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A Google search revealed the following ownership by cooperations of the media:


Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation: FOX, HarperCollins, New York Post, Weekly Standard, TV Guide, DirecTV and 35 TV stations

General Electric: NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, Telemundo, Bravo, Universal Pictures and 28 TV stations

Time Warner: AOL, CNN, Warner Bros., Time and its 130-plus magazines

Disney: ABC, Disney Channel, ESPN, 10 TV and 72 radio stations

Viacom: CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, Simon & Schuster and 183 U.S. radio stations

Bertelsmann: Random House and its more than 120 imprints worldwide, and Gruner + Jahr and its more than 110 magazines in 10 countries

If anyone knows any corrections to this please let me know and i'll fix it.

I think consolidation of media ownership is only a problem because it provides a vessel for other abuses. The problems with the media started when the news stopped being about what happened and started being about convincing people of your opinions. Media consolidation makes this a problem because the media can then be used to mass brainwash the public (as seen leading up to the Iraq war). I blame the change in media from facts to opinion on Rupert Murdoch and his media agenda. The news should not have an agenda other than reporting the news as accurately and fairly as possible.