DeWitt Clinton

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.

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