Media companies are an enormous part of the current entertaining landscape. They are the ones who are responsible for production on different platforms such as TV, movies, radio, publishing, and the internet. Now the world is currently monopolized, the giants own other companies as well. Here is the list which shows the biggest media corporation.
Sony Entertainment
The Japanese Sony Corporation owned a global entertainment company. The focus of Sony entertainment is on movies and music business. The company is having 18,000 employees and also part of Columbia Pictures, Califon Production, and Epic Records. The current chairman is Kenichiro Yoshida.
Apple Inc.
Apple is an American multinational technology company. The main focus of Apple Inc. is smartphones and Mac but they also started streaming TV service. The streaming TV falls under the media company.
21st Century Fox
The 21st Century Fox was previously owned by News Corp. but in 2017 Rupert Murdoch sold the company to Disney for $71.3 billion. In 2018 21st Century Fox made over $37 billion.
Charter Comm. Inc.
Charter Communication Inc. offering service in broadband, cable television, and internet service. The company provides its products to 26 million customers, making this the second largest cable operator in the US. The was founded back in 1993 and serving in 41 states of the US.
Tencent Holdings
The Chinese tech giant Tencent is one of the world’s most valuable technology company and therefore among the largest media companies. The segments in the company include social media, search engines, game development, and mass media. The recent launch of video game PUBG (Player Unknown BattleGround) is developed by Tencent which is the most playable game during the pandemic coronavirus.
Facebook, Inc.
The whole world knows about Facebook. Facebook is the leading social media website. The company is also have other several branches related to media like news programming and other media that filters through its social channels.
The Walt Disney Company
Walt Disney was founded back in 1923. When we heard the name “Disney” immediately princess pictures and other cartoon characters came in our mind. The company also acquired other famous film studios as well like Marvel and Pixar.
Comcast
Comcast is a telecommunication company that provides service in cable television and broadband. Comcast also owned NBC, MSNBC and film studio named Universal Pictures.
Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. is the parent company of Google. Acting as an umbrella company it allows Google to concentrate on its search engine and software. YouTube gives it a diversification into media.
AT&T
AT&T is a business giant that has also roots in telecommunication, technology, mass media, and entertainment industry. AT&T is the world’s biggest telecommunication company. As the parent company of WarnerMedia it is the largest media company in revenue wise.
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