<P> Media cross-ownership is the ownership of multiple media businesses by a person or corporation . These businesses can include broadcast and cable television, film, radio, newspaper, magazine, book publishing, music, video games, and various online entities . Much of the debate over concentration of media ownership in the United States has for many years focused specifically on the ownership of broadcast stations, cable stations, newspapers and websites . </P> <P> Over time the amount of media merging has increased and the number of media outlets have increased . That translates to fewer companies owning more media outlets, increasing the concentration of ownership . In 1983, 90% of US media was controlled by 50 companies; today, 90% is controlled by just 5 companies . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Company </Th> <Th> Media Outlets </Th> <Th> Revenues </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Comcast </Td> <Td> Holdings include: NBCUniversal, NBC and Telemundo, Universal Pictures, Illumination Entertainment, Focus Features, DreamWorks Animation, 26 television stations in the United States and cable networks USA Network, Bravo, CNBC, The Weather Channel, MSNBC, Syfy, NBCSN, Golf Channel, Esquire Network, E!, Chiller, Universal HD and NBC Sports Regional Networks . Comcast also owns the Philadelphia Flyers through a separate subsidiary . <P> See: List of assets owned by Comcast . </P> </Td> <Td> US $80.40 billion (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> The Walt Disney Company </Td> <Td> Holdings include: ABC Television Network, cable networks ESPN, the Disney Channel, Disney XD, Freeform, History, A&E and Lifetime, approximately 30 radio stations, music, video game, and book publishing companies, production companies Touchstone, Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios, mobile app developer Disney Mobile, Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media, and theme parks in several countries . Also has a longstanding partnership with Hearst Corporation, which owns additional TV stations, newspapers, magazines, and stakes in several Disney television ventures . <P> See: List of assets owned by Disney . </P> </Td> <Td> US $55.13 billion (2017) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Time Warner </Td> <Td> Formerly the largest media conglomerate in the world, with holdings including: CNN, The CW (a joint venture with CBS), HBO, Cinemax, Cartoon Network / Adult Swim, HLN, NBA TV, TBS, TNT, TruTV, Turner Classic Movies, Warner Bros. Pictures, Castle Rock, DC Comics, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, and New Line Cinema . <P> See: List of assets owned by Time Warner . </P> </Td> <Td> US $29.32 billion (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21st Century Fox </Td> <Td> Holdings include: the Fox Broadcasting Company, cable networks Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Sports 1, Fox Sports 2, National Geographic, Nat Geo Wild, FX, FXX, FX Movie Channel, MyNetworkTV and the regional Fox Sports Networks; film production companies 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures and Blue Sky Studios . <P> See: List of assets owned by 21st Century Fox </P> </Td> <Td> US $27.32 billion (2016) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Amusements </Td> <Td> (CBS) Holdings include: CBS Television Network and the CW (a joint venture with Time Warner), cable networks CBS Sports Network, Showtime, Pop; 30 television stations; Entercom, owner of hundreds of radio stations; CBS Television Studios; book publisher Simon & Schuster . <P> (Viacom) Holdings include: MTV, Nickelodeon / Nick at Nite, TV Land, VH1, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo TV, Paramount Network, Paramount Pictures, and Paramount Home Media Distribution . </P> <P> see: List of assets owned by CBS, List of assets owned by Viacom . </P> </Td> <Td> US $27.15 billion </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Company </Th> <Th> Media Outlets </Th> <Th> Revenues </Th> </Tr>

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