US Mega-Conglomerates Mini-FAQ v1.0
                Jorn Barger   3 June 1996


Here's an attempt to sort out the main players in the US mega-conglomerate 
game.  I've tried to emphasize only the most important connections:
- conflicts of interest: major media outlets like tv networks and national
  magazines
- which brand names they're in bed with
- who's the ceo and what are the ceo's political leanings

Sometimes it seems the CEO is less relevant than the subhead of the network,
but I haven't figured out how to sort this out.  And I haven't tracked
down a lot of the CEO names yet.

I've included non-media conglomerates like PepsiCo, for brandname 
cross-promotions (eg, with KFC and Taco Bell).

And there are partial connections between lots of the media groups, that
I have to figure out how to map...

Key:
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CEOname:  media holdings - brand names - (partial stake-- 50% or less)
URL references; CEO details
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Movie studio logos: Paramount- mountain;  Warner- WB shield; 
  Columbia- Ms. Liberty;  Universal- globe
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Redstone: Viacom - UPN - Paramount - Spelling - Showtime - MTV -  VH1
          Comedy Central - Sci-Fi Channel -  TMC - Nickelodeon - (USA)
          Prentice Hall - Simon & Schuster - Blockbuster - Chris-Craft
          tv-radio

Levin:  Warner - HBO - Cinemax - WB - Time - People - Atlantic - Elektra
        BOMC - Little, Brown - Entertainment Weekly - Fortune - Life
        Sports Illustrated - Six Flags - (Turner) - (Whittle)

Turner: CNN - TBS - TNT - TCM - New Line - Castle Rock/Seinfeld
        Cartoon Network - Braves - Hawks
Turner is conservative w/ environmental/one-world/pro-choice sympathies
Bio: "Citizen Turner" by

Eisner: ABC - Disney - Touchstone - Miramax - Buena Vista - ESPN
        WABC, KABC, WLS, KGO - Fairchild - WWD - W - LA Magazine
        (Lifetime) - (A&E)

Murdoch: News Corp -  Fox - fX - TV Guide - HarperCollins - Delphi
         London Times - newspapers
Murdoch is conservative (ex-liberal/labour)

???: British Telecommunications - MCI - (News Corp)

Malone:  TCI - Liberty Media - (Turner) - (QVC) - cable

Jordan: CBS - Group W - WCBS, KCBS, WBBM - TNN - CMT - Westinghouse

???:  Sony - Columbia - TriStar - Triumph Films - Epic - Culver

???:  Universal - MCA - Putnam - Cineplex Odeon - Seagram - Tropicana

???:  NBC - CNBC - GE - RCA - Hotpoint

Cox: Discovery - E! - TLC - Rysher - Time-Mirror - tv-radio - newspapers

???:  AMC - Bravo - Madison Square Garden - (MuchMusic) - (IFC)

Newhouse: Random House - Knopf - Ballantine - New Yorker - Vanity Fair
          Crown - Vintage - Details - Self - Parade - newspapers-radio

Brumback: Chicago Tribune - Compton's Multi - Contemporary - (AOL)
          WGN, KTLA, WPIX - Cubs - tv-radio - newspapers

Batten:  Knight-Ridder - newspapers

???:  NY Times - Family Circle - McCall's - Boston Globe - tv-radio

???:  Newsweek - Washington Post

Zuckerman: US News & World - Atlantic Monthly - NY Daily News

Kann:  Wall St Journal - Barron's - Dow-Jones - newspapers

Indie networks: PBS;  CSPAN;  BET;  Family Channel;  TBN

Enrico: Pepsi - 7-Up - Taco Bell - Pizza Hut - KFC - Frito-Lay
        Mountain Dew - Crush - Hires - Lipton Ice Tea - Ruffles
        SunChips - RoldGold - Smartfood

Goizueta: Coke -  Sprite - Powerade - Fruitopia - Barq - Minute Maid
          Five Alive - Hi-C - Fanta - Fresca - Mello Yello - Mr Pibb
          Nestea - Powerade - Ramblin' rootbeer - Tab - A&W
          Canada Dry - Dad's - Dr Pepper - Evian - Mendota Springs
          Naya - Schweppes - Squirt - Sunkist - Welch's

Atwater: General Mills - Yoplait - Bisquick - Betty Crocker - Fruit Corners
         Gold Medal - Nature Valley - Reese's - Colombo - Pop Secret

Bryan: Sara Lee - Ball Park - Jimmy Dean -  Mark Cross - Hanes - Brylcreem

???: Campbell's - Franco-American - Prego - Swanson - V-8

Smithburg: Quaker - Cap'n Crunch - Life - Rice-A-Roni - Snapple - Gatorade

???: Nabisco - A-1 - Fleischmann's - Grey Poupon - Ortega

???: Procter & Gamble - Crisco - Duncan Hines - Hawaiian Punch
     Jif - Pringle's - Puritan - Sunny Delight

???: Butterfinger - Carnation - Contadina - Nestle Brands - Coffee-mate
     Taster's Choice - Libby's - Lean Cuisine - Stouffer's

???: Kraft Foods Inc - Baker's - Boboli - Breakstone's - Bull's-eye
     Certo - Cool Whip - General Foods - Gevalia - Good Seasons - Jell-o
     Knudsen - Lender's - Light 'N Lively - Log Cabin - Maxwell House
     Minute Rice - Nabisco - Parkay - Post - Shake'n Bake - Stove Top
     Budget Gourmet - Yuban - Birds Eye - Cappio - Cheez Whiz
     Country Time - Crystal Light - Kool-aid - Velveeta - 

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General references:
An excellent overview of tv network ownership: 

  of food brands: