The document summarizes several major media conglomerates: - Time Warner is a global leader in television networks, film, and television entertainment. - General Electric operates in power, oil/gas, aviation, healthcare and other industries and is among the largest and most profitable U.S. firms. - Viacom has interests in cinema and cable television and is the world's sixth largest broadcasting and cable company. - News Corp was spun off from 21st Century Fox and focuses on newspapers and publishing. - The Walt Disney Company is the world's second largest broadcasting and cable company and operates TV networks, film studios, parks and resorts. - Sony is a Japanese conglomerate focused on

1. Media
conglomerates
By Selene Brown

2. Time warner
Time Warner Inc., a
global leader in media
and entertainment with
businesses in television
networks and film and TV
entertainment, uses its
industry-leading operating
scale and brands to
create, package and
deliver high-quality
content worldwide on a
multi-platform basis.

3. General electric
General Electric (GE) is an American multinational conglomerate corporation
incorporated in New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. As of
2015, the company operates through the following segments: Power and
Water, Oil and Gas, Energy Management, Aviation, Healthcare,
Transportation, and Capital.
In 2011, GE ranked among the Fortune 500 as the 26th-largest firm in the
U.S. by gross revenue, as well as the 14th most profitable. However, the
company is listed the fourth-largest in the world among the Forbes Global
2000, further metrics being taken into account. Other rankings for 2011/2012
include No. 7 company for leaders (Fortune), No. 5 best global brand
(Interbrand), No. 63 green company (Newsweek), No. 15 most admired
company (Fortune), and No. 19 most innovative company (Fast Company).

4. Viacom
Viacom, Inc. (short for Video & Audio Communications) is
an American global mass media company with interests
primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television.
It is the world's sixth largest broadcasting and cable
company in terms of revenue (behind Comcast, The Walt
Disney Company, Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc., Time
Warner, and CBS, respectively). Voting control of Viacom is
held by National Amusements, Inc., a privately owned
theatre company controlled in turn by billionaire Sumner
Redstone. Redstone also holds, via National Amusements,
a controlling stake in CBS Corporation.

5. newscorp
News Corporation (officially referred to as New News Corp;
trading as News Corp) is an American multinational mass
media company, formed as a spin-off of the former News
Corporation (as founded by Rupert Murdoch in 1979)
focusing on newspapers and publishing. It is one of two
companies which succeeded the former News Corporation,
alongside 21st Century Fox—which consists of the old News
Corporation's broadcasting and media properties, such as
Fox Entertainment Group. The spin out was structured so
that 21st Century Fox would be the legal successor and
continuation of the old News Corporation, with the new News
Corp being an entirely new company formed by a stock split.

6. walt Disney company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney, is an American diversified multinational mass media
corporation headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. It is the world's second largest
broadcasting and cable company in terms of revenue, after Comcast. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, by
Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio, and established itself as a leader in the
American animation industry before diversifying into live-action film production, television, and theme parks. The
company also operated under the names The Walt Disney Studio, then Walt Disney Productions. Taking on its current
name in 1986, it expanded its existing operations and also started divisions focused upon theatre, radio, music,
publishing, and online media. In addition, Disney has since created corporate divisions in order to market more mature
content than is typically associated with its flagship family-oriented brands. The company is best known for the products
of its film studio, the Walt Disney Studios, which is today one of the largest and best-known studios in American
cinema. Disney also owns and operates the ABC broadcast television network; cable television networks such as
Disney Channel, ESPN, A+E Networks, and ABC Family; publishing, merchandising, music, and theatre divisions; and
owns and licenses 14 theme parks around the world. The company has been a component of the Dow Jones Industrial
Average since May 6, 1991. An early and well-known cartoon creation of the company, Mickey Mouse, is a primary
symbol of The Walt Disney Company.

7. Disney brands

8. sony
Sony Corporation ,commonly referred to as
Sony, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate
corporation headquartered in Kōnan Minato,
Tokyo, Japan. Its diversified business is
primarily focused on the electronics (TV,
gaming consoles, refrigerators), game,
entertainment and financial services sectors.[2]
The company is one of the leading
manufacturers of electronic products for the
consumer and professional markets. Sony is
ranked 105th on the 2014 list of Fortune Global
500