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Who Owns the News Media is an interactive database of companies that own news properties in the United States. Use the site to compare the companies, explore each media sector or read profiles of individual companies. Learn more about the site.

Top Newspaper Companies

Rank Company Total Weekday Circulation
1 Gannett 6,816,890
2 MediaNews Group 2,565,620
3 McClatchy Company 2,556,580
4 Advance Publications 2,429,970
5 Tribune Company 2,384,440
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Top Online News Companies

Rank Company Monthly Unique Visitors for All News Sites
1 Yahoo 33,637,000
2 General Electric 32,326,000
3 Time Warner 27,000,000
4 Gannett 26,351,000
5 AOL 24,358,000
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Top Network TV Companies

Rank Company Morning and Evening News Viewership
1 General Electric 14,883,000
2 Walt Disney Company* 12,591,000
3 CBS 9,246,000
4 Public Broadcasting Service 1,200,000
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Top Cable News Companies

Rank Company Combined Cable News Viewership
1 News Corporation* 2,150,000
2 Time Warner 1,420,000
3 General Electric 1,000,600
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Top Local TV Companies

Rank Company Combined Station Reach
1 CBS 35%
2 News Corporation* 31%
3 General Electric 30%
4 Tribune Company 28%
5 Walt Disney Company* 23%
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Top Magazine Companies

Rank Company Total Magazine Circulation
1 Time Warner 32,596,500
2 Meredith Corporation* 24,505,400
3 Hearst Corporation 21,333,000
4 Advance Publications 18,053,200
5 Reader’s Digest Association 14,536,500
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Top Radio Companies

Rank Company Total Radio Audience
1 Cox Enterprises 204,459,000
2 Clear Channel Communications 143,962,000
3 CBS 83,408,500
4 Entercom 17,943,600
5 Radio One 14,506,000
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Top Ethnic Companies

Rank Company
1 General Electric
2 Time Warner
3 Univision Communications
4 Viacom
5 McClatchy Company
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*These companies operate on a fiscal year rather than a calender year. For these companies PEJ took the quarterly reports from the company to compile a calender year so that revenue and profit figures are comparable across all companies.