- Currently, the realm of television in its entirety is
controlled by 6-7 mega-corporations in the U.S. and strongly dominated
by three worldwide. When only a few players run the most powerful medium
of our time with the same agenda, the small fry (read: you and I) are shut
out of the culture-making process.
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- In the face of increasing homogenization, we incite you
to join the <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/twominute.html>Two
Minute Media Revolution - a collective demand that broadcasters set aside
two minutes of airtime every hour for citizen-produced advocacy messages.
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- Find out who's big and what they own
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- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#ge>
- GENERAL ELECTRIC
- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#westing>
- WESTINGHOUSE / CBS
- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#viacom>
- VIACOM INTERNATIONAL
- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#disney>
- DISNEY
- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#time>
- TIME-WARNER
- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#fox>
- NEWS CORPORATION / FOX NETWORKS
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- GENERAL ELECTRIC
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- Television Holdings:
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- NBC: includes 13 stations, 28% of US households.
- NBC Network News: The Today Show, Nightly News with Tom
Brokaw, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC News at Sunrise.
- CNBC business television; MSNBC 24-hour cable and Internet
news service (co-owned by NBC and Microsoft); Court TV (co-owned with Time
Warner), Bravo (50%), A&E (25%), History Channel (25%).
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- Other Holdings:
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- GE Consumer Electronics.
- GE Power Systems: produces turbines for nuclear reactors
and power plants.
- GE Plastics: produces military hardware and nuclear power
equipment.
- GE Transportation Systems: runs diesel and electric trains.
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- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#top>
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- WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.
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- Television Holdings:
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- CBS: includes 14 stations and over 200 affiliates in
the US.
- CBS Network News: 60 minutes, 48 hours, CBS Evening News
with Dan Rather, CBS Morning News, Up to the Minute.
- Country Music Television, The Nashville Network, 2 regional
sports networks.
- Group W Satellite Communications.
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- Other Holdings:
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- Westinghouse Electric Company: provides services to the
nuclear power industry.
- Westinghouse Government Environmental Services Company:
disposes of nuclear and hazardous wastes. Also operates 4 government-owned
nuclear power plants in the US.
- Energy Systems: provides nuclear power plant design and
maintenance.
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- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#top>
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- VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
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- Television Holdings:
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- Paramount Television, Spelling Television, MTV, VH-1,
Showtime, The Movie Channel, UPN (joint owner), Nickelodeon, Comedy Central,
Sundance Channel (joint owner), Flix.
- 20 major market US stations.
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- Media Holdings:
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- Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Video, Blockbuster
Video, Famous Players Theatres, Paramount Parks.
- Simon & Schuster Publishing.
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- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#top>
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- DISNEY / ABC / CAP
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- Television Holdings:
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- ABC: includes 10 stations, 24% of US households.
- ABC Network News: Prime Time Live, Nightline, 20/20,
Good Morning America.
- ESPN, Lifetime Television (50%), as well as minority
holdings in A&E, History Channel and E!
- Disney Channel/Disney Television, Touchtone Television.
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- Media Holdings:
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- Miramax, Touchtone Pictures.
- Magazines: Jane, Los Angeles Magazine, W, Discover.
- 3 music labels, 11 major local newspapers.
- Hyperion book publishers.
- Infoseek Internet search engine (43%).
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- Other Holdings:
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- Sid R. Bass (major shares) crude oil and gas.
- All Disney Theme Parks, Walt Disney Cruise Lines.
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- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#top>
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- TIME-WARNER TBS - AOL
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- America Online (AOL) acquired Time Warneröthe largest
merger in corporate history.
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- Television Holdings:
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- CNN, HBO, Cinemax, TBS Superstation, Turner Network Television,
Turner Classic Movies, Warner Brothers Television, Cartoon Network, Sega
Channel, TNT, Comedy Central (50%), E! (49%), Court TV (50%).
- Largest owner of cable systems in the US with an estimated
13 million subscribers.
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- Media Holdings:
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- HBO Independent Productions, Warner Home Video, New Line
Cinema, Castle Rock, Looney Tunes, Hanna-Barbera.
- Music: Atlantic, Elektra, Rhino, Sire, Warner Bros. Records,
EMI, WEA, Sub Pop (distribution) = the worldâs largest music company.
- 33 magazines including Time, Sports Illustrated, People,
In Style, Fortune, Book of the Month Club, Entertainment Weekly, Life,
DC Comics (50%), and MAD Magazine.
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- Other Holdings:
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- Sports: The Atlanta Braves, The Atlanta Hawks, World
Championship Wrestling.
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- <http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/mediacarta/toolbox/who_owns/#top>
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- NEWS CORPORATION LTD. / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch)
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- Television Holdings:
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- Fox Television: includes 22 stations, 50% of US households.
- Fox International: extensive worldwide cable and satellite
networks include British Sky Broadcasting (40%); VOX, Germany (49.9%);
Canal Fox, Latin America; FOXTEL, Australia (50%); STAR TV, Asia; IskyB,
India; Bahasa Programming Ltd., Indonesia (50%); and News Broadcasting,
Japan (80%).
- The Golf Channel (33%).
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- MEDIA HOLDINGS:
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- Twentieth Century Fox, Fox Searchlight.
- 132 newspapers (113 in Australia alone) including the
New York Post, the London Times and The Australian.
- 25 magazines including TV Guide and The Weekly Standard.
- HarperCollins books.
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- OTHER HOLDINGS:
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- Sports: LA Dodgers, LA Kings, LA Lakers, National Rugby
League.
- Ansett Australia airlines, Ansett New Zealand airlines.
- Rupert Murdoch: Board of Directors, Philip Morris (USA).
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- http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/Bureau/1646/list_txt.html
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- Disney
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- DISNEY/CAP CITIES (Ranked No. 48 in Forbes 500) ABC:
Television stations covering 24.5% of US households; ABC Radio (owns 21
stations, largest radio network in US; 24% od US households).ABC Network
News: Good Morning America, Prime Time Live, World News Tonight, 20/20,
Nightline, World News with Peter Jennings TV and Cable: Disney Channel,
Disney Television (58 hours/week syndicated programming); Touchstone Television
(Ellen, Home Improvement), A&E (37% with Hearst and GE), LIfetime Network
(50%), ESPN (80%), ESPN 2 (80%), Buena Vista Television.
- Magazines: Chilton Publishers (trade publications), Fairchild
Publications (W.Wear Daily), L.A. Magazine, Institutional Investor, Disney
Publishing Inc. Motion Pictures: Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures,
Hollywood Pictures, Miramax Film Corp., Buena Vista Pictures (distribution).
Book Publishing: Hyperion Books, Chilton Publications Retail: 429
Disney Stores Music: Hollywood Records, Wonderland Music, Walt Disney Records
Multimedia: Disney Interactive, Disney.com, Americast, ABC online Sports
Teams: Mighty Ducks, California Angels Theme Parks/resorts: Disneyland,
Walt Disney World Resort, Disneyland Paris (39%), Tokyo Disneyland, Disney
Vacation Club, WCO Vacationland Resorts, Disney Institute, Disney Cruiseline
Newspapers: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Kansas City Star, St. Louis
Daily Record, Narragansett Times, Oakland Press & Reminder (Pontiac,
MI), County Press (Lapeer, MI), Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, PA), Belleville
News-Democrat (IL), Albany Democrat (OR), Daily Tidings (Ashland, OR),
Sutton Industries and Penny Power (shoppers) Major investors include Sid
Bass et al (oil and gas production), Berkshire Hathaway/Warren Buffet,
and State Farm Insurance.
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- General Electric
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- Media: NBC, CNBC, MSNBC (50% with Microsoft), Court TV,
Bravo, A&E, The History Channel (with ABC and Hearst) NBC Network News:
The Today Show, Meet the Press, Dateline NBC, NBC Nightly News/Tom Brokaw,
Nightside Transportation: GE Transportation Systems (diesel and electric
trains) Turbines for nuclear reactors and electric power plants: GE Power
Generation Electrical Equipment: Electrical Distribution and Control Communications:
GE Americom (satellites), GE Capital Communications Services (long distance
telephone) Motors and Controls: GE Motors and Industrial Systems Insurance:
GNA Corporation & other insurance firms Aircraft engines: GE Aircraft
Engines Lighting: GE Lighting Appliances: GE Appliances (GE, Hotpoint,
and others) Medical Services: GE Medical Systems (MRIs, X-rays) Networking
Software: GE Information Services Financial: GE Capital (private label
and bank credit card loans, mortgages & other loans; asset management)
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- Westinghouse
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- Media: CBS: 14 US TV Stations CBS Network News: CBS Morning
News, 60 Minutes, CBS This Morning, 48 Hours, Face the Nation, Up to the
Minute, CBS Evening News/Dan Rather CBS Radio: 21 FM stations, 18 AM stations;
1,900 stations carry some CBS programming; about 450 carry CBS News. Cable:
CMT, Country Music Television (33% owners with Gaylord Entertainment);
Home Team Sports, TNN The Nashville Network Nuclear power plant design
and manufacture: Energy Systems (40% of the world's nuclear plants use
Westinghouse engineering). Waste disposal (including hazardous and radioactive:Resource
Energy Systems; Scientific Ecology Group; Westinghouse Remeiation Services;
GESCO (this branch of the company also operates 4 government owned nuclear
facilties, including Savannah River; installed reactors in Sea Wolf, the
Navy' new nuclear submarines; and refueled the U.S.S. Enterprise, the first
nuclear aircraft carrier. It also recently won a contract to dispose of
2,253 tons of stockpiled chemical weapons at an Army base in Anniston,
Alabama.) Group W Satellite Communications (satellite istribution of TV
programming) Parts for electric power plants: Power Generation Communications
and Information: Telephone, network and wireless communications systems;
security systems. Westinghouse Pension Management WPIC Corporation (insurance,
communications, financing.) Brandywine Asset Management (investment advisors)
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