Just a few mega-conglomerates. For example, Hearst Communications owns:
- Car and Driver
- Cosmopolitan
- ELLE
- Esquire
- Food Network Magazine
- Harper’s BAZAAR
- Marie Claire
- O, Oprah Magazine
- Popular Mechanics
- Road & Track
- Seventeen
- Men’s Health
- Women’s Health
- A+E Networks (50% stake with Walt Disney Corporation)
- ESPN Inc (they own 20% stake, with Walt Disney who owns 80%)
- Blackbook
- XM Satellite Radio
- Geneaology.com
And a lot of other stuff.
Why does this matter?
Essentially if there is just one mega corporation which owns all the media, that means they own our minds.

Verizon

Verizon — we all know the Verizon guy?
What does Verizon own? Some things they have acquired:
- Yahoo ($4 billion)
- What does Yahoo own?
- Verizon owns ‘Oath’ which owns AOL and Yahoo subsidiaries like Huffington Post, MSN, TechCrunch, etc.
- Complex ($250 million)
- AOL ($4 billion)
As of 2019, Verizon assimilated AOL and their properties:
- Huffington Post
- Engadget
- Autoblog
- TechCrunch
AT&T

In 2018, some things that AT&T acquired:
- Warner Brothers
- HBO & Cinemax
- Adult Swim, Cartoon Network
- TBS
- CNN
- DC Entertainment
- DC Films
- The CW
- Warner Bros Animation
- Fandango Media
Things AT&T already owned:
In 2018, some things that AT&T acquired:
- HBO & Cinemax
- Adult Swim, Cartoon Network
- TBS
- CNN
- DC Entertainment
- DC Films
- The CW
- Warner Bros Animation
- Fandango Media
Things AT&T already owned:
- Cricket Wireless (the ‘ghetto’ phone brand)
- Crunchyroll (anime)
- DirecTV
- Yellowpages.com