In an update to the rather popular Conglomerate Cheat Sheet, the list of corporate holdings for each of the major media companies has been reworked to reflect recent acquisitions and takeovers.
The past six months have not seen any truly major moves -- the same handful of companies still hold almost all of the worldwide media assets. It is useful to take another glance at the structure and simply to realize that single companies can control the production, distribution, advertising, etc., of the movies, music, and news you consume. In fact, just 13 corporations generated almost half a trillion dollars of sales in 2003.
The Breakdown Industries Conglomerate Cheat Sheet 2004-06-20
- Bertelsmann AG ($21.1 Billion in 2003 sales)
- arvato AG
- barnesandnoble.com inc.
- BMG Entertainment
- Arista Records
- BMG Music Publishing
- RCA Music Group
- Zomba Records Limited
- Provident Music Group
- CDnow, Inc.
- Gruner + Jahr AG & Co.
- Brown Printing Company
- Lycos Europe N.V.
- MusicNet, Inc.
- Random House, Inc.
- Books on Tape, Inc.
- Fodors LLC
- RTL Group S.A.
- FremantleMedia Ltd.
- Clear Channel Communications, Inc ($8.9 Billion in 2003 sales)
- Clear Channel Entertainment Inc.
- SFX Sports Group, Inc.
- Clear Channel Outdoor
- Katz Media Group, Inc.
- Comcast Holdings Corporation ($18.3 Billion in 2003 sales)
- Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.
- E! Entertainment Television, Inc.
- Comcast Spectacor, L.P.
- Global Spectrum LP
- Front Row Marketing Services, LP
- Patron Solutions, LP
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Philadelphia Flyers Hockey Club
- Outdoor Life Network
- EMI Group ($3.4 Billion in 2003 sales)
- Blue Note Records
- Capitol Records, Inc.
- Caroline Records, Inc.
- EMI Music Publishing
- EMI Music Publishing Latin America
- MusicNet, Inc.
- Priority Records, LLC
- Virgin Records America, Inc.
- General Electric ($132 Billion in 2003 sales)
- Amersham plc
- Amersham Biosciences
- Amersham Health Inc.
- CFM International, Inc.
- GE Access
- GE Advanced Materials
- GE Plastics
- GE Structured Products
- LNP Engineering Plastics, Inc.
- GE Aircraft Engines
- GE Capital Rail Services
- GE Commercial Finance
- Advanced TelCom Group, Inc.
- GE Commercial Distribution Finance
- GE Real Estate
- Regency Centers Corporation
- Storage USA, Inc.
- IKON Financial Services
- GE Consumer & Industrial
- GE Consumer Finance
- GE Energy
- CONMEC, Inc.
- GE Aero Energy
- GE Engine Services, Inc.
- Unison Industries Inc.
- GE Equipment Services
- Penske Truck Leasing
- GE Equity
- GE Fanuc Automation North America, Inc.
- GE Financial Assurance Holdings, Inc.
- GE Franchise Finance Corporation
- GE Global Insurance Holding Corp.
- Coregis Insurance Company
- GE Global Research
- GE Healthcare
- GE Imatron Inc.
- GE Lunar
- GE OEC Medical Systems, Inc.
- GE Infrastructure
- GE Water Technologies
- GE Insurance
- GE Interlogix, Inc.
- GE Osmonics
- GE SeaCo SRL
- GE Small Business Finance Corporation
- GE Supply
- GE Transportation Systems
- General Electric Mortgage Insurance Corporation
- HPSC, Inc.
- Instrumentarium Corporation
- MRA Systems, Inc.
- NBC Universal, Inc. (80% with Vivendi Universal)
- The NBC Television Network
- A&E Television Networks
- Bravo
- CNBC, Inc.
- MSNBC Cable, L.L.C.
- MSNBC Interactive News, L.L.C.
- Slate Magazine
- NBC Universal Television
- Paxson Communications Corporation
- Telemundo Communications Group, Inc.
- Universal Studios, Inc.
- Sega GameWorks L.L.C.
- Universal Parks & Resorts
- Universal Pictures
- Focus Features
- Movielink, LLC
- United International Pictures
- Working Title Films
- Transport International Pool Inc.
- InterActiveCorp ($6.3 Billion in 2003 sales)
- Citysearch
- Entertainment Publications, Inc.
- Evite, Inc.
- Expedia, Inc.
- Classic Custom Vacations, Inc.
- Travelscape.com, Inc.
- Hancock Information Group, Inc.
- Hotels.com
- TravelNow.com, Inc.
- Hotwire
- Home Shopping Network
- Interval International
- LendingTree, Inc.
- Match.com, LP
- Precision Response Corporation
- Avaltus, Inc.
- Ticketmaster
- TicketWeb, Inc.
- TripAdvisor, Inc.
- TV Travel Shop Ltd
- ZeroDegrees, Inc.
- National Amusements (2003 sales not public)
- Midway Games Inc.
- MovieTickets.com, Inc.
- Multiplex Cinemas
- Showcase Cinemas
- Viacom Inc.
- BET Holdings, Inc.
- BET Interactive, LLC
- Black Entertainment Television, Inc.
- Blockbuster Inc.
- The CBS Television Network
- Infinity Promotions Group
- King World Productions, Inc.
- SportsLine.com, Inc.
- United Paramount Network
- Famous Players
- MovieTickets.com, Inc.
- Infinity Broadcasting Corporation
- MarketWatch.com, Inc.
- MTV Networks
- Comedy Central
- CTN Networks
- Nickelodeon
- VH1
- Paramount Parks Inc.
- Paramount Pictures Corporation
- Movielink, LLC
- Paramount Classics
- United International Pictures
- Paramount Television Group
- Showtime Networks Inc.
- Simon & Schuster, Inc.
- Viacom Outdoor, Inc.
- WMS Industries Inc.
- The News Corporation Limited ($20 Billion in 2003 sales)
- Fox Entertainment Group, Inc.
- DIRECTV, Inc.
- Hughes Network Systems, Inc.
- Hughes Software Systems Limited
- PanAmSat Corporation
- FOX Broadcasting Company
- Fox Filmed Entertainment
- Blue Sky Studios
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
- FOX News Network, LLC
- FOX Sports Networks
- Madison Square Garden, L.P.
- New York Knickerbockers
- New York Rangers
- Twentieth Century Fox Television
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
- NDS Group PLC
- News America Marketing
- News International PLC
- STATS, Inc.
- Sony Corporation ($63 Billion in 2003 sales)
- Aiwa Business Center
- Columbia House (50% with Warner Music)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
- MGM Pictures
- Movielink, LLC
- United Artists Corporation
- Sony Corporation of America
- Sony Electronics, Inc.
- Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
- Columbia Records Group
- Epic Records Group
- Loud Records, Inc.
- Sony/ATV Music Publishing
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
- Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
- Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group
- Columbia Pictures
- Screen Gems
- Sony Pictures Classics
- Game Show Network
- Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment
- Sony Online Entertainment, Inc.
- Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc.
- Sony Pictures Television
- Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
- Symbian Ltd.
- Time Warner Inc ($38 Billion in 2003 sales)
- America Online, Inc.
- America Online Latin America, Inc.
- AOL (UK) Ltd.
- CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc.
- MapQuest.com, Inc.
- MovieFone, Inc.
- Singingfish Inc
- Courtroom Television Network LLC
- Home Box Office, Inc.
- HBO Films
- MovieTickets.com, Inc.
- New Line Cinema Corporation
- Fine Line Features
- Time Inc.
- IPC Media Limited
- Southern Progress Corporation
- Synapse Group, Inc.
- Time Warner Book Group Inc.
- Time4 Media, Inc.
- Time Warner Cable
- Road Runner LLC
- Time Warner Telecom Inc.
- Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.
- The Cartoon Network
- CNN News Group
- Turner Sports, Inc.
- Atlanta National League Baseball Club, Inc.
- Atlanta Thrashers Hockey Club
- Hawks Basketball, Inc.
- The WB Television Network
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
- Castle Rock Entertainment, Inc
- DC Comics Inc.
- Vertigo Comics
- WildStorm Productions
- Movielink, LLC
- Warner Bros. Television
- Warner Independent Pictures
- Vivendi Universal ($32 Billion in 2003 sales)
- CANAL+ Group
- StudioCanal
- StudioExpand SA
- Groupe SFR Cegetel
- Universal Music Group
- Interscope Records
- The Island Def Jam Group
- Lost Highway Records
- Mercury Nashville
- Motown Record Company L.P.
- Roadrunner Records, Inc.
- Universal Music Publishing Group
- The Verve Music Group
- Veolia Environnement
- Culligan International Company
- Folkestone and Dover Water Services Ltd.
- Onyx North America Corp.
- Onyx Environmental Services, L.L.C.
- Onyx Waste Services, Inc.
- United States Filter Corporation
- USFilter Water & Wastewater Systems Group
- Veolia Water North America Operating Services, Inc.
- Vivendi Universal Games Inc.
- Blizzard Entertainment
- Viventures Partners SA
- The Walt Disney Company ($27 Billion in 2003 sales)
- ABC, Inc.
- ABC Cable Networks Group
- A&E Television Networks
- E! Entertainment Television, Inc.
- ESPN, Inc.
- SportsTicker Enterprises, L.P.
- Lifetime Entertainment Services
- ABC Radio Networks, Inc.
- Hyperion
- Disney Publishing Worldwide
- Euro Disney S.C.A.
- Hollywood Records
- Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
- Walt Disney Internet Group
- Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
- Walt Disney Studio Entertainment
- Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.
- Buena Vista Motion Picture Group
- Miramax Film Corp.
- Warner Music Group (2003 sales not public)
- 143 Records
- The Atlantic Group
- Elektra Entertainment Group
- Maverick Recording Company
- MusicNet, Inc.
- Rhino Records
- Sub Pop Ltd.
- Warner Bros. Publications
- Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.