These are
the 6 media companies that exist today.
There used to be 88. These 6 all get their news from Reuters and the
Associated Press. Reuters owns the AP and Rothschilds own Reuters.
The following information is in circulation on the net. The originating source is not known, nor have
all the statements below been fully verified.
However, the general overview provided appears to be accurate.
GENERAL ELECTRIC - (donated 1.1 million to GW Bush for
his 2000 election campaign)
Television Holdings
* 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%).
The "MS" in MSNBC means Microsoft. The same Microsoft that donated 2.4 million
to get GW bush elected.
Other Holdings
* 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.
WESTINGHOUSE / CBS INC.
Westinghouse Electric Company, part of the Nuclear
Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL)
whos #1 on the Board of Directors? None other than:
Frank Carlucci (of the Carlyle Group)
Television Holdings
* 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.
Other Holdings
* 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.
VIACOM INTERNATIONAL INC.
Television Holdings
* 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.
Media Holdings
* Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Video,
Blockbuster Video, Famous Players Theatres, Paramount Parks.
* Simon & Schuster Publishing.
DISNEY
/ ABC / CAP (donated 640 thousand to GW's 2000 campaign)
Television Holdings
* 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.
Media Holdings
* 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%).
Other Holdings
* Sid R. Bass (major shares) crude oil and gas.
* All Disney Theme Parks, Walt Disney Cruise Lines.
TIME-WARNER TBS - AOL (donated 1.6 million to GW's
2000 campaign)
America Online (AOL) acquired Time Warner-the largest
merger in corporate history.
Television Holdings
* 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.
Media Holdings
* 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 world's 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.
Other Holdings
* Sports: The Atlanta Braves, The Atlanta Hawks, World
Championship Wrestling.
NEWS CORPORATION LTD. / FOX NETWORKS (Rupert Murdoch)
Television Holdings
* 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%).
Media Holdings
* 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.
Other Holdings
* 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).
*(Phillip Morris donated 2.9 million to George W Bush in 2000)*
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