National Amusements
80% 80%
A&E Networks:A&E USA, History Channel, Military History Channel,
Biography Channel, Biography magazine, History International, The History Channel (Germany, Austria, and Switzerland),The
History Channel en español, Crime & Investigation Network, AETN Consumer
Products and AETN International.
37.5% 25%
MSNBC.com
50%
50%
ESPN Star Sports Asia
Hyperion Books distributed by Harper Collins
Super RTL TV Station
$900 Mil deal for Google to provide search advertising
on MySpace
Content Provisiondeal
Hulu.com
50%
50%
50% 50%
CW Network (USA) 50%50%
50%
50%
Multi-year deal for Yahoo to provide all ads on Viacom property websites.
Distribution Deal
Distribution Deal
Search advertising
deal
Premiere AG
14.6%
25%
Viacom provides MTV shows to MSN
streaming video
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple sits on the
Disney BOD and owns 7.3% of common stock
Dist. Deal
Dist. Deal
Dist. Deal
Dist.Deal
Figure 1: Key Interlockings Between Multi-National Media & Diversified Internet Corporations** Please note that this diagram represents key partnerships and cross-investments. It is not exhaustive. The relationships are current as of February 2008.
Key:
Investment
Partnership
Dist. Deal
LABEL
Eric Schmidt, Google CEO sits
on the Apple BOD
TV/Satellite FilmRadio/Music Print Internet
TV: RTL Group (90%): RTL, Vox (24.9), RTL II, Super RTL, RTL 8,RTL Televizija, N-TV, M6 Group (Fr), Paris Première, REN TV (50% Russia),
Music: BMG, Sony BMG (50%)Bertelsmann
CBSTV: CBS Paramount TV, King World, CBS TV Stations,CSTV Networks, CBS Network TV, CW Network (50%) Showtime, CSTV Networks
Radio: CBS Radio (144 US Stations), Westwood One (18.4%), Spanish Broadcasting Corporation (22.1%)
Internet: CBS Digital Media: innertube.com
Print: Simon & Schuster, Pocket books, Scribner, Alladin, Free Press
DisneyTV: 10 US TV stations, BV Television, BV International TV: ABC Network, ABC Cable Networks: Disney Channel, ABC Family, SOAPnet, Jetix (Latin America & Europe, 74%); ESPN: 6 domestic & 31 International Channels in 190 countries ,Lifetime (50%), Hungama (India)
Film: BuenaVista (BV), Miramax, Pixar, Walt Disney Studios, Touchstone
Music: Buena Vista Music Group, Disney Music Publishing,
Radio: Citadel Broadcasting (57%), ESPN Radio, Radio Disney, 71 Radio Stations
Internet: Walt Disney Internet Group, Club Penguin; UTV Software (India),
Books: Hyperion Books
NBCUniversal
Film: Universal Pictures, Focus Features, Rogue Pictures, Universal Home Entertainment,
TV: 10 NBC Stations; 16 Telemundo Stations, 1 Independent Station, NBC Television Network, Telemundo TV Network, Channels: MSNBC, Bravo, Chiller, CNBC, CNBC World, CNBC Europe, CNBC Asia, MSNBC (82%), mun2, NBC Weather Plus, SCI FI, ShopNBC, Sleuth, Telemundo, Telemundo Puerto Rico, Universal HD, USA, 13th Street (EU & LA), Studio Universal (EU & LA), Universal Channel (EU & LA), A&E (25%), The Sundance Channel, Das Vierte (Ger.), HBO (Asia), Star Channel (Japan), TV1 (Australia), LAPTV (Latin America), Telecine (Brazil). TiVo, ION Media Networks
Internet: NBC Universal Digital Media: ivillage.com, 4INFO (SMS advertiser), Hulu.com (50%)
Time WarnerFilm:NewLine Cinema, Warner Brothers Pictures, Looney Toons, Hanna Barbera
TV: TimeWarner Cable (US), CW Network (50%), Channels (47 regional and local language versions of): CNN, HBO,Boomerang. Cartoon Network (US, Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America), CNN Airport Network, CNN en Espanol, CNN Headline News (USA, Latin America, Asia Pacific), CNN International, TCM, TNT, Cinemax, Pogo (India), TIVO (4.5%), Court TV
Internet: RoadRunner, AOL, AOL.com.mx, CNNMoney.com, CNN Mobile, Netscape, Mapquest
Print: Little, Brown, & Co., Time Inc (145 magazines worldwide), IPC Media (80 magazines in UK & Australia), Southern Progress Corporation (8 US magazines)
Figure 2: Holdings of the Largest Multi-Nationa Diversified Media Conglomerates
NewsCorp
Film: Fox Studios Baja, Fox Studios Los Angeles, Fox Searchlight, Fox Family Films, Fox Faith, Fox Animation Studios, BlueSky Studios; 20th Century Fox Films East, Balaji Telefilms (26%), Kenya: Drive in Cinemas
Internet: MySpace.com, IGN.com, Grab.com, Newsroo, Ksolo, Photobucket, Rottentomatoes,com, Flecktor, Marketwatch.com
TV: Fox Television Stations Group (35 US stations including 10 duopolies); Fox TV Network; MyNetwork TV (13 Stations); 20 Century Fox TV; Star TV Group; Regency Television (40%); Hathaway Cable (India, 26%), Koos Cable (Taiwan 20%), Tata Sky (India, 20%), Phoenix Satellite (China, 17.6%); ITV (18%), BSkyB (38%); DTV ; Pol: PulsTV (Pol 35%), Sky Italia; Sky Latin America, Innova; Foxtel Digital (25%), Foxtel Studios Channels: XYZNetworks (AUS, 50%), Sky Network Television (NZ, 40%); Fox News (broadcast in 70 countries), Fox Business Network, Fox College Sports, Fox Reality, FX, Fox Sports Net, Fox Soccer, Fox Movie, History, Fuel TV, Speed, TV Guide Channel (41%), National Geographic (50%); Channel V, Channel V International, FSI Middle East, Star Channels, A1, UKTV (Middle East), Fox Crime (Eastern Europe, Asia, Turkey); Xing Kong Wei Shi (China); Vijay TV, ANTV (India); Israel 10; Sky Channels; Premiere AG (Germany, 19.9%); BTV, GTV (Bulgaria); Fox Serbia
Internet: Neopets, Xfire, Atom Entertainment, Harmonix and Quizilla, IFilm, investorcalendar.com,
TV: MTV (in 140 countries), MTV Desi, MTV Chi, MTV Brasil, MTV Español, MTV Puerto Rico, MTV Adria, mtvU, mtvU Uber, MTV Hits,VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, COMEDY CENTRAL, CMT: Country Music Television, Spike TV, TV Land, Logo, BET,, The Music Factory (NL), Paramount Comedy (IT, SP), Viva (Ger, Hun, Pol, Swi), Game One (France, Israeli), The Box (NL)
Film: Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, MTV Films, Nickelodeon Movies, DreamWorks and Paramount Home Entertainment, The Indian Film Company
Viacom
Rev. $43.7 billion
Rev. $34.29 billion
Rev. $28.66 billion
Rev. 24.21 billion
Rev. $11.47 billion
Rev. $14.32 billion
Rev. $16.12 billion
Internet: Shopping.com (10.9%), Audible.com (5%), Blue Lion Mobile (partial),
Magazines: Gruner & Jahr (285 Magazines & 22 newspapers in 22 countries), News Publishing Group (50%), Spiegel (25.5%),
Books: Random House, BookSpan, Direct Group, Princeton Review (7.6%)
Newspapers:Fiji Times, Paupua New Guinea Post Courier (63%), News Limited (Australia): 110 Newspapers including: The Australian, Herald Sun, Nationwide News, News Advantage, The Sunday Mail, The Advertiser, The Cairns Post, The Geelong Advertiser; News Int: The Sun, The Times, The London Paper, News of the World, New York Post, Weekly Standard, The Wall Street Journal
Books: Harper Collins, Zondervan
Current Properties: CBS Television Network, UPN, CBS Stations Group, CBS Paramount Television, King World, Showtime, CBS Radio, CBS Outdoor, Simon & Schuster, Paramount Parks, CBS Digital Media, CSTV and CBS Consumer Products
Current Properties: MTV Networks: MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central, Country Music Television, Spike TV, TV Land, Logo and more than 137 networks around the world; BET Networks; Paramount Pictures; Paramount Home Entertainmen; DreamWorks; Digital Properties: Neopets, Xfire, Atom Entertainment, Harmonix, Quizilla; Gaming: Activision Blizzard (69%)
2005
CBS & Viacom Split. National
Amusements, owned by Sumner Redstone, retains
controlling interest in both companies.
80%
80%
1928 CBS
founded. It consists of 16 radio stations.
1949CBS TV Network launched
1973 CBS spins off its TV syndication
unit Viacom under pressure to
conform to new FCC Regulations
2000:Viacom buys its former parent - CBS. The joint company is named Viacom. It includes: MTV Networks, Showtime Networks, Paramount Pictures, Paramount Television Group, CBS, Paramount Stations Group, Blockbuster, Paramount Parks, & Simon & Schuster
1985
Movie Theater Chain founded in 1936 by Michael
Redstone
1986National
Amusements buys
controlling stake in Viacom
1993
1995Westinghouse
Electric purchases CBS. Sells off its own non-media
properties and takes the CBS name
1994
2004 splits off
Figure 4": The Development of CBS & Viacom 1928 - 2007
NaspersKingdom Holdings
Grupo Televisa
Rede Globo Abril UnivisionHearst Gannett
CanWest
MediaSet PrisaBBC Legarde|
reVivendi
CCTV
China Mobile
SMG
Bennett, Coleman
Zee Telefilms Phoenix Sony
5.9%
17.6%
19.9%
20%
Sony BMG
50%
50%
Africa Middle East Latin America North America
Asia Europe
1%
BBC Books
1%
20% of Canal +
Zee Turner Ltd (joint
venture dis. network)
24%
76%
Wall Street Journal India
76%
24%
Magazine Dis. Deal
ESPN
80%
20%
A&E Networks
37.5%
25%37.5%
Joint interest in Boing
Channel, and content
provision deal
7%
Vox Channel
49.5%
24.9%
24.9%
MTV Brasil
30%
70%
TVA
20%
70%
Programming License
Sistema Radiopolis
50%
50%
Lifetime Networks
50%
50%
Affiliate TV Stations
LeMonde
17%15%
CSI FranchiseNatl Geog
Rights
Figure 5: Interlockings Between Select Second Tier Multi-National Media Groups and the Global Core
Key:
Investment
Partnership
MTV Awards China
Careerbuilder.compartnership
Affiliate TV Stations
30%
TV/Satellite FilmRadio/Music Print Internet/Other
Figure 6: Property Map of "Second Tier" Multi-Media Conglomerates
USA
AbrilBrazil
TV: MTV Brasil (70%); TVA (70%) Music: Abril Music, Abril Music Club Magazines: ControlJournal (50%), Editora Abril S.A. (70%) 300 publications including Veja, Capricho, Mickey, Ze Carioca, Ilusao, Nocturno, Manequim,Quatro Rodas,Realidade, Placar, Playboy; Books: Ática and Scipionz Publishers
Internet: Universo Online (50%)
BennettColeman(The Times Group)India
TV: Zoom TV, Times Now (50% with Reuters), Radio: Radio Mirchi (12 stations
across India)Newspapers: Times of India, Mumbai Mirror, Economic Times; Famina, Filmfare, Bangalore Mirror,
Internet: India Times
CanWestCanada
TV:Global Television and E! Television; Alliance Atlantis (66%) which produces the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation franchise, and operates 13 specialty television channels throughout Canada; TEN Network (Australia, 57%), EyeCorp
Radio: 4 stations in Turkey including Joy FM; 3 “Original” stations in the UK
Newspapers: 10 large dailies including National Post, Ottawa Citizen and The Gazette (Montreal); 30 community newspapers; The New Republic (USA)
CCTVChina
TV: CCTV 1, CCTV 9, CCTV International Asia, CCTV International Europe, and CCTV International America
Radio: CRI (China Radio International)
Newspapers: China Daily, People’s Daily; Xinhua News Agency
Internet: CCTV.com, Tibet.cn, ICCTV.com, China.org.cn
GrupoTelevisaMexico
Kingdom HoldingsSaudi Arabia
Legarde|reFrance
FujiJapan
Film: Fuji TV MoviesTV:Fuji Television Network, Happo Television, owns 28 stations and satellite channels Fuji TV 721 and 739, produced television shows such as “Iron Chef”
Radio: Nippon Broadcasting (83%), Music: Pony Canyon Publishing: Fusosha Publishing Other: Dinos (direct marketing), event production
including Cirque du Soleil’s work in Japan
GannettTV: Operates 23 US television stations in markets that include Sacramento, Phoenix, Atlanta, Denver and Washington, D.C
Radio:Gannett Broadcasting (13 Radio Stations)
Newspapers: USA Today; Newsquest (UK) publishes newspapers including Lancashire Evening Telegraph, Bolton Evening News, and The Northern Echo; Clipper Magazine; Army Times Publishing; over 100 community newspapers throughout the United States, Gannett News Service
Internet: Captivate, USATODAY.com; Hawaii.com Other: Gannett Healthcare Group, Hawaii.com,, Gannett Retail Advertising Group, Gannett Satellite Information Network, Gannett Media Technologies
GazpromRussia
TV: TNT and NTV, NTV+ (partial)
Radio: Echo of Moscow, First Popular Radio (Popsa), Radio NEXT, CITY-FM and Relax-FM
Publishing: Publishing house Seven Days: Magazines: Itogy, 7 Days TV-Program, Caravan of Stories’ Collection, Caravan of Stories. Newspapers: Izvestia and Tribuna
Other: Oktyabr and Crystal Palace (cinema-theaters), NTV-Media (advertising), Telebasis (real estate), Parent Gazprom produces 86% of the country's natural gas
Film: NTV-KINO (film production)
TV:Univision (25%, provides 70% of the content), Sky Mexico, Empresas Cablevision (51%), Televisa Networks (33 stations), Channels 2, 4, 5 and 9
Music:Televisa Musica, Radio: Sistema Radiopolis (50% with Prisa) 17 Mexican Radio Stations.
Publishing: Editorial Televisa, Grupo Televisa Publishing Distribution (78 titles in 20 countries), it also publishes Spanish editions of major English publications such as Cosmopolitan, Harpar's Bazaar, Good Housekeeping, PC Magazine. and National Geographic
Internet: Televisa Digital: Esmas, Gyggs
Film: Videocine, Televisa Home Entertainment,
HearstUSA
TV:Hearst-Argyle Television (77%)—ABC, NBC, CW and CBS network-affiliated stations in markets around the US; A&E Networks (37.5%), Lifetime Entertainment Services (50%), Cosmopolitan Television
Radio: 2 US radio stations
Magazines: Hearst Magazines, include: Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harper's BAZAAR, O, The Oprah Magazine (with Harpo), Popular Mechanics, Seventeen, SmartMoney (with Dow Jones), Newspapers: 12 daily newspapers including The San Francisco Chronicle, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Houston Chronicle
Internet: Drugstore.com, White Directory Publishers (telephone directories), NBCWeather.com
TV:Lebanese Broadcasting Corp.Satellite (49%), Islamic Al Resalah (The Message) channel, Rotana (music video production), Rotana Clip, Rotana Music, Rotana Gulf, Rotana Cinema, Rotana Tarab, RotanaZaman, Rotana Europe,
Radio: Rotana FM Magazines:Rotanna Magazine
Media Investments: NewsCorp (5.9%), Disney (2%), TimeWarner (1%), Apple (1%), Rotana studios, Amazon (1%), Sonatel (10% Senegalese telecom) Non-Media Investments: Four Seasons (27%). Savoy Hotel London, EuroDisney (10%), Citigroup (3%), Motorola (1%),
TV: Canal J, Gulli, TiJi, Teva (24.5%), Muzzik, Match TV, Canal Satellie (34%)
Radio: Radio stations in the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Romania, Russia, and South Africa including Europe 1 & 2, Lagardere Active Radio International, RFM
Publishing: Legardere Publishing publishes dictionaries, textbooks and general literature; Larousse, Robert Laffont, Bordas, Magazines: Legardere Active prints magazines including Elle, Ici Paris, France Dimanche, Psychologies Magazine, Woman’s Day, Car and Driver, and Cycle World; Marie Claire Publisher (45%), Newspapers: LeMonde (17%), La Provence, Nice-Matin (94%), Var-Matin (94%) Corse Matin (86.5%), Corse (86.5%) Votre Hebdo (86.5%), L'Alsace (20%)
Internet:Cellfish Media; Legadare Active Media; Other: Intermedia (85%), Lagardère Publicité (2nd largest adv. agency in France, Interdeco Group (media buyer), and the media planning agencies Eurosud Pbulicite (86%) and Hexagone (22%)
MediasetItaly
TV:Canale 5, Italia 1, Rete 4, GestevisionTelecino (majority, Spain), Boing (51%), Mediashopping, Mediaset Premium, Endemol NV, Radio: Radio 101,
Publishing: Monadori (largest Italian magazine publisher) Magazines: Newspapers: Il Giornale
Other: Mediolanum (36%), advertising firm PublItalia and AC Milan, one of Italy's top professional soccer teams. Albacom (Telecom),
Phoenix TV China
TV:Phoenix Satellite Television (Hong Kong), Phoenix Global Television, Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment, Phoenix Film &TV Company, China Global Television (50%)
Magazines: Phoenix Weekly Magazine, Hong Kong Phoenix Weekly Magazine (77%) Internet:Phoenix TV.com
Film: Phoenix Film & TV Co.
NaspersSouth Africa
TV: MultiChoice, M-Net, SupersportMagazines: Chinese sports publisher Titan (partial), Paarl Media, Media24, Beijing Media Corp (10%),
Internet: Russian web portal Mail.ru (30%), Sanook a Thai internet company; MediaZone, NetWeb (12%), Tencent (35% China), Sanook (Thailand), Other Investments: Abril (30%), and the Chinese advertising groups Tixa
RedeGloboBrazil
TV:TV Globo, Globo International NetworkCabo Globo, Globosat, Radio: Sistema Globo
de Radio, Som Livre
Pubishing: Editora Globo Magazines: Epoca Newspapers: Extra, O Globo
Internet: Globo Video (internet video)
Film: Globo Filmes, Telecine Programações de Filmes
PrisaSpain
TV: Sogecable—includes Cuatro (44.3%),DIGITAL +, Localia (75%), Portugal TVI, NBP
Radio: Cadena SER (40 Stations), M80, Radiolé, SinfoRadio MáximaFM, Unión Radio (80%), International Radio (GLR)—Colombia, Mexico, USA, Chile, Argentina, Costa Rica
Newspapers: El País, 5 Días, As (75%), Le Monde (15%), Magazines: El Correo de Andalucía, Odiel, La Voz de Almería, Plantas de impression, Cinemanía, Claves,Rolling Stone, Publishing: Santillana, Grupo Santillana (textbooks) includes Aguilar, Alfaguara, Altea, Taurus, Salamandra
Film: Sogecine
China
Shanghai Media Group
TV: Shanghai Media Group Newspapers: China Business DailyInternet: BestTV(Internet protocol TV) Other: Shanghai Oriental Dragon Mobile Telecommunication, Shanghai Telecom
Film: Shanghai Film Group
SonyJapan/USA
TV: Sony Pictures Television produces shows including Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune; Sony Pictures Home Media, Gameshow Network (50%); Sony Entertainment TV India
Music: Sony BMG Music Entertainment (50% with Bertelsmann)
Internet:Sony Online Entertainment, Sony Pictures Mobile; Other: Sony Ericcson (mobile phones), Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony Pictures Animation
Film: Columbia TriStar: Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, & Columbia Pictures; Metro Goldwyn-Mayer Studios; Sony Pictures Studios
VivendiFrance
TV: Canal+ France (65%) includes CanalSat, Canal+, Canal+ distribution Music: Universal Music
Internet: CanalSat Mobile Other Investments: Maroc Telecom (51%), SFR Mobile (56%), N9uf Cegetel (40.5%), Vivendi Games, Universal Studios (92%)
Film:Studio Canal, CanalPlay
Data Source: Collected from the latest available proxy statements and/or corporate websites as of February 2008. This chart includes key holdings and is not an exhaustive list.
Zee India
TV: Zee Cinema,, Zee Muzic, Zee Smile, Zee Jagran, Zee Premiere, Zee Classic, Zee Action, Zee Studio, Zee Cafe and Zee Trendz; Zee TV, Zee Sports Limited, Zee News Limited, New Era Entertainment Network Limited, Zee Telefilms (International), Zee Turner Ltd (74%), Taj TV Mauritius (50%), Ten Sports (50%), ETC Networks (51%), Siti Cable, Zee News Ltd.
Film: Zee Cinema Internet: Wire and Wireless (India) LimitedMusic: Zee Records