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Who Owns the News Media is an interactive database of companies that own news properties in the United States. Use the site to compare the companies, explore each media sector or read profiles of individual companies. Learn more about the site.

Top Newspaper Companies

Rank Company Total Weekday Circulation
1 Gannett 4,896,550
2 MediaNews Group 2,570,000
3 News Corporation* 2,562,640
4 McClatchy Company 2,078,530
5 Tribune Company 1,874,750
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Top Online News Companies

Rank Company Monthly Unique Visitors for All News Sites
1 Yahoo 40,459,000
2 Time Warner 35,658,000
3 Comcast* 31,951,000
4 Gannett 26,400,000
5 AOL 20,821,000
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Top Network TV Companies

Rank Company Morning and Evening News Viewership
1 Comcast* 13,771,000
2 Walt Disney Company 11,720,700
3 CBS 8,506,900
4 Public Broadcasting Service 1,100,000
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Top Cable News Companies

Rank Company Combined Cable News Viewership
1 News Corporation* 1,909,000
2 Time Warner 997,500
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Top Local TV Companies

Rank Company Combined Station Reach
1 CBS 35%
2 News Corporation* 31%
3 Tribune Company 28%
4 Walt Disney Company 23%
5 Sinclair Broadcast Group 22%
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Top Magazine Companies

Rank Company Total Magazine Circulation
1 Time Warner 32,477,800
2 Meredith Corporation* 24,555,600
3 Hearst Corporation 22,550,700
4 Advance Publications 17,528,900
5 Reader’s Digest Association 16,693,700
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Top Radio Companies

Rank Company Total Radio Audience
1 Clear Channel Communications 167,000,000
2 CBS 96,500,000
3 National Public Radio 27,200,000
4 Entercom 24,600,000
5 Cox Enterprises 23,100,000
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Top Ethnic Companies

Rank Company
1 Time Warner
2 Univision Communications
3 Viacom*
4 McClatchy Company
5 Radio One*
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*For these companies full year financial figures had not been released as of March 11, 2010