In the wake of Rupert Murdoch’s gobbling up of yet another media outlet, you might want to take a look at the Columbia Journalism Review’s lists of Who Owns What. It’s a bit out of date – for instance, News Corp (Fox) owns more than is on this list. But when you’re talking about such sheer numbers of subsidiaries, what’s a few more?
News Corp owns (this is a LONG list):
News Corporation – Books
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins General Book Group
HarperCollins
Perennial
Cliff Street Books
The Ecco Press
Quill
HarperAudio
Regan Books
Amistad Press
Morrow/Avon
William Morrow
Avon
HarperTorch
Eos
HarperEntertainment
HarperSanFrancisco
HarperInformation
HarperBusiness
HarperResource
Access Travel
William Morrow Cookbooks
Branded Books Program
HarperCollins Children’s Book Group
Greenwillow Books
Joanna Cotler Books
Laura Geringer Books
HarperCollins HarperFestival
HarperTrophy
Avon
Tempest
HarperCollins International
News Corporation – Broadcast, Cable & Satellite
Television:
United States
- Fox Broadcasting Company
- Fox Entertainment
- Fox Kid’s Network
- Fox Sports
Fox Television Stations
- WNYW – New York City
- WWOR – New York City
- KTTV – Los Angeles
- KCOP – Los Angeles
- WFLD – Chicago
- KBHK – San Francisco
- KMSP – Minneapolis
- WFTC – Minneapolis
- WTXF – Philadelphia
- WFXT – Boston
- WTTG – Washington D.C
- KDFW – Dallas
- WJBK – Detroit
- KUTP – Phoenix
- WUTB – Baltimore
- WRBW – Orlando
- WOFL – Orlando
- WOGX – Ocala
- WAGA – Atlanta
- KRIV – Houston
- WJW – Cleveland
- WTVT – Tampa
- KSAZ – Phoenix
- KDVR – Denver
- KTVI – St. Louis
- WITI – Milwaukee
- WDAF – Kansas City
- KSTU – Salt Lake City
- WHBQ – Memphis
- WGHP – Greensboro
- WBRC – Birmingham
- KTBC – Austin
- KVC – Austin (LMA)
Cable and Satelite
Twentieth Television
- SkyGlobal
- Fox Sports Net
- Fox Sports South
- Fox Sports Pittsburgh
- Fox Sports Southeast
- Fox Sports Midwest
- Fox Sports Rocky Mountain
- Fox Sports Arizona
- Fox Sports Northwest
- Fox Sports West
- Fox Sports West#2
- Fox Sports Detroit
- Fox Sports Bay Area (with Rainbow Media Holdings)
- Fox Sports Chicago (with Rainbow Media Holdings)
- Fox Sports Cincinnati
- Fox Sports Intermountain West
- Fox Sports New England (with Rainbow Media)
- Fox Sports New York (with Rainbow Media)
- Fox Sports Ohio (with Rainbow Media)
- Fox Sports Southwest
- Madison Square Garden Network
- FiT TV
- The Health Network
- Fox Sports World
- FX
- National Geographic’s cable channel (50% with GE and National Geographic)
United Kingdom
- British Sky Broadcasting (40% – French utility and telecommunications group Vivendi owns 24.5% of BSkyB)
- Music Choice Europe (49%)
- QVC (20%)
- Sky Multi-Channels (more than 40 channels, including the following in which BSkyB has an economic interest)
- .tv
- National Geographic Channel UK (50%)
- Paramount Channel (25%)
- Sky One
- Sky News
- Sky Soap
- Sky Travel
- The Computer Channel
- Nickelodeon U.K. (50%)
- The History Channel (50%)
- Sky Scottish (50%)
- Granada Plus
- Granada Talk TV
- Granada Men and Motors
- Granada TV High Street
- Granada Food and Wine
- Granada Health and Beauty
- Granada Home and Garden
- Sky Movies
- The Movie Channel
- Sky Sports
- Sky Movies Gold
- Sky Sports 2
- Sky Sports 3
Germany
- TM3 (66%)
- Premiere World – 24% (owned through BSkyB)
Australia
- FOXTEL (25% with PBL and Telestra)
- Arena (50%)
- Channel V (50%)
- FOX 8
- FX
- Fox Classics
- History Channel
- Main Event Television (33.3% owned by FOXTEL)
- Showtime Australia (20%)
- Nickelodeon (25%)
- Sky News Australia (Ownership by BSKYB)
- UK TV (60%)
- Fox Sports 1 (50%)
- Fox Sports 2 (50%)
- The Comedy Channel (80%)
- Fox News Channel
Asia
- Star TV
- STAR Chinese
- STAR Plus
- STAR Movies
- STAR Plus Japan
- STAR Movies South
- ESPN STAR Sports (50%)
- STAR Sports
- Channel (V) (50%)
- Viva Cinema (50%)
- Phoenix Satellite TV (45%)
- Phoenix Chinese
Canada
- CTV Sportsnet
India
- ISKYB
- Asia Today Ltd. (50%)
- ZEE TV
- EL TV
- ZEE Cinema
- Siti Cable Network Pvt (50%)
Italy
- Stream (minority stake)
Indonesia
- Indiovision (46%)
- Film Indonesia (50%)
Japan
- News Broadcasting Japan (80%)
- SkyPerfect TV (11%)
Latin America
- Canal Fox
- Fox Sports Americas (owned by Fox/Liberty Media)
- Fox Kids
- Telecine (12.5%)
- CineCanal (21.5%)
Sky Latin America DTH Platform
- Innova (30%)
- NetSat (36%)
- balance of Latin America (30%)
News Corporation – Magazines
Magazines and Inserts
United States
- TV Guide (partial)
- TVSM
- TV Total
- Cable Guide
- In Store
- FSI
Canada
- News Canada FSI
- In Store
- FSI
- The Times Educational Supplement
- The Times Literary Supplement
- Nursery World
Australia- Asia
- Pacific Islands Monthly
News Corporation – Movies
Film Production and Distribution
United States
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Fox Filmed Entertainment
- Fox 2000
- Fox Searchlight
- Fox Family Films
- Fox Animation Studios
- Twentieth Century Fox Home
- Twentieth Century Fox T.V.
Australia
- Fox Studios Australia
News Corporation – Newspapers
United States
- New York Post
United Kingdom
- The Times
- The Sunday Times
- The Sun
- News of the World
- The Times Supplements
Australia
National
- The Australian
- The Weekend Australian
New South Wales
- The Daily Telegraph
- The Sunday Telegraph
- Sportsman
- Cumberland Newspaper Group (20 various titles in Sydney suburbs)
Victoria
- Herald Sun
- Sunday Herald Sun
- The Weekly Times
- Mx
- Leader Newspaper Group (30 various titles in Melbourne suburbs)
Queensland
- The Courier Mail (41.7%)
- The Sunday Mail (41.7%)
- Gold Coast Bulletin (41.7%)
- The Cairns Post Group (41.7%)
- North Queensland Newspaper Group
- Townsville Bulletin
- Quest Community Newspapers (17 various titles in Brisbane suburbs)
Northern Territory
- Northern Territory News
- Sunday Territorian
- Centralian Advocate
- The Suburban
Tasmania
- The Mercury
- The Sunday Tasmanian
- Tasmanian Country
- Treasure Islander
- Derwnet Valley Gazette
South Australia
- The Advertiser
- Sunday Mail
- Messenger Press Group
Western Australia –
- Sunday Times
New Zealand
- Independent Newspaper Limited (50%)
Fiji
- The Fiji Times
- Nai Lalakei (Fijian language)
- Shanti Dut (Hindi language)
Papua New Guinea
- Post Courier (63%)
News Corporation – Other
United States
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- New York Knicks, New York Rangers (20 percent stake through partnership with Cablevision)
- Los Angeles Kings (NHL, 40% option)
- Los Angeles Lakers (NBA, 9.8% option)
- Staples Center (40% owned by Fox/Liberty)
- News America New Media
- Fox Sports Radio Network
Europe
- Broadsystem Ltd.
- Convoys Group
- PLD Telekon (38%)
- Sky Radio (71%)
- Sky Radio Sweden (28%)
- TALKCO (20%)
- Radio 538 (42%)
Australia – Asia
- Australian International (24.5%)
- Broadsystem Australia
- Festival Records
- F.S. Falkiner & Sons
Festival Mushroom Records
- National Rugby League Championship Company (50%)
- Newspoll (50%)
News Corporation – Technology
United States
- EA.com (partial)
- NDS Americas
- News Advanced Technologies
- News America Digital Publishing
- News Internet Services
- Healtheon/WebMD Corp – 10.8 %
- TheStreet.com (partial stake with New York Times Co.)
- iSyndicate (partial stake with E.W. Scripps, NBC, InfoSpace, Vignette, and Microsoft)
- Gemstar-TV Guide International (partial)
- STATS
United Kingdom
- News Digital Systems Ltd.
- Line One (33%)
- Sportal (5.5% through BSkyB)
Australia – Asia
- News Interactive
- PDN Xinren Information Technology Co. Ltd. (50%)
Would appreciate being kept abreast of further updated to this list. We have developed a similarly scary matrix of overlapping News / PBL / Telstra interests in Australia.