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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...
The supplied analyses converge on a short list of dominant U.S. media conglomerates — — but disagree on whether Big Tech (Amazon, Meta, Netflix, Apple, Alphabet) should be treated equally as “media co...
Media conglomerates’ political leanings are not uniform and are described differently by analysts: News Corporation and its outlets are frequently characterized as conservative-leaning, including docu...
A small set of broadcast groups now control a disproportionately large share of local television news: , , and together reach roughly 40% of stations and operate in the majority of U.S. markets . At t...
Fox News is a wholly owned operating unit of Fox Corporation, a publicly traded company with a dual-class share structure that concentrates voting control in Murdoch-linked Class B shares (public Clas...
Fox News is owned by Fox Corporation, the public company formed after Disney bought much of 21st Century Fox in 2019; the Murdoch family retains decisive control through voting shares and a family tru...
in conservative politics is rooted in ’s building of a global media empire that has repeatedly aligned editorially with center-right and conservative parties and causes, shaping political debates in t...
The BBC’s Panorama edit stitched two parts of Donald Trump’s Jan. 6, 2021, speech—statements made more than 50 minutes apart—into a single 12‑second clip that the corporation now admits “gave the mist...
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...
Comcast, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and News Corp are all publicly traded media conglomerates, but their : Comcast features concentrated voting control tied to its founding famil...
Fox Corporation bought Red Seat Ventures in February 2025, a creator-economy podcast and media business that Fox says drove “over 200 million monthly active views” across 17 creator-led shows as of No...
Public records and reporting show multiple Murdoch family members — most prominently James Murdoch and his wife Kathryn — have publicly donated to Democratic candidates and Democratic-aligned causes, ...
Fox News was launched in 1996 as part of Rupert Murdoch’s television holdings and remained under Murdoch family control through successive corporate restructurings: from News Corporation to 21st Centu...
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...
The supplied analyses identify that Comcast chief executive Brian L. Roberts is of background and has personal ties to Israel, while the Murdoch family holds concentrated control of multiple major med...
Both and have, via their political action committees and affiliated employee/owner contributions, given money to some Democratic politicians during the 2020–2024 period; those donations were small rel...
now control large swaths of — including ), ), ), and past secret buyers like ) — while hedge funds and private equity (notably ) own or run major chains that dominate many communities . The effect on ...
filed a federal defamation/libel lawsuit in July 2025 against , its parent companies and journalists, alleging the paper falsely reported that an explicit to bore his handwriting and signature and see...
Documented empirical cases and case studies show have altered newsroom coverage or editorial decisions—ranging from interventionist proprietors who ordered or shaped content to measurable shifts in to...
Fox News is widely documented in academic research and media-rating projects as skewing to the right and favoring Republican politicians, and multiple empirical studies link its entry and viewership t...