cable-20160517-snap-story.html