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The World's Biggest Media Groups by Ad-Funded Media Revenues in 2016

Alphabet	Advance Publications
Facebook	JCDecaux
Comcast	News Corporation
Baidu	Globo
Walt Disney	CCTV
21st Century Fox	Verizon
CBS	Mediaset
iHeartMedia	Discovery Communications
Microsoft	TEGNA
Bertelsmann	ITV
Viacom	ProSieben.Sat1
Time Warner	Sinclair Broadcast Group
Yahoo	Axel Springer
Tencent	Scripps Networks Interactive
Hearst Corporation	Twitter

Source: ZenithOptimedia. Includes only revenues from activities that support advertising

The Top 10 Movie Studios in the US by gross domestic box office in 2018

Buena Vista (Disney) $3.09bn	Paramount $757m
Warner Bros $1.94bn	Lionsgate $389m
Universal Pictures $1.77bn	STX $270m
Sony Pictures $1.30bn	Focus Features (Universal) $167m
20th Century Fox $1.08bn	MGM/UA $164m

Source: Box Office Mojo

The Top Videogame Publishers in 2015 by revenues

TenCent ($8.7bn)	EA ($4.3bn)
Microsoft ($6.8bn)	Google ($3.0bn)
Sony ($5.8bn)	NetEase ($2.8bn)
Activision Blizzard ($4.7bn)	Warner Bros ($2.2bn)
Apple ($4.4bn)	King ($2.0bn)*

Source: NewZoo *King acquired by Activision in 2016

The Top Online US Publishers in 2016 by visitors

Google sites (242m visitors)	ComCast / NBC Universal (158m)
Facebook (209m)	AOL (153m)
Yahoo!sites (204m)	CBS (135m)
Microsoft sites (199m)	Apple (140m)
Amazon sites (182m)	LinkedIn (128m)

Source: ComScore figures for May 2016

The Top 10 Cable Networks in 2011 by estimated revenues

ESPN channels $9.01bn	Fox Sports Net (Fox) $1.93bn
HBO/Cinemax (Time Warner) $3.98bn	USA Network (NBC Universal) $1.78bn
Nickelodeon channels (Viacom) $2.51bn	Fox News  (Fox) $1.63bn
MTV Music & Logo channels $2.48bn	TBS (Time Warner) $1.51bn
TNT (Time Warner) $2.40bn	Showtime Networks (CBS) $1.51bn

Source: SNL Kagan

Top Recorded Music Groups in 2018 by market share	Top Consumer Book Publishers in 2014 by revenues
Universal Music Group (31% global share)	Penguin Random House (Bertelsmann) $4.05bn
Sony Music (21%)	Harper Collins (News Corporation) $1.4bn
Warner Music (18%)	Hachette Livre $975m
independents & Artists Direct (30%)	Simon & Schuster (CBS) $778m

Source: MIDiA: combined physical & digital share

Other Media, Entertainment & Broadcasting Companies Profiled in Adbrands

Daily Mail & General Trust	Bell Canada Enterprises (BCE)
RTL Group	Charter Communications
Rogers Communications	Anheuser-Busch
Gripo Prisa	Time Inc
Thomson Reuters	Expedia
Canal+	Netflix
Gruner Jahr	TF1
DirecTV	Cox Enterprises
BSkyB	Vivendi

Gone But Not (Completely) Forgotten

PolyGram	EMI
Vivendi Universal Publishing	BMG Entertainment
UIP

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