The New Age of Corporate Monopolies

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- AT&T, DirecTV, U-verse
- Time Warner and its properties (Such as CNN, HBO, TBS, TNT, and Cartoon Network)│*Status: Pending*
- Cricket Wireless, Sky Brasil, YP.com (aka Yellowpages.com)
HAS STAKE IN:
- Otter Media

This chart provides an overview of the brands and assets that the proposed $85 billion merger between AT&T and Time Warner would bring together.

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- Turner Broadcasting System
  - CNN, TNT, TBS, truTV, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, Bleacher Report, ELEAGUE, FilmStruck, Great Big Story, HLN, iStreamPlanet, Super Deluxe, Turner Classic Movies (TCM), and Turner Sports (NBA.com and NCAA.com)
- Home Box Office Inc. (HBO® and Cinemax®)
  - One of the most successful pay TV service: HBO® and Cinemax®
  - Services Offered: HBO On Demand®, HBO GO®, HBO NOW®, Cinemax, MAX GO®, Cinemax on Demand, and more.
  - HBO Network: Game of Thrones, Veep, Vice, and more.
- Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
  - Brands: Feature Films, Television, Video games
    - Film franchises include Harry Potter & DC Comics
    - TV series include Big Bang Theory and Gotham
HAS STAKE IN:
- Hulu, The CW, Fandango

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- Verizon Wireless
- Fios (Verizon’s Package bundle: Internet, TV, and Phone service)
- Oath Inc. = AOL + Yahoo!
- HuffPost, Yahoo Sports, AOL.com, Yahoo Finance, Yahoo Mail, Flickr, Tumblr, Engadget, TechCrunch, MAKERS, BUILD Studios, Rivals.com, Ryot, go90, Terremark

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- XFINITY, MSNBC, CNBC
- NBC: News, Sports, TV Network
- NBC Entertainment
- Telemundo, Bravo, Sprout, Syfy, E!
- USA Network, Universal Pictures, Golf Channel
- Universal Studios and other parks and resorts
- DreamWorks Animation, Focus Features, Oxygen
- Philadelphia Flyers (Professional Ice Hockey Team)
HAS STAKE IN:
- Hulu, BuzzFeed, The Weather Channel, Tastemade
- Vox Media: Vox, The Verge, SB Nation, Eater, Recode, Polygon, Curbed
- Instacart (Same-day grocery delivery service)
- Nextdoor (Private social networking service)
- Fandango, FanDuel, TuneIn, Houzz, Flipboard, AwesomenessTV, Slack, Zola

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- 21st Century Fox and its properties (Status: Pending)
- ABC: News, Daytime, TV Network
- ESPN, Disney Channel, Pixar, Marvel
- Freeform (formerly ABC Family)
- Disneyland, Walt Disney World, and other parks and resorts
- Walt Disney Studios, Disney Digital Network (absorbed Maker Studios)
- Touchstone Pictures, Lucasfilm, Polaris
HAS STAKE IN:
- Hulu, Vice Media, A&E, History Channel, Lifetime

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- FOX: Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Sports, & The Fox TV network
- National Geographic Partners: Channel, Magazine and other media assets
- Twentieth Century Fox Film, Fox Searchlight Pictures
- FX, Blue Sky Studios
HAS STAKE IN:
- Hulu, Vice Media, Endemol Shine Group, Sky plc, Roku

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- CBS: News, TV, Radio, Entertainment, Sports
- Showtime, CNET
- Smithsonian Channel, ZDNet, TVGuide.com, Last.fm, Metacritic
- Simon & Schuster (Publishing Company), Watch! Magazine
- GameSpot (Video gaming website that provides news, reviews, previews, downloads, and other information on video games)
- Chowhound Restaurant
HAS STAKE IN:
- The CW

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- Paramount Pictures, MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, VH1, BET
- Spike, CMT, Centric, Logo TV, TV Land, Tr3s
HAS STAKE IN:
- Roku

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- Univision: TV, Radio, Digital Networks
- The Onion: The A.V. Club, ClickHole
- Fusion, The Root, Jalopnik, Jezebel, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Kotaku
- Ufori (Music service and upgraded radio app)
HAS STAKE IN:
- El Rey Network

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- YouTube, Android, Chrome, Nexus, Pixel, Google Home
- Google: Search, Gmail, Maps, Hangouts and other apps
- Waze (The world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app)
- Blogger, Zagat, Nest, Verily, Project Fi
HAS STAKE IN:
- Uber, Lyft, Giphy, Medium, TuneIn, Slack, Confide, Nextdoor

BRANDS THEY OWN:
- Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger
- Internet.org
- Oculus