Who Owns What Brands In Digital Media
Traditional media conglomerates are increasingly bumping up against powerful tech and telecom companies in the rush to reach users and attract advertisers across as many screens and platforms as possible. This chart, though far from comprehensive, offers a glimpse into the vast holdings of some big media companies in the news.
Brands
- XFINITY
- NBC: News, Sports, TV Network
- MSNBC
- CNBC
- NBC Entertainment
- Telemundo
- Bravo
- Sprout
- USA Network
- Syfy
- E!
- Philadelphia Flyers
- Universal Pictures
- DreamWorks Animation
- Focus Features
- Universal Studios and other parks and resorts
- Golf Channel
- Oxygen
Has stake in
- BuzzFeed
- Hulu
- Vox Media: Vox, The Verge, SB Nation, Eater, Recode, Polygon, Curbed
- The Weather Channel
- Flipboard
- Birchbox
- Half.com
- Houzz
- Zenefits
- AwesomenessTV
- Esquire Network
- Slack
Brands
- ABC: News, Daytime, TV Network
- ESPN
- Disney Channel
- Freeform (formerly ABC Family)
- Walt Disney Studios
- Pixar
- Marvel
- Touchstone Pictures
- Lucasfilm
- Maker Studios
- Disneyland, Walt Disney World and other parks and resorts
Has stake in
- Vice Media
- A&E
- History Channel
- Lifetime
- Hulu
Brands
- FOX: News, Business News, Sports, TV network
- National Geographic Partners: Channel, Magazine and other media assets
- FX
- Twentieth Century Fox Film
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Blue Sky Studios
Has stake in
- Vice Media
- Hulu
- Endemol Shine Group
- Sky plc
- Roku
Brands
- CNN
- HBO
- Warner Brothers: Entertainment, Motion Pictures, Television, Records
- Cinemax
- TBS
- TNT
- NBA.com
- NCAA.com
- TMZ.com
- Adult Swim
- Cartoon Network
- DC Comics
Brands
- CBS: News, TV, Radio, Entertainment, Sports
- Showtime
- Simon & Shuster
- Smithsonian Channel
- CNET
- ZDNet
- TVGuide.com
- Last.fm
- Metacritic
- Chowhound
- GameSpot
- Watch! Magazine
Brands
- Paramount Pictures
- BET
- Comedy Central
- MTV
- VH1
- Nickelodeon
- Spike
- CMT
- Centric
- Logo TV
- TV Land
- Tr3s
Brands
- Univision: TV, Radio, Digital Networks
- Uforia
- Fusion
- The Root
- Jalopnik
- Jezebel
- Deadspin
- Lifehacker
- Kotaku
Has stake in
- The Onion: The A.V. Club, ClickHole
- El Rey Network
Brands
- Verizon Wireless
- Fios
- AOL
- Huffington Post
- Engadget
- TechCrunch
- Yahoo! (pending): Flickr, Tumblr, Rivals.com
- go90
- Terremark
Has stake in
- Complex Media
- RatedRed.com
- AwesomenessTV
- Seriously.TV
Brands
- AT&T
- DirecTV
- Cricket Wireless
- U-verse
- YP.com (aka Yellowpages.com)
- Sky Brasil
- Time Warner and its properties (pending)
Brands
- Amazon: Prime, Cloud Drive, Web Services, Marketplace, Echo, Fire TV
- Kindle
- Audible
- Twitch.tv
- IMDb
- Goodreads
- AbeBooks
- ComiXology
- DPReview
- Zappos and other online retailers
Brands
- YouTube
- Android, Chrome, Nexus, Pixel
- Blogger
- Zagat
- Nest
- Waze
- Verily
- Google: Search, Gmail, Hangouts and other apps
- Chrome
- Project Fi
- Google Fiber (paused)
Brands
- Facebook
- WhatsApp
- Instagram
- Oculus
- Facebook Messenger
- Internet.org