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As of 2025 the U.S. media landscape is dominated by a handful of very large conglomerates — commonly identified as Comcast (NBCUniversal), The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Paramoun...
A small set of giant conglomerates control the lion’s share of U.S. national TV networks and major media outlets: Comcast/NBCUniversal, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount/Pa...
is the rebranded successor to after spun off cable assets into a new company, , and the channel adopted the MS NOW name in November 2025 . Assessments of its credibility are mixed: the network has inv...
Microsoft is the owner and operator of the MSN web portal and its associated apps; ownership is corporate rather than individual and is housed within Microsoft’s consumer/web groups . No single, widel...
The 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape is a hot-mic recording of Donald Trump and Billy Bush in which Trump boasts about kissing, groping and trying to have sex with women who were not his wife and uses the...
Available sources in this packet do not provide a consolidated list of Rachel Maddow YouTube segments that were formally corrected or retracted; reporting here instead documents a high-profile dispute...
Comcast NBCUniversal is the parent of a wide portfolio of major TV networks — most prominently — under full Comcast ownership since 2013. Political giving tied to Comcast includes company PAC activity...
the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and its lead won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama, marking the film’s most prominent awards victori...
and + both offer streams of on Feb. 8, 2026, but they serve very different audiences: Peacock provides the full NBC telecast across platforms — including on Peacock and NBC — with broader device suppo...
Comcast (through NBCUniversal) and The Walt Disney Company are consistently identified among the largest U.S. media conglomerates and therefore own the greatest number of national broadcast and cable ...
Available sources identify Comcast (NBCUniversal), The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Paramount Skydance among the largest U.S. media conglomerates in 2025; reporting and reference p...
will carry on its broadcast network, which means the game is available over the air for free with an antenna and through any service that carries local NBC affiliates; Spanish‑language coverage airs o...
Comcast NBCUniversal’s primary consumer streaming service is , a premium ad-supported platform operated by NBCUniversal under Comcast’s ownership. Public materials and product bundles repeatedly ident...
officially changed its name to MS NOW on November 15, 2025, a rebrand timed to coincide with the cable network’s spinoff into a new parent company, . Executives framed the move as a cosmetic shift — “...
Comcast (owner of MSNBC/NBC), Warner Bros. Discovery (owner of CNN), and NBCUniversal/NBCUniversal Media appear in public campaign-finance summaries as corporate entities or affiliates that made in th...
A handful of giant conglomerates—Comcast (owner of NBCUniversal), The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount/Paramount Skydance—dominate large swaths of U.S. entertainment and broad...
will simulcast ’s broadcast nationwide as part of ’s rights package, making the full game available on the streamer for viewers with the right Peacock plan, while + offers a more limited mobile/tablet...
The tape was revealed to the public when published a video and article on October 7, 2016, after a reporter obtained the recording and sought comment from ’s campaign . News organizations then relied ...
named well-known or plainly identifiable “associates” — plaintiffs or groups tied to large organizations — and the public reporting shows mixed outcomes: some plaintiffs won large judgments or settlem...
Sean “Diddy” Combs has publicly and legally rejected comparisons to and any implication that he attended Epstein’s parties: his defense and legal filings insist the allegations are false or taken out ...