The document discusses various media conglomerates including their business activities and subsidiaries. It provides information on AT&T, Sony, Time Warner, and Viacom - four major media conglomerates that operate across different sectors like telecommunications, consumer electronics, entertainment, cable TV, broadcasting, publishing, movies and video games. The conglomerates own numerous brands and subsidiaries across these sectors.

1. MEDIA&MEDIA CONGLOMERATES

2. Media & Its TypesThe storage and transmission channels or tools used to store and deliver information or data.Its Types:-Print Media:-Newspapers, Magazines , Brochures, Newsletters, Books, Photographs, etc.

3. Electronic Media:- Television, Radio, Movies.

4. New Age Media:- Mobile Phones, Computer, Websites, Blogging, Internet TV, Social Networking.Types of Media Contribution

5. Role of MediaElectronic media(T.V., Internet ,etc.) & print media (such as newspapers, newsletters) are important for distributing advertisement media.Help to connect diverse people from far & near places.Tools such as e-mail, MSN, Facebook etc, have brought people closer together.Children are encouraged to use media tools in school.

6. Percentage of MarketersUsing New Media Elements for Direct Marketing

7. What is Conglomerate???A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses together into one corporate structure, usually involving a parent company and several (or many) subsidiaries.Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company. Conglomerates are often large and often multinational.

8. Media ConglomerateA media conglomerate describes companies that own large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet.As of 2008, The Walt Disney Company is the world's largest media conglomerate, with News Corporation, Viacom and Time Warner ranking second, third and fourth respectively.A conglomerate is, by definition, a large company that consists of divisions of seemingly unrelated businesses.

9. Some Media ConglomeratesAT&TAOLSonyTime WarnerITI GroupThe Walt Disney CompanyViacomDishnetComcastLiberty MediaNews Corporation.

10. AT&T Inc.AT&T, Inc. was formed in 1983The largest provider of local and long distance telephone services in the United States.Also sells digital subscriber line Internet access and digital television service.Having over 81.6 million wireless customers, and more than 150 million total customers.Headquarters:Whitacre TowerDallas, Texas, United States.Website: www.att.comRandall L. Stephenson (Chairman, CEO & President)

11. AT&T Inc.Industry: Telecommunications.

12. Products: Telephone Internet Television.The AT&T tower in downtown Los Angeles, USA.

13. CorporationA multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan.Sony is one of the leading manufacturers of electronics, video, communications, video game consoles, and information technology products.Founded: 1946 in Japan.One of the world's largest media conglomerates with revenue exceeding $78.88 billion U.S. (FY2008). The company's current slogan is make.believe.Howard Stringer (Chairman , President & CEO)

14. CorporationIndustry: Consumer electronics. Entertainment.Products: (1)Consumer & professional electronic equipments, (2) Communication & information-related equipments, (3) Semiconductor (4) Electronic devices & components, (5) Battery, (6) Chemicals, (7) Sony Pictures Entertainment, (8) Sony Music, (9) PlayStation, (10) Blu-Ray.Services: Financial services. Internet service.

15. The world's fourth largest entertainment conglomerate (behind News Corporation and Viacom),Warner Communications, Inc. and Time Inc., (along with the assets of a third company, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.) form the current Time Warner.Major operations in film, Broadcasting, publishing, Internet, telecommunications..Headquarters: New York City, U.S.Website: http://www.timewarner.comJeffrey L. Bewkes(Chairman & CEO)

16. Its subsidiaries are: (1) New Line Cinema, (2) Time Inc., (3) HBO, (4) Turner Broadcasting System, (5) The CW Television Network, (6) TheWB.com, (7) UBU Productions, (8) Warner Bros. Entertainment, (9) Kids' WB, (10) The CW4Kids, (11) Cartoon Network, (12) Boomerang, Hanna-Barbera, (13) Adult Swim, (14) CNN, (15) DC Comics, and (16) Warner Bros. Games.

17. Short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate.In cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution with Paramount Motion Pictures Group.Founded in 2006.Headquarters: New York, USA.As of 2008, Viacom is one of the world's largest media conglomerates, behind The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation.Website:www.viacom.com.Philippe P. Dauman(President, CEO & Director)

18. Industry: Cable TV, Motion Pictures.Film Production and Distribution: (1) Viacom International, (2) Paramount Pictures, (3) Republic Pictures, (4) MTV Films, (5) Nickelodeon Movies, (6) Go Fish PicturesVideoGaming: (1) Xfire, (2) Harmonix, (3) GameTrailers, (4) NeopetsNew Media: (1)MTV New Media