Who Owns the Media

Some of us are aware, but most are not aware, that virtually ALL MASS MEDIA are owned and operated by a very small group of select, wealthy individuals.

This hub includes ownership and corporate governance information about the four top American television networks: FOX, ABC, NBC and CBS. Fox is not number one; however I have listed it first as it is most common to regular television watchers of sitcoms etc.... and FOX OWNS MYSPACE too.

Under each network introduction, will follow a listing of the boards of directors for any corporation touting ownership of the network. Be sure to skip these if they are too much for you and find the information about each of ABC, NBC and CBS ownerships as well..... All Boards of Directors bios that are listed with text were lifted, exactly as typed, from each respective corporation's website and I have done the service of locating the information all in one place.

From top to bottom, when you start looking at individual people, they ALL tend to have affiliations of other sister companies, subsidiaries or affiliates. Corporate media has become the largest, most opulent monopoly in the world next to banking and yet the very same bankers own these media companies as well! And you thought they were JUST dirty bankers that controlled the world's money supply.... READ ON!!

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(Please view my hubs to come for more information about various other entities and institutions and their primary constituents including the likes of: CFR, CIA, RIC, FBI, NSA, NSC, PFNYC, etc. As well as possible in depth comparisons between peoples' various affiliations.)

Fox news network. One of the most watched networks in America. Does it ever occur to anyone who owns and operates this mighty media giant? All it takes is a pinpointed internet search and amazingly you can find the information yourself. Try it! I encourage everyone to verify this on their own. Go do an internet search for: "Fox News Network" + "owned by" and you will get "Fox Entertainment Group." Search then for "Fox Entertainment Group" + "owned by" and you will get "News Corporation." Search then for "News Corporation" + "owned by" and you will get "JP Morgan Chase Bank."

Search this site: http://www.sjcite.info/popcontrol.html for "owned by David Rockefeller" and you will also confirm that JP Morgan Chase is (or once was) owned by Rockefeller ( I am positive that he is the former Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank at least), and the following is a list of it's Board members:

Crandall C. Bowles - Chairman Springs Industries, Inc.

Stephen B. Burke- President Comcast Cable Communications, Inc.

David M. Cote - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Honeywell International Inc.

James S. Crown - President Henry Crown and Company J

ames Dimon - Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Ellen V. Futter - President and Trustee American Museum of Natural History

William H. Gray, III - Chairman Amani Group

Laban P. Jackson, Jr. - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Clear Creek Properties, Inc.

Robert I. Lipp - Senior Advisor

David C. Novak - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Yum! Brands, Inc.

Lee R. Raymond - Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Exxon Mobil Corporation

William C. Weldon - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Johnson & Johnson

If you continue to search... you can learn about ANY corporate ownership of media in the same way. Do a search on ABC, and you will find that it is owned by the Walt Disney Corporation which is still owned 100% by the Disney Corporation itself. The following is the Board of Directors for the Disney Corporation.

Susan Arnold - Director since 2007 joined P&G (Proctor & Gamble) in 1980 and held a number of marketing and management positions before becoming category manager of P&G's cosmetics business in Canada in 1990. In 1999, she was the first woman to reach a president-level position at P&G when she assumed global responsibility for the company's personal beauty business. Arnold has been listed in Fortune Magazine's 50 Most Powerful Women in Business since 2002 and the Wall Street Journal's 50 Women to Watch in 2004 and 2005. She has a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. She is on the executive committee of Catalyst, the leading research and advisory organization working with businesses and the professions to expand workplace diversity and opportunities for women.

Robert A. Iger - Director since 2000 has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company since October 2005, having previously served as President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2000 and as President of Walt Disney International and Chairman of the ABC Group from 1999 to January 2000. From 1974 to 1998, Mr. Iger held a series of increasingly responsible positions at ABC, Inc. and its predecessor Capital Cities/ABC, Inc., culminating in service as President of the ABC Network Television Group from 1993 to 1994 and President and Chief Operating Officer of ABC, Inc. from 1994 to 1999. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.

Monica C. Lozano - Director since 2000 is Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of La Opinión, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States, and Senior Vice President of its parent company, ImpreMedia, LLC. In addition, Ms. Lozano is a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California and a trustee of the University of Southern California. She is a trustee of SunAmerica Asset Management Corporation and a director of the California Health Care Foundation.

John E. Bryson - Director since 2000 has served as Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Edison International, the parent company of Southern California Edison, an electric utility, since 1990. He is also a director of The Boeing Company and a director/trustee for three funds in the Western Asset funds complex.

Steve Jobs - Director since 2006 is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Computer, Inc. Prior to Pixar's merger with the Company, he was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pixar since 1986.

Robert W. Matschullat - Director since 2002 a private equity investor, served from October 1995 until June 2000 as Vice Chairman of the board of directors of The Seagram Company Ltd., a global company with entertainment and beverage operations. He also served as Chief Financial Officer of Seagram until January 2000. Prior to joining Seagram, Mr. Matschullat was head of worldwide investment banking for Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, a securities and investment firm, and was on the Morgan Stanley Group board of directors. He is the Presiding Director of the Board of Directors of The Clorox Company, a consumer products company, and a director of McKesson Corporation.

John S. Chen - Director since 2004 has been Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Sybase, Inc., a software developer, since November 1998. From February 1998 through November 1998, he served as co-Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Chen joined Sybase in August 1997 as Chief Operating Officer and served in that capacity until February 1998. From March 1995 to July 1997, Mr. Chen was President of the Open Enterprise Computing Division, Siemens Nixdorf, a computer and electronics company, and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Siemens Pyramid, a subsidiary of Siemens Nixdorf.

Fred H. Langhammer - Director since 2005 is Chairman, Global Affairs, of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc., a manufacturer and marketer of cosmetics products. Prior to being named Chairman, Global Affairs, Mr. Langhammer was Chief Executive Officer of The Estée Lauder Companies Inc. from 2000 to 2004, President from 1995 to 2004 and Chief Operating Officer from 1985 through 1999. Mr. Langhammer joined The Estée Lauder Companies in 1975 as President of its operations in Japan. In 1982, he was appointed Managing Director of its operations in Germany. He is also a director of The Shinsei Bank Limited.

John E. Pepper, Jr. - Chairman of the Board since January 2007 serves as Co-Chair of the Board of National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer. He served as Vice President of Finance and Administration at Yale University from January 2004 to December 2005. Prior to that, he served as Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of The Procter & Gamble Company until December 2003. Since 1963, he has served in various positions at Procter & Gamble, including Chairman of the Board from 2000 to 2002, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman from 1995 to 1999, President from 1986 to 1995 and director from 1984 to 2003. Mr. Pepper serves on the board of Boston Scientific Corp. and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Cincinnati Youth Collaborative.

Judith L. Estrin - Director since 1998 is President and Chief Executive Officer of Packet Design, LLC, a company that she co-founded in May 2000 to develop networking technology. Ms. Estrin served as Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Cisco Systems Inc., a developer of hardware and software to link computer systems, from 1998 until April 2000, and as President and Chief Executive Officer of Precept Software, Inc., a developer of networking software of which she was co-founder, from 1995 until its acquisition by Cisco in 1998. She is also a director of FedEx Corporation, an international provider of transportation and delivery services.

Aylwin B. Lewis - Director since 2004 is President and Chief Executive Officer of Sears Holdings Corporation, a nationwide retailer. Prior to being named Chief Executive Officer of Sears in September 2005, Mr. Lewis was President of Sears Holdings and Chief Executive Officer of KMart and Sears Retail following Sears' acquisition of KMart Holding Corporation in March 2005. Prior to that acquisition, Mr. Lewis had been President and Chief Executive Officer of KMart since October 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Lewis was Chief Multibranding and Operating Officer of YUM! Brands, Inc., a franchisor and licensor of quick service restaurants including KFC, Long John Silvers, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and A&W, from 2003 until October 2004, Chief Operating Officer of YUM! Brands from 2000 until 2003 and Chief Operating Officer of Pizza Hut from 1996. Mr. Lewis is also a director of Sears Holdings Corporation and Halliburton Co.

Orin C. Smith - Director since 2006 was President and Chief Executive Officer of Starbucks Corporation from 2000 to 2005. He joined Starbucks as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1990, became President and Chief Operating Officer in 1994, and became a director of Starbucks in 1996. Prior to joining Starbucks, Mr. Smith spent a total of 14 years with Deloitte & Touche. Mr. Smith is a director of Nike, Inc. and Washington Mutual and serves on the Advisory Board for the University of Washington School of Business, the University of Washington Medicine Board of Directors and the Board of Directors of Conservation International.

NBC is owned 80% by General Electric and 20% by Vivendi Universal Entertainment (part of the French co. Vivendi, SA). The following are the Board of Directors for GE and Vivendi respectively.

HEAD HONCHO:

Jacques Espinasse - Member of the Management Board 62, French nationality.

Business address Vivendi - 42 avenue de Friedland, 75008 Paris, France

Expertise and experience Mr. Jacques Espinasse was born on May 12, 1943 and holds an MBA from the University of Michigan. In July 2002, Mr. Espinasse was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Vivendi and appointed to the Management Board of Vivendi on April 28, 2005. He was formerly Chief Operating Officer of TPS, a French satellite television service, since 1999. He became a Member of the Board of Directors of TPS in 2001.

Previously, Mr. Espinasse held a variety of senior management positions in major French companies, including CEP Communication and Group Larousse Nathan, where he was appointed Senior Executive Vice President in 1984. In 1985, he became Chief Financial Officer of the Havas group. He was appointed Senior Executive Vice President of the group when it was privatized in May 1987 and held this position until 1994. He is a Director of SES Global.

Positions currently held SFR, Director Canal+ Group, Member of the Supervisory Board Maroc Telecom (Morocco), Member of the Supervisory Board and of the Audit Committee Vivendi Games, Inc. (United States), Director SES Global (Luxembourg), Member of the Supervisory Board Veolia Environnement, Director Vivendi Universal Net, Director

Directorships held over the last five years UGC, Permanent Representative of Vivendi Universal Sogecable (Spain), Permanent Representative of Vivendi Universal to the Board of Directors Vivendi Universal Publishing, Director Cegetel Group, Director SFR, Permanent Representative of Saige to the Board of Directors MultiThématiques SA, Director Light France Acquisition SAS, Chairman J.E.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer TPS, Director

Management Board:

Jean-Bernard Lévy - Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Executive Officer of Vivendi Abdeslam Ahizoune - Chairman of the Management Board of Maroc Telecom (Media)

Philippe Capron - Chief Financial Officer of Vivendi

Frank Esser - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SFR (French Telephone Company)

Bertrand Meheut - Chairman of the Executive Board of Canal+ Group (French pay per view / Media)

Doug Morris - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Universal Music Group (Yes as in the GIANT Record/Entertainment Company) René Pénisson - Chairman of Vivendi Games; Senior Executive Vice-President, Human Resources, Vivendi

Supervisory Board:

Jean-René Fourtou - Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Henri Lachmann(*) - Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schneider Electric Group (Please view the subsequent capsule listing the board members of Schneider Electric Group)

Claude Bébéar - Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AXA Group Gérard Brémond(*) - Chairman and CEO of Pierre et Vacances Group

Fernando Falcó y Fernández de Córdova(*) (**) Board Member of various companies Sarah Frank(*) (**) - Member of the Board of the Foundation of the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Gabriel Hawawini(*)Professor of Investment Banking INSEAD and of Finance (Wharton)

Andrzej Olechowski(*) (**) Senior Adviser of Trust Polska Pierre Rodocanachi(*) - Chairman of Booz Allen Hamilton Advisory Board in France Karel Van Miert(*) (**) - Former Vice-President of the European Commission

Mehdi Dazi (*) - CEO of Emirates International Investment Company (EIIC)

Original owner of Columbia Records, which was sold to Sony back in 1988, NBC is currently owned itself by Westinghouse Electric Company (who consequently bought up all of the great Nikola Tesla's patents awhile back) which is owned now by Toshiba since 2006. The Board of Directors of Toshiba can be found here. Toshiba is a Japanese company, with interests in steel and oil as well as media (see Nippon Oil, Nippon Steel, ane Nippon Television). Here is an interesting article about Toshiba, Nippon and Time Warner teaming up to work on movies and other 'programming' efforts.

News Corporation (owners of Fox) Board of Directors:

K. Rupert Murdoch - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer News Corporation

José María Aznar - President FAES - Foundation for Social Studies and Analysis and Former President of Spain

Peter Barnes - Chairman Ansell Limited

Chase Carey - President and Chief Executive Officer The DIRECTV Group, Inc.

Peter Chernin - President and Chief Operating Officer News Corporation

Kenneth E. Cowley - Chairman RM Williams Holdings Limited

David F. DeVoe - Chief Financial Officer News Corporation

Viet Dinh - Professor of Law Georgetown University Law Center

Sir Roderick I. Eddington - Chairman, Australia and New Zealand JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

Andrew S.B. Knight - Director Rothschild Investment Trust Capital Partners Plc

Lachlan K. Murdoch - Chief Executive Illyria Pty Ltd

Roderick R. Paige - Founder and Chairman Chartwell Education Group, LLC

Thomas J. Perkins - Partner Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers

Arthur M. Siskind - Senior Advisor to the Chairman News Corporation

John L. Thornton - Professor of Global Leadership Tsinghua University of Beijing

Their mission according to their website is, "To enhance the economy of the five boroughs of New York City and maintain the city's position as the center of world commerce, finance and innovation." The following is their membership list along with several links to other information if you'd like to do further research:

FOUNDING CHAIRMAN David Rockefeller

CO-CHAIRMEN Victor F. Ganzi - President & CEO The Hearst Corporation

Charles Prince - Chairman & CEO Citi (as in Corp as in Bank)

VICE CHAIRS Candace K. Beinecke - Chair Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

Kenneth I. Chenault - Chairman & CEO American Express Company

Terry J. Lundgren - Chairman, President & CEO Macy's, Inc. BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Herbert M. Allison, Jr. - Chairman, President & CEO TIAA-CREF

Michael Patsalos-Fox - Chairman, The Americas McKinsey & Company, Inc.

Alain J. P. Belda - Chairman & CEO Alcoa Inc. (Alcoa Steel)

Jeffrey M. Peek - Chairman & CEO CIT Group Inc.

Stephen Berger - Chairman Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC

Joseph J. Plumeri - Chairman & CEO Willis Group Holdings Ltd.

Lloyd C. Blankfein - Chairman & CEO The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

Peter J. Powers - Chairman & CEO Powers Global Strategies, LLC

Kevin Burke - Chairman, President & CEO Con Edison

Vikki L. Pryor - President & CEO SBLI USA Mutual Life Insurance Company, Inc.

Russell L. Carson - Co-Founder & General Partner Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Bradford J. Race Jr. Of Counsel - Dewey Ballantine LLP Robert B. Catell - Chairman & CEO KeySpan

Alan Rappaport - Chairman, Private Bank Bank of America Corporation

Michael G. Cherkasky - President & CEO Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

Steven Rattner - Managing Principal Quadrangle Group LLC

Jill M. Considine - Chairman & CEO The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation

James D. Robinson, III - Co-Founder & General Partner RRE Ventures

James Dimon - Chairman, President, & CEO JPMorgan Chase & Co.

Wilbur L. Ross, Jr. - Chairman & CEO WL Ross & Co. LLC

Peter L. Faber - Senior Partner McDermott Will & Emery LLP

Michael I. Roth - Chairman & CEO Interpublic Group (not sure what they do.. but theboard board is disturbing...you'll have to scroll down to find... and... what is "International Flavors and Fragrances" anyways... how... 'umbrella corp-esque')

Alan H. Fishman - Chairman Meridian Capital Group, LLC (Investments - link to board)

Steven Roth - Chairman & CEO Vornado Realty Trust (Real Estate)

Richard S. Fuld, Jr. - Chairman & CEO Lehman Brothers (Investmenst & VERY interesting Board of Directors including members of Sothesby's, Halliburton, GlaxoSmithKline and Telemundo to name a FEW!)

Howard J. Rubenstein - President Rubenstein Associates, Inc. (Media)

Barry M. Gosin - Chief Executive Officer Newmark Knight Frank (Global Real Estate)

William C. Rudin - President Rudin Management Company, Inc. (Real Estate)

Jonathan N. Grayer - Chairman & CEO Kaplan, Inc. (Education: "helping to transform the for-profit education industry" ... perhaps you've taken one of their tests? I know I have... what about the 'princeton review' for the SAT... ? sound familiar?)

Barry Salzberg - Chairman & CEO Deloitte & Touche LLP (BOARD NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE...MUST EMAIL THEM! They are worldwide and seem to provide ANY financial or consulting service... a BIT vague... hmmmm... the only information that I found is that the former CEO of Coca Cola, James E. Copeland, Jr. currently works for them)

Robert Greifeld - President & CEO The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc. ($$$)

Linda S. Sanford - Senior Vice President, Enterprise on Demand Transformation IBM Corporation (well... IBM.)

Jill Kaplan - Publisher Crain's New York Business (Media)

Alan D. Schwartz - President & Co-COO The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. (Investments - interesting Board consisting of many media giants, corps and universities)

Jeffrey B. Kindler - Chief Executive Officer Pfizer Inc. (Health - Do I really even need to explain this one??)

Stephen A. Schwarzman - Chairman & CEO The Blackstone Group (Investments - Lord Rothschild on the Audit Committee... their corporate partnerships include: AT&T Inc., General Electric Company, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Sony Corporation, Time Warner Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Union Pacific Corporation, USX Corporation and Vivendi SA.)

Henry R. Kravis - Founding Partner Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. (Investments)

Jerry I. Speyer - Chairman & CEO Tishman Speyer (Global Real Estate)

William P. Lauder - President & CEO The Estee Lauder Companies Inc. (Health)

Sy Sternberg - Chairman & CEO New York Life Insurance Company (Insurance)

Geraldine B. Laybourne - Chairman & CEO Oxygen Media (Media)

Martin J. Sullivan - President & CEO American International Group, Inc. (AIG Insurance)

Rochelle B. Lazarus - Chairman & CEO Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide (Media)

John A. Thain - Chief Executive Officer NYSE Group, Inc. ($$$)

Edward Lewis - Chairman & Founder Essence Magazine (Media .... is this a WHITE guy who owns/runs/STARTED a BLACK magazine?... just a note... ALL magazines are owned by the same people anyways...that's the point of this hub )

Mary Ann Tighe - Chief Executive Officer, New York Tri-State Region CB Richard Ellis (Real Estate)

Martin Lipton - Senior Partner Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (Legal)

James S. Tisch - President & CEO Loews Corporation (no... NOT LOWE'S like the home improvement store... check out the subsidiaries of this crazy company! These guys are into MONEY, OIL, TOBACCO, FINE HOTELS and FINE WATCHES... also check out the scary homepage while you're at it.)

John J. Mack - Chairman & CEO Morgan Stanley ($$)

John B. Veihmeyer - U.S. Deputy Chairman and Americas Chairman KPMG LLP ("one of the leading providers of Audit, Tax and Advisory services" according to their site... ahh what's better than an auditor of choice! Sarbanes-Oxley anyone??! Why don't they just appoint Rockefeller, or Lord Rothschild!) CLICK HERE FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS INFO they have someone in EVERY COUNTRY!

Donald B. Marron - Chairman & CEO Lightyear Capital ($$)

Mark L. Wagar - President Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (Heatlh)

William McComb - Chief Executive Officer Liz Claiborne Inc. (Heatlh)

Anthony Watson - Chairman & CEO HIP Health Plans (Heatlh)

Harold McGraw, III - Chairman, President & CEO The McGraw-Hill Companies (makers of MANY textbooks)

Seth Waugh - Chief Executive Officer Deutsche Bank Americas ($$)

Bruce E. Mosler - President & CEO Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (Legal)

Christopher J. Williams - Chairman & CEO The Williams Capital Group, L.P. ($$)

K. Rupert Murdoch - Chairman & CEO News Corporation (Media)

Fred Wilpon - Chairman Sterling Equities ($$)

Dennis M. Nally - Chairman & Senior Partner PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (those who decide who wins most awards e.g. Oscars, Tony's, Golden Globes, etc... they ALSO are in charge of gameshow money, prizes, questions and answers!!)

Robert Wolf - Chairman & CEO, UBS Group Americas UBS Investment Bank ($$)

David Neeleman - Chairman JetBlue Airways Corporation

Deborah C. Wright - Chairman & CEO Carver Bancorp Inc. ($$)

E. Stanley O'Neal - Chairman & CEO Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. ($$)

Kathryn S. Wylde - President & CEO Partnership for New York City

Richard D. Parsons - Chairman & CEO Time Warner Inc. (Media)

Tim Zagat - Co-Chairman Zagat Survey LLC (Zagat's is a popular entertainment guide in NYC which RATES all restaurants, shows, stores, ETC! talk about BIASED!!) and last but CERTAINLY NOT LEAST!!!! EX OFFICIO Timothy F. Geithner - President & CEO Federal Reserve Bank of New York ....ahem... ($$)($$)($$)