21st Century Fox (Formerly News Corporation)

  • 20th Century Fox
  • 20th Century Fox Television
  • Fox News Group
  • Fox Television Stations
  • Fox Networks Group
    • FX
  • National Geographic Channels

 

Alphabet

  • Android, Inc.
  • Google
  • Nest Labs
  • Picasa
  • reCAPTCHA
  • Songza
  • Waze
  • YouTube, LLC

 

Amazon

  • IMDb
  • MyHabit
  • Twitch
  • Woot!
  • Zappos

 

AMC

  • AMC
  • IFC
  • IFC Films
  • Sundance Channel

 

Apple

  • Beats
  • Filemaker

 

Bain Capital/Thomas H. Lee Partners (Clear Channel)

 

Barnes & Noble, Inc.

  • BN
  • Nook LLC
  • Barnes & Noble College Booksellers LLC

 

Bertelsmann AG

  • Various international TV networks/channels
  • Print: Random House, Knopf Doubleday,
  • Various print media

 

CBS Corporation

  • CBS TV Network; Showtime Networks Inc; The CW; etc.
  • CBS Radio
  • Simon & Schuster (Print)
  • CBS Films

 

Comcast Corporation

  • Comcast Communications
  • Fandango
  • iVillage
  • NBC/Universal
    • Hulu (32% owner, but relinquished operational control)
    • NBC TV networks, Bravo, E!, Oxygen, Syfy, USA Network, etc.
    • NBC Local Media
    • Telemundo
    • Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Universal Studios Home Entertainment, etc.
    • Universal Parks and Resorts
  • Sports Management: Philadelphia Flyers, Wells Fargo Center, etc.
  • TiVo

 

Electronic Arts (videogames)

 

Gannett Co. (mostly print)

  • USA Today
  • Various local print media
  • Various local TV stations

 

Microsoft

  • Bing
  • Nokia
  • Office
  • Skype
  • Surface
  • Windows
  • XBox

 

Netflix

 

New York Times

 

News Corp. (Formerly News Corporation)

  • Dow Jones
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • New York Post
  • Wall Street Journal

 

Nintendo

 

Public Broadcasting Service

 

Regal Entertainment Group

 

Scripps Networks Interactive

  • Cooking Channel
  • Food Network
  • HGTV
  • Travel Channel

 

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.

 

Sony

  • Crackle
  • Cinemax
  • FEARnet
  • HBO (Latin America)
  • Sony Computer Entertainment America (Playstation and associated games)
  • Sony Electronics
  • Sony Ericsson Mobile
  • Sony Music
    • Columbia/Epic
    • RCA/Jive
    • Provident
    • Sony Music Commercial
  • Sony Pictures Entertainment
    • Columbia Tristar Motion Picture Group
      • Columbia Pictures
      • Sony Pictures Classics
      • TriStar
    • Sony Pictures
  • Sony Pictures TV Group

 

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

  • Rockstar Games

 

Time Warner, Inc.

  • HBO (incl. Cinemax)
  • Time Inc. (incl. Entertainment Wkly, Fortune, People, Sports Illustrated, Time U.S., etc.)
  • Turner Broadcasting System (incl. Adult Swim, Cartoon Network, CNN, HTV, TBS, TCM, etc.)
  • Warner Bros. Entertainment
    • DC Entertainment (incl. DC Comics, DC Universe, etc.)
    • New Line Cinema
    • Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
    • Warner Bros. Pictures Group
    • Warner Bros. Television Group (incl. The CW TV Network)

 

Tribune Company

  • Local TV stations
  • Local Print media
  • Various Magazines

 

UBISoft Entertainment

 

Viacom

  • Cable Networks (incl. BET, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, Nickelodeon, SpikeTV, VH1, etc.)
  • Film: Paramount (incl. MTV Films & Nickelodeon Movies)

 

Walt Disney Company

  • Film: Touchstone, Marvel Entertainment, Walt Disney Pictures (incl. Pixar), LucasFilm, Walt Disney Studios, etc.
  • Music: Disney Music Group
  • TV: ABC, Disney ABC Television Group, ESPN, Inc., etc.
  • ESPN Radio
  • Hyperion Books
  • ESPN Books
  • Disney Parks & Resorts
  • The Muppets Studio

 

Washington Post Co.

  • The Washington Post
  • The Slate Group
  • The Daily Herald
  • Kaplan / Kaplan Higher Education

 

Additional Resources

“Big Media Companies And Their Many Brands — In One Chart,” NPR

“Who Owns What,” Columbia Journalism Review [lists most subsidiaries; but slightly outdated and does not account for recent mergers/acquisitions]

“Who Owns the Media?,” Free Press [includes more concise list of subsidiaries]