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Jun 2, 2021 · Now incorporating 20th Century Fox, Disney is 2/3 owned by large financial institutions. Total assets are around $200 billion [all figures in US$], with revenue of $65 billion. The major individual shareholders are Robert Iger, Christine McCarthy and Alan Braverman, who are all long-term internal leaders and now CEO, CFO and senior executive VP, owning 0.08% of the shares between them.
- David Tiley
First, let us introduce the major players. These are the top five film studios in America ranked by market share in US/CA in 2023: Universal Pictures (21.77%) Walt Disney Studios (21.26%) Warner Brothers (15.73%) Sony Pictures (11.26%) Paramount Pictures (9.55%) The “other” (20.43%) represents everyone else, including “mini-majors” such ...
- Co-Founder, Author
- Media Conglomerate #1: National Amusements
- Media Conglomerate #2: Disney
- Media Conglomerate #3: Timewarner
- Media Conglomerate #4: Comcast
- Media Conglomerate #5: News Corp
- Media Conglomerate #6: Sony
- Total Value of Media’S Big 6: $430 Billion
- Do You Publish Your Own Media?
Unless you’re directly involved in business and / or entertainment, you’ve probably never heard of National Amusements before. The company owns movie theaters throughout the world — about 950 total — but it owns much more than just movie theaters. NA’s huge collection of properties is staggering. Whether they own a company entirely, possess majorit...
Disney is probably the most well-known media name on this list. The company has a hand in just about every medium in the world from children’s cinema to sports. When it comes to television and film, there’s a good chance you’re watching something owned by the Disney company — even if it doesn’t have Disney’s name. Why? They own so, somuch. Let’s st...
At the time of publication (11/7/16), it’s possible that ATandT will soon buy TimeWarner for around $80 billion. If that happens, ATandT will acquire everything below and more. In the meantime, let’s take a more in-depth look at TimeWarner and what it owns.
Comcast is one of the few remaining Internet service providers in the United States. They also provide cable television and phone services to residential and business customers. In 2013, Comcast expanded its reach into entertainment by purchasing NBC and pretty much all of its properties. While most people know NBC as just a television station, it ...
News Corp is the media conglomerate best known for its line of Fox companies. Those include Fox News, FX, and pretty much every other company with the name “Fox” in it. The company generated more than $33 billion in 2012, and it controls a huge number of print products compared to other media conglomerates. To get a better grasp of News Corp, let’s...
Sony is one of the oldest companies on this list since it was founded in 1946. It also has one of the most recent CEO changes. In 2012, Kazuo Hirai became CEO of the entire corporation, which might be the most well-known electronics brand on the planet. But Sony is so much more than an electronics company. They have interests across almost all medi...
For perspective, if these six companies were a country, they would be the 26th wealthiest country in the world by GDP between Poland ($467 billion) and Nigeria ($415 billion). That’s enough money to give every American $1348.39. These companies are probably here to stay for the next decades — or even centuries. The only way they’ll disappear is if ...
The beautiful part of the Internet is that every company has the ability to be its own media company — but maybe not on the same scale as TimeWarner. Do you publish blogs? Videos? Articles? Graphics? Guides? Whatever you post to your site, you’re in control of your company’s media. You may not be involved in a multi-billion dollar enterprise, but y...
Sep 21, 2022 · Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power in London, August 2022. Niklas Halle’n/AFP via Getty Images. In the very, very old days ...
Sep 29, 2023 · The independent and fully operational Hollywood movie studio previously known as 20th Century Fox released 17 movies in theaters in 2014. They earned a then-record $5.5 billion worldwide that year.
Jul 20, 2024 · Hollywood's biggest drama has not been playing in theaters. It's the on, then off, now on-again deal over the last major studio operating in the Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The $8 billion deal would merge the parent company of Paramount, the film and TV studios, the Paramount+ streaming service, the CBS broadcast network with a relative newcomer, Skydance Media.
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Sep 19, 2024 · But Larry, 80, will own the controlling shares. Having previously bestowed billions on David and his sister, Megan, Larry has now backed his son to the tune of $6 billion as David pursued his ...
