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Check out these resources to learn how big Big Media really is. To help in the campaign to save local media from monopoly control, visit StopBigMedia.com.
Interactive Charts
These handy charts let you browse individual company holdings. To make it easy, we’ve divided them up by media sector:
  • The “Big Six” companies
  • Cable providers
  • Television networks & stations
  • Print media
  • Telecommunications
    • Top 20 Lists
    Want to know who owns the most popular media outlets in the United States? Check out our lists of owners for the top 20:
  • Web sites
  • Cable channels
  • Daily newspapers
  • Local TV stations
    • Research and Reports
    We’ve put Big Media under the microscope, and what we’ve found might surprise you.
  • Out of the Picture: Minority & Female TV Station Ownership in the U.S.
  • Off the Dial: Minority & Female Radio Station Ownership in the U.S.
  • The Case Against Media Consolidation
  • State of the News Media 2007 (from PEJ)
  • The Cost of Cable (from Common Cause)
  • The Politics and Policy of Media Ownership
    • AT&T History
    This graphic shows how much (or how little) things have changed since the government broke up Ma Bell.
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