You know you have a media empire on your hands when an independent list of your many holdings relegates Blockbuster, the widespread video rental chain, to the end of the list, under “other.” That empire would be Viacom.
The Columbia Journalism Review maintains “Who Owns What,” an online guide to the ownership of all the major media companies. Interesting stuff.
Some facts that I now find interesting to see again in this context: the company I work for is (let’s get the flow charts handy) a division of a division of Reed Elsevier. A few years ago I worked for a PR agency whose clients included Knight Ridder Digital. And lastly, three of my four magazine subscriptions are Condé Nast publications, all of which are owned by Advance. There’s a media monopoly in my mailbox! (Link via serendipity.)
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The ‘Who owns what’ site is down 🙁
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