Astounded that one man could control so much information, I was led to wonder, “Who owns the rest of the news media?” There are six top news media outlets: GE who owns NBC, MSNBC & TeleMundo; News Corp which owns FOX, the Wall Street Journal & the N.Y.
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NBC has already tossed out the MSNBC site, so links to MSNBC now go to NBCNews.com. Story pages, however, live at msnbc.msn.com. An article on the site explains that this will change eventually, and that msnbc.com will become the web home of MSNBC TV.
http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/Online-Video-News/NBC-News-Now-Full-Owner-of-MSNBC-Digital-Network-83782.aspx
Post; Walt Disney (again, who knew?) which owns ABC; Viacom, whose only news venture appears to the an Indian media company, Global Broadcast; CBS; and finally, Time Warner which owns CNN. I researched the stock market to see who owned them. While each has individuals, like Rupert Murdoch, who own large stakes, it is the institutions which own the lion’s share. As I looked through these institutions, I saw an eerie pattern of ownership emerge.
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Ezra Klein is joined by Michael Moynihan from The Daily Beast, Jay Rosen from New York University, and John Cassidy of The New Yorker to discuss the future of the news business. Caught in Trump's shadow. Ari Melber looks at the down-ballot Republicans who seem to be suffering from the Trump trickle-down effect.
http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/who-owns-the-news-40750659665
A deal began 16 years ago ends with NBC taking full control, separating online news from cable commentary. NBCUniversal has bought out the 50 percent of the MSNBC Digital Network owned by Microsoft, and is now its sole owner. MSNBC assets include msnbc.com, Today.com, NightlyNews.com, BreakingNews.com, Newsvine.com, EveryBlock.com, and all the apps and extensions created by those properties. NBC News will now combine its existing assets with the MSNBC assets to create a new division called NBC News Digital.
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Who owns the news? Ezra Klein is joined by Michael Moynihan from The Daily Beast, Jay Rosen from New York University, and John Cassidy of The New Yorker to discuss the future of the news business. ... more Duration: {{video.duration.momentjs}}.
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America Online (AOL) acquired Time Warner–the largest merger in corporate history. * 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%).
http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/04/47530.php
Companies Mentioned: NBCUniversal has bought out the 50 percent of the MSNBC Digital Network owned by Microsoft, and is now its sole owner. MSNBC assets include msnbc.com, Today.com, NightlyNews.com, BreakingNews.com, Newsvine.com, EveryBlock.com, and all the apps and extensions created by those properties.
http://www.streamingmedia.com/Articles/News/Online-Video-News/NBC-News-Now-Full-Owner-of-MSNBC-Digital-Network-83782.aspx
This is news in and of itself. However, as I investigated the matter further, I couldn’t help but come across Rupert Murdoch’s larger story- the story of a multi-billionaire who ‘owns’ one of the largest news organizations (including Fox & its affiliates) in the world: News Corp.
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Check out who owns who, and who owns what you think....... * 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.
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who owns msnbc
The Microsoft News Broadcasting Company is owned by NBC Universal. MSNBC is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group.