Share of Ownership

Share of Ownership relates to concentration of Media Ownership which means that a very small number of corporations are controlling an increasing amount of the media industry. 

Today, some of the largest contributors to the UK media industry are;

- the BBC

- Ofcom

- ITV

- Northern & Shell

In America, roughly 90% of the media is owned by "The Big Six". The Big Six includes General Electric, Walt Disney, News Corp, Time Warner, Viacom and CBS.

Walt Disney: In 2009, Disney had revenues of $36.1 billion. 

Disney owns; 

- ABC Television network 

- Cable networks such as; ESPN, the Disney Channel, SOAPnet, A&E and Lifetime 

- 277 radio stations

- Music and book publishing companies 

- Film production companies; Touchstone, Miramax and Walt Disney Pictures

- Pixar Animation Studios

- Disney Mobile

- Worldwide theme parks

News Corp,  founded in 1979 by Australian born Rupert Murdoch, basically have fingers in a million different pies causing them to dominate a large portion of the media industry, much like Disney.

News Corp owns (or part owns)

- Fox Entertainments Group (20th & 21st Century Fox, FOX, etc)

- The Wall Street Journal

- The Times / The Sunday Times

- New York Post

- The Daily Telegraph / The Sunday Telegraph (non-UK)

- The Sunday Mail (non-UK)

- Vogue (Australia)

- GQ (Australia)

Plus many more.