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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 05:39 PM
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Media Warriors: Know Your Enemy
http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/

General Electric (NBC, CNBC, MSNBC)
www.ge.com

NBC Universal (80%-owned by GE, 20% controlled by Vivendi Universal)

Television

NBC Stations:

WNBC - New York
KNBC - Los Angeles
WMAQ - Chicago
WCAU - Philadelphia
KNTV - San Jose/San Francisco
KXAS - Dallas/Fort Worth
WRC - Washington
WTVJ - Miami
KNSD - San Diego
WVIT - Hartford
WNCN - Raleigh
WCMH - Columbus
WVTM - Birmingham
WJAR - Providence

Telemundo Stations:

KVEA/KWHY - Los Angeles
WNJU - New York
WSCV - Miami
KTMD - Houston
WSNS - Chicago
KXTX - Dallas/Fort Worth
KVDA - San Antonio
KSTS - San Jose/San Francisco
KDRX - Phoenix
KNSO - Fresno
KMAS - Denver
WNEU - Boston/Merrimack
KHRR - Tucson
WKAQ - Puerto Rico

NBC Universal Television Studio
NBC Universal Television Distribution

CNBC
MSNBC
Bravo
Mun2TV
Sci-Fi
Trio
USA

Film:

Universal Pictures

Parks:

Universal Parks & Resorts

Other:

Paxson Communications (30%)

Other General Electric Businesses:

GE Aircraft Engines
GE Commercial Finance
GE Consumer Products
GE Industrial Systems
GE Insurance
GE Medical Systems
GE Plastics
GE Power Systems
GE Specialty Materials
GE Transportation Systems

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Time Warner (CNN)

Time Warner - Books

Time Warner Book Group
Warner Books
The Mysterious Press
Warner Vision
Warner Business Books
Aspect
Warner Faith
Warner Treasures
TW Kids
Little, Brown and Company
Little, Brown Adult Trade
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Back Bay
Bulfinch Press
Time Warner Book Group UK
Time Warner Audio Books
Time Inc.
Southern Progress Corporation
Sunset Books
Oxmoor House
Leisure Arts

Time Warner - Cable:

HBO
CNN
CNN International
CNN en Espanol
CNN Headline News
CNN Airport Network
CNN fn
CNN Radio
CNN Interactive
Court TV (with Liberty Media)
Time Warner Cable
Road Runner
New York 1 News (24 hour news channel devoted only to NYC)
Kablevision (53.75% - cable television in Hungary)
In Demand
Metro Sports (Kansas City)

Time Warner Inc. - Film & TV Production/Distribution:

Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. Studios
Warner Bros. Television (production)
The WB Television Network
Warner Bros. Television Animation
Hanna - Barbera Cartoons
Telepictures Production
Witt - Thomas Productions
Castle Rock Entertainment
Warner Home Video
Warner Bros. Domestic Pay - TV
Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution
Warner Bros. International Television Distribution
The Warner Channel (Latin America, Asia - Pacific, Australia, Germ.)
Warner Bros. International Theaters (owns/operates multiplex theaters in over 12 countries)

Time Warner Inc. - Magazines:

Time
Time Asia
Time Atlantic
Time Canada
Time Latin America
Time South Pacific
Time Money
Time For Kids
Fortune
All You
Business 2.0
Life
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated International
SI for Kids
Inside Stuff
Money
Your Company
Your Future
People
Who Weekly (Australian edition)
People en Español
Teen People
Entertainment Weekly
EW Metro
The Ticket
In Style
Southern Living
Progressive Farmer
Southern Accents
Cooking Light
The Parent Group
Parenting
Baby Talk
Baby on the Way
This Old House
Sunset
Sunset Garden Guide
The Health Publishing Group
Health
Hippocrates
Coastal Living
Weight Watchers
Real Simple
Asiaweek (Asian news weekly)
President (Japanese business monthly)
Dancyu (Japanese cooking)
Wallpaper (U.K.)
Field & Stream
Freeze
Golf Magazine
Outdoor Life
Popular Science
Salt Water Sportsman
Ski
Skiing Magazine
Skiing Trade News
SNAP
Snowboard Life
Ride BMX
Today's Homeowner
TransWorld Skateboarding
TransWorld Snowboarding
Verge
Yachting Magazine
Warp
American Express Publishing Corporation (partial ownership/management)
Travel & Leisure
Food & Wine
Your Company
Departures
SkyGuide

Magazines listed under Warner Brothers label:

DC Comics
Vertigo
Paradox
Milestone
Mad Magazine

Time Warner - Music:

Warner Music Group - Recording Labels
The Atlantic Group
Atlantic Classics
Atlantic Jazz
Atlantic Nashville
Atlantic Theater
Big Beat
Blackground
Breaking
Igloo
Lava
Mesa/Bluemoon
Modern
1 43
Rhino Records
Elektra Entertainment Group
Elektra
EastWest
Asylum
Elektra/Sire
Warner Brothers Records
Warner Brothers
Warner Nashville
Warner Alliance
Warner Resound
Warner Sunset
Reprise
Reprise Nashville
American Recordings
Giant
Maverick
Revolution
Qwest
Warner Music International
WEA Telegram
East West ZTT
Coalition
CGD East West
China
Continential
DRO East West
Erato
Fazer
Finlandia
Magneoton
MCM
Nonesuch
Teldec

Other Recording Interests:

Warner/Chappell Music (publishing company)
WEA Inc. (sales, distribution and manufacturing)
Ivy Hill Corporation (printing and packaging)

Warner Special Products/Joint Ventures:

Columbia House (w/Sony - direct marketing)
Music Sound Exchange (w/Sony - direct marketing)
Music Choice and Music Choice Europe (w/Sony, EMI, General Instrument)
Viva (w/Sony, Polygram, EMI - German music video channel)
Channel V (w/Sony, EMI, Bertelsmann, News Corp.)
Heartland Music (50% - direct order of country and gospel music)
MusicNet (with RealNetworks, EMI, and BMG)

Online Services:

CompuServe Interactive Services
AOL Instant Messenger
AOL.com portal
Digital City
AOL Europe
ICQ
The Knot, Inc. - wedding content (8 % with QVC 36% and Hummer
WinbladFunds18%)
MapQuest.com - pending regulatory approval
Spinner.com
Winamp
DrKoop.com (10%)
Legend (49% - Internet service in China)

Time Warner - Online/Other Publishing:

Road Runner
Warner Publisher Services
Time Distribution Services
American Family Publishers (50%)
Pathfinder
Africana.com

Time Warner - Merchandise/Retail:

Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Theme Parks
Warner Brothers Recreation Enterprises (owns/operates international theme parks)

Time Warner Inc. - Turner Entertainment:
Entertainment Networks
TBS Superstation
Turner Network Television (TNT)
Turner South
Cartoon Network
Turner Classic Movies
Cartoon Network in Europe
Cartoon Network in Latin America
TNT & Cartoon Network in Asia/Pacific

Film Production:

New Line Cinema
Fine Line Features
Turner Original Productions

Sports:

Atlanta Braves

Other Operations:

Turner Learning
CNN Newsroom (daily news program for classrooms)
Turner Adventure Learning (electronic field trips for schools)
Turner Home Satellite
Turner Network Sales

Other:

Netscape Communications
Netscape Netcenter portal
AOL MovieFone
iAmaze
Amazon.com (partial)
Quack.com
Streetmail (partial)
Switchboard (6%)

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The Walt Disney Company (ABC)

http://www.disney.com/

Publishing:

Book Publishing Imprints
Hyperion
Miramax Books
ESPN Books
Theia
ABC Daytime Press
Hyperion Audiobooks
Hyperion East
Disney Publishing Worldwide
Hyperion Books for Children
Jump at the Sun
Volo
Michael di Caupa Books
Disney Global Children's Books
Disney Press
Global Retail
Global Continuity

Magazine titles include:

Automotive Industries
Biography (with GE and Hearst)
Discover
Disney Adventures
Disney Magazine
ECN News
ESPN Magazine (distributed by Hearst)
Family Fun
Institutional Investor
JCK
Kodin
Top Famille - French family magazine
US Weekly (50%)
Video Business
Quality Broadcasting (includes the Capital City/ABC subsidiary)

Television:

ABC Television Network

Owned and Operated Television Stations:

WLS - Chicago
WJRT - Flint
KFSN - Fresno
KTRK - Houston
KABC - Los Angeles
WABC - New York City
WPVI - Philadelphia
WTVD - Raleigh - Durham
KGO - San Francisco
WTVG - Toledo

Radio Stations:

WKHX – Atlanta
WYAY – Atlanta
WDWD – Atlanta
WMVP – Chicago
WLS – Chicago
WZZN – Chicago
WRDZ – Chicago
WBAP – Dallas
KSCS – Dallas
KMEO – Dallas
KESN – Dallas
KMKI – Dallas
WDRQ – Detroit
WJR – Detroit
WDVD – Detroit
KABC – Los Angeles
KLOS – Los Angeles
KDIS – Los Angeles
KSPN – Los Angeles
KQRS – Minneapolis - St. Paul
KXXR – Minneapolis - St. Paul
KDIZ – Minneapolis - St. Paul
WGVX – Minneapolis - St. Paul
WGVY – Minneapolis - St. Paul
WGVZ – Minneapolis - St. Paul
WABC – New York City
WPLJ – New York City
WQEW – New York City
WEVD – New York City
KGO – San Francisco
KSFO – San Francisco
KIID – Sacramento
KMKY – Oakland
WMAL – Washington DC
WJZW – Washington DC
WRQX – Washington DC
KQAM – Wichita
KKDZ – Seattle
WSDZ – St. Louis
WWMK – Cleveland
KMIX – Phoenix
KADZ – Denver
KDDZ – Denver
WWMI – Tampa
KMIC – Houston
WMYM – Miami
WWJZ – Philadelphia
WMKI – Boston
WDZK – Hartford
WDDZ – Providence
WDZY – Richmond
WGFY – Charlotte
WDYZ – Orlando
WMNE – West Palm Beach
WEAE – Pittsburgh
WDRD – Louisville
WPPY – Albany, NY
KPHN – Kansas City
WQUA – Mobile
WBML – Jacksonville
WFDF – Flint
WFRO – Fremont, OH
WDMV – Damascus, MD
WHKT – Norfolk
Radio Disney
ESPN Radio (syndicated programming)

Cable Television:

ABC Family
The Disney Channel
Toon Disney
SoapNet
ESPN Inc. (80% - Hearst Corporation owns the remaining 20%) includes ESPN, ESPN2,
ESPN News, ESPN Now, ESPN Extreme
Classic Sports Network
A&E Television (37.5%, with Hearst and GE)
The History Channel (with Hearst and GE)
Lifetime Television (50%, with Hearst)
Lifetime Movie Network (50% with Hearst)
E! Entertainment (with Comcast and Liberty Media)

International Broadcast:

The Disney Channel UK
The Disney Channel Taiwan
The Disney Channel Australia
The Disney Channel Malaysia
The Disney Channel France
The Disney Channel Middle East
The Disney Channel Italy
The Disney Channel Spain
ESPN INC. International Ventures
Sportsvision of Australia (25%)
ESPN Brazil (50%)
ESPN STAR (50%) - sports programming throughout Asia
Net STAR (33%) owners of The Sports Network of Canada

Other International Ventures (all with minority ownership):

Tele-Munchen - German television production and distribution
RTL-2 - German television production and distribution
Hamster Productions - French television production
TV Sport of France
Tesauro of Spain
Scandinavian Broadcasting System
Japan Sports Channel

Television Production and Distribution:

Buena Vista Television
Touchstone Television
Walt Disney Television
Walt Disney Television Animation (has three wholly owned production facilities outside the United States - Japan, Australia, Canada)

Movie Production and Distribution:

Walt Disney Pictures
Touchstone Pictures
Hollywood Pictures
Caravan Pictures
Miramax Films
Buena Vista Home Video
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Buena Vista International
Financial and Retail

Financial:

Sid R. Bass (partial interest - crude petroleum and natural gas production)

Retail:

The Disney Store

Multimedia:

Walt Disney Internet Group
ABC Internet Group
ABC.com
ABCNEWS.com
Oscar.com
Mr. Showbiz
Disney Online (web sites and content)
Disney's Daily Blast
Disney.Com
Family.Com
ESPN Internet Group
ESPN.sportzone.com
Soccernet.com (60%)
NBA.com
NASCAR.com
Skillgames
Wall of Sound
Go Network
Toysmart.com (majority stake - educational toys)
Disney Interactive (develops/markets computer software, video games, CD-ROMs)

Music:

Buena Vista Music Group
Hollywood Records ( popular music and soundtracks for motion pictures)
Lyric Street Records (Nashville based country music label)
Mammoth Records (popular and alternative music label)
Walt Disney Records

Theater and Sports/Theatrical Productions:

Walt Disney Theatrical Productions (productions include stage version of The Lion King,Beauty and the Beast, King David)

Professional Sports Franchises:

Anaheim Sports, Inc.
Mighty Ducks of Anaheim (National Hockey League)

Theme Parks & Resorts:

Disneyland - Anaheim, CA
Disney -MGM Studios
Disneyland Paris
Disney Regional Entertainment (entertainment and theme dining in metro areas)
Disneyland Resort
Disney Vacation Club
Epcot
Magic Kingdom
Tokyo Disneyland (partial ownership)
Walt Disney World - Orlando, FL
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Disney - MGM Studios
Walt Disnery World Sports Complex (golf course, auto racing track and basball complex)
Disney Cruise Line
The Disney Institute

Other:

TiVo (partial investment)

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Viacom (CBS)

Here:

http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/viacom.asp

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News Corp. (Fox)

Here:

http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/newscorp.asp

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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 05:49 PM
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1. Boo
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 06:04 PM
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2. Yah
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 07:03 PM
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3. Snuh
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 07:07 PM
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 07:13 PM
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5. LOL
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 07:56 PM
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6. Kick!
Never forget.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 09:09 PM
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7. .
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 09:28 PM
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8. Geeze...where have you been? We've already known this....duh oh.....
:shrug:
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 09:36 PM
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9. "We"? You got a mouse in your pocket, Koko?
Lotsa new DUers who may not know this. Not a bad idea to post a reminder now and again.

Say hi to the mouse for me.
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 09:56 PM
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11. heheh...You two.
(nods to Heathers)
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 05:04 AM
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12. Lather, rinse,
reapeat. :kick:
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 09:10 AM
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16. Hey....I got you four kicks....and a snipe that means folks will keep
reading :D....What...? you want more favors than that?
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Amaya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-23-04 09:56 PM
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10. Kick
Will, check your PM.
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blalock Donating Member (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 06:09 AM
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13. thats a lot of enemies
wouldn't it be easier to post what sources are DLC ® approved?
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Jazzgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 08:05 AM
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15. Who cares about the DLC.
n/t
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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 06:49 AM
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14. No need to worry, Kerry's playing chess,

remember?
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KoKo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 05:46 PM
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17. Just for you, Buddy....a big kick for the "newbies."
From your friend..."the Heather.." :-)'s
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Pallas180 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-24-04 07:13 PM
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18. Vivendi owns cable USA and Carlyle was trying to buy it -I
recall -- I think Vivendi was withdrawn..but maybe not

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