Top Ten Media Companies
Viacom — $9.61 billion in media revenue Kevin Winter/Getty Images Viacom runs more than 250 TV channels worldwide, including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and Channel 5 in the UK.
The 30 biggest media companies ... The report ranks the world's biggest media companies in order of revenue ... Bertelsmann — $10.04 billion in media revenue
In 2015, Google, Facebook, Baidu, Yahoo, and Microsoft accounted for 19% of all the global ad spend flowing through all media, according to media agency ZenithOptimedia's 2016 "Top Thirty Global Media Owners" report.
4. 21st Century Fox — $18.67 billion in media revenue 21st Century Fox 21st Century Fox owns the huge Fox Broadcasting and Fox Sports television companies, plus STAR India, and it has a 39% stake in British broadcasting company Sky.
The majority (88%) of Comcast's media revenue came from its NBCUniversal cable networks and broadcast TV divisions. The cable division comprises 15 national cable networks in the US — USA Network, Syfy, CNBC, and more — and nine international TV channels. On the broadcast side, the company operates NBC and Spanish-language network Telemundo.
The Walt Disney Company — $22.45 billion in media revenue Flickr/Phillie Casablanca ZenithOptimedia includes only Disney's media networks and interactive divisions for the purposes of its report.
Alphabet — $59.62 billion in media revenue Roman Boed/Flickr Alphabet is the new holding company that owns Google — and it dominates this ranking by a considerable distance.
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Gannett Company, Inc. is a publicly traded American media holding company headquartered in Tysons Corner, Virginia, near McLean in Greater Washington DC. It is the largest U.S. newspaper publisher as measured by total daily circulation.
CBS Corporation is an American mass media corporation focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The president, chief executive and executive chairman of the company is Leslie Moonves.
Sky UK (formerly British Sky Broadcasting Limited, BSkyB and Sky) is a telecommunications company which serves the United Kingdom. Sky provides television and broadband Internet services, fixed line and mobile telephone services to consumers and businesses in the United Kingdom.
Liberty Media Corporation owns interests in a broad range of media, communications and entertainment businesses. Those interests are attributed to three tracking stock groups: the Liberty SiriusXM Group, the Braves Group and the Formula One Group.
The original News Corporation or News Corp. was an American multinational mass media corporation headquartered in New York City. It was the world's fourth-largest media group in 2014 in terms of revenue. Board members include prominent former Spanish prime minister José María Aznar.
On May 1, 2014, Viacom announced it had agreed to take over the British broadcaster Channel 5 from Northern & Shell, the media group owned by the British newspaper publisher Richard Desmond. Viacom becomes the first American media company to take over a British broadcaster with a public service remit.
Time Warner, Inc. is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is currently the world's third largest entertainment company in terms of revenue, after Comcast and The Walt Disney Company, and was also once the world's largest media conglomerate.