COMPANIES THAT

OWN MEDIA
 DISNEY
Disney was founded in 1923 by Walt Disney

It later became one of It now owns many media companies such as… In 2014 Disney had a revenue
the most successful • Pixar of $487 billion
media companies • Marvel studios
around. • Fox
• Sky
• Hulu
 COMCAST
Comcast was founded in 1963 by Ralph J.
Roberts

Comcast is currently the largest cable Comcast owns many companies such Comcast made a revenue of
provider on earth. as… $69 billion in 2014.
• Hulu
• Universal pictures/studios
• NBC
• Focus features
 21 ST CENTURY FOX
The company was founded in 1935 by Rubert
Murdoch

The company make $32 billion in revenue in 2014 They own other companies in order 21st Century Fox is a $75
to expand globally such as… billion dollar media global
• National geographic empire.
• Fox
• Sky
• Hulu
 TIME WARNER
Time Warner was founded in 1990 by
Stephen J. Ross

Time Warner made $31 billion in They own a large amount of In 2016, Time Warner merged with
revenues in 2017 companies such as.. AT&T and was renamed to Warner
• HBO Media
• CNN
• New line cinema
• Cartoon network
 CBS
CBS was founded in 1927 by Arthur Judson

CBS made $14 billion in revenue CBS have expanded into many CBS and Viacom split and became
in 2014. different platforms to widen two separate companies. However
their media status. CBS came out with a larger company.
 VIACOM
Viacom was founded in 1971 by Sumner
Redstone

Viacom made $13 billion in 2017 in Viacom own smaller companies which Viacom split with CBS however
revenue and are currently worth $1.8 expand internationally such as… came out of it with successful
billion. • Paramount subsidiaries.
• MTV
• Comedy Central
• Nickelodeon
 ALPHABET INC
The company was found in 2015 by Larry Page

They made $110 billion in revenue in Alphabet Inc. owns many companies They reached a large number of
2017 and are currently worth $12 billion. such as… employees this year, totalling at
• Google 89,000 members.
• Calico
• Fiber
• YouTube
 GOOGLE
Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey
Brin

Google made a revenue of $110 billion in Google created a wide range of Google are one of the largest
2018, that up from $90 billion from 2016. sub-companies such as… media companies around, from
• Chrome creating phones to default search
• Google Play engines on many devices.
• Gmail
• YouTube
• Waze
 SKY
Sky was founded in 1990 by Rupert Murdoch

Sky is one of Britain's largest TV network Although Sky haven’t bought many companies In 2017, sky made a revenue of
providers who have recently expanded to they have expanded to more media genres such £12.9 billion pounds. It also has
phone providers. as… 21 million subscribers
• Sky sports throughout the UK alone.
• Sky mobile
• Sky cinema
 FACEBOOK
Facebook was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook has quickly become the Facebook bought a lot of
largest social media platform around social media companies such
the world, with over 2 billion as…
members. • WhatsApp
• Oculus VR
• Instagram
Facebooks annual
revenue has increased
majorly, peaking at $15,9
million in 2017.