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Who owns the media & entertainment brands?

98 media & entertainment brands tracked here are owned by 24 companies; the three largest owners, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Skydance, control 25 of them (26%) as of Sep 2026.

Studios, networks, labels, publishers and the franchises they own.

Treemap of media & entertainment brands by owner
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Biggest owners of media & entertainment brands

#OwnerHQBrands in this categoryExamples
1Disney🇺🇸 United States1020th Century Studios, ABC, Disney, Disney Parks, ESPN and 5 more
2Warner Bros. Discovery🇺🇸 United States8CNN, Cartoon Network, DC, Discovery Channel, Food Network and 3 more
3Paramount Skydance🇺🇸 United States7BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and 2 more
4Advance🇺🇸 United States6Condé Nast, GQ, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Vogue and 1 more
5Comcast🇺🇸 United States6DreamWorks Animation, NBC, Sky, Telemundo, Universal Destinations & Experiences and 1 more
6Universal Music🇳🇱 Netherlands5Capitol Records, Def Jam Recordings, Interscope Records, Motown, Republic Records
7Hearst🇺🇸 United States5Car and Driver, Cosmopolitan, ELLE (US), Esquire, Good Housekeeping
8Sony🇯🇵 Japan5Columbia Pictures, Columbia Records, RCA Records, Sony Music, Sony Pictures
9Future🇬🇧 United Kingdom5Country Life, Marie Claire (UK), PC Gamer, TechRadar, Tom's Guide
10News Corp🇺🇸 United States5Dow Jones, HarperCollins, The Sun, The Times, The Wall Street Journal
11Warner Music🇺🇸 United States4Atlantic Records, Elektra Records, Parlophone, Warner Records
12Bertelsmann🇩🇪 Germany4BMG, Penguin Books, Penguin Random House, RTL
13Ziff Davis🇺🇸 United States4CNET, IGN, Mashable, PCMag
14Scholastic🇺🇸 United States4Clifford the Big Red Dog, Goosebumps, Harry Potter (US publishing), Scholastic
15Fox Corp🇺🇸 United States3FOX, Fox News, Fox Sports
16The New York Times🇺🇸 United States3The Athletic, The New York Times, Wirecutter
17AMC Theatres🇺🇸 United States2AMC Theatres, Odeon
18Liberty Media🇺🇸 United States2Formula 1, MotoGP
19Lionsgate🇨🇦 Canada2Lionsgate Films, Summit Entertainment
20Live Nation🇺🇸 United States2Live Nation Concerts, Ticketmaster
21TKO Group🇺🇸 United States2UFC, WWE
22iHeartMedia🇺🇸 United States2iHeartPodcast Network, iHeartRadio
23Bandai Namco🇯🇵 Japan1Gundam
24SiriusXM🇺🇸 United States1SiriusXM

Sub-categories

All media & entertainment brands and their owners

BrandOwnerSinceOrigin
20th Century StudiosDisney2019🇺🇸 United States
ABCDisney1996🇺🇸 United States
AMC TheatresAMC Theatres—🇺🇸 United States
Atlantic RecordsWarner Music—🇺🇸 United States
BETParamount Skydance2001🇺🇸 United States
BMGBertelsmann—🇩🇪 Germany
Capitol RecordsUniversal Music—🇺🇸 United States
Car and DriverHearst—🇺🇸 United States
Cartoon NetworkWarner Bros. Discovery—🇺🇸 United States
CBSParamount Skydance—🇺🇸 United States
Clifford the Big Red DogScholastic—🇺🇸 United States
CNETZiff Davis2024🇺🇸 United States
CNNWarner Bros. Discovery—🇺🇸 United States
Columbia PicturesSony1989🇺🇸 United States
Columbia RecordsSony1988🇺🇸 United States
Comedy CentralParamount Skydance—🇺🇸 United States
Condé NastAdvance—🇺🇸 United States
CosmopolitanHearst—🇺🇸 United States
Country LifeFuture—🇬🇧 United Kingdom
DCWarner Bros. Discovery—🇺🇸 United States
Def Jam RecordingsUniversal Music—🇺🇸 United States
Discovery ChannelWarner Bros. Discovery—🇺🇸 United States
DisneyDisney—🇺🇸 United States
Disney ParksDisney—🇺🇸 United States
Dow JonesNews Corp2007🇺🇸 United States
DreamWorks AnimationComcast2016🇺🇸 United States
Elektra RecordsWarner Music—🇺🇸 United States
ELLE (US)Hearst—🇫🇷 France
ESPNDisney—🇺🇸 United States
EsquireHearst—🇺🇸 United States
Food NetworkWarner Bros. Discovery2018🇺🇸 United States
Formula 1Liberty Media2017🇬🇧 United Kingdom
FOXFox Corp—🇺🇸 United States
Fox NewsFox Corp—🇺🇸 United States
Fox SportsFox Corp—🇺🇸 United States
Good HousekeepingHearst—🇺🇸 United States
GoosebumpsScholastic—🇺🇸 United States
GQAdvance—🇺🇸 United States
GundamBandai Namco—🇯🇵 Japan
HarperCollinsNews Corp1987🇺🇸 United States
Harry Potter (US publishing)Scholastic1998🇬🇧 United Kingdom
HBOWarner Bros. Discovery—🇺🇸 United States
IGNZiff Davis2013🇺🇸 United States
iHeartPodcast NetworkiHeartMedia—🇺🇸 United States
iHeartRadioiHeartMedia—🇺🇸 United States
Interscope RecordsUniversal Music—🇺🇸 United States
Lionsgate FilmsLionsgate—🇨🇦 Canada
Live Nation ConcertsLive Nation—🇺🇸 United States
LucasfilmDisney2012🇺🇸 United States
Marie Claire (UK)Future—🇫🇷 France
MarvelDisney2009🇺🇸 United States
MashableZiff Davis2021🇺🇸 United States
MotoGPLiberty Media2025🇪🇸 Spain
MotownUniversal Music—🇺🇸 United States
MTVParamount Skydance—🇺🇸 United States
National GeographicDisney2019🇺🇸 United States
NBCComcast2011🇺🇸 United States
NickelodeonParamount Skydance—🇺🇸 United States
OdeonAMC Theatres2016🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Paramount PicturesParamount Skydance—🇺🇸 United States
ParlophoneWarner Music2013🇬🇧 United Kingdom
PC GamerFuture—🇬🇧 United Kingdom
PCMagZiff Davis—🇺🇸 United States
Penguin BooksBertelsmann—🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Penguin Random HouseBertelsmann—🇺🇸 United States
PixarDisney2006🇺🇸 United States
RCA RecordsSony2008🇺🇸 United States
Republic RecordsUniversal Music—🇺🇸 United States
RTLBertelsmann—🇱🇺 Luxembourg
ScholasticScholastic—🇺🇸 United States
Searchlight PicturesDisney2019🇺🇸 United States
ShowtimeParamount Skydance—🇺🇸 United States
SiriusXMSiriusXM—🇺🇸 United States
SkyComcast2018🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Sony MusicSony1988🇺🇸 United States
Sony PicturesSony1989🇺🇸 United States
Summit EntertainmentLionsgate2012🇺🇸 United States
TechRadarFuture—🇬🇧 United Kingdom
TelemundoComcast2011🇺🇸 United States
The AthleticThe New York Times2022🇺🇸 United States
The New York TimesThe New York Times—🇺🇸 United States
The New YorkerAdvance—🇺🇸 United States
The SunNews Corp1969🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The TimesNews Corp1981🇬🇧 United Kingdom
The Wall Street JournalNews Corp2007🇺🇸 United States
TicketmasterLive Nation2010🇺🇸 United States
TLCWarner Bros. Discovery—🇺🇸 United States
Tom's GuideFuture2018🇺🇸 United States
UFCTKO Group2023🇺🇸 United States
Universal Destinations & ExperiencesComcast2011🇺🇸 United States
Universal PicturesComcast2011🇺🇸 United States
Vanity FairAdvance—🇺🇸 United States
VogueAdvance—🇺🇸 United States
Warner Bros.Warner Bros. Discovery—🇺🇸 United States
Warner RecordsWarner Music—🇺🇸 United States
WirecutterThe New York Times2016🇺🇸 United States
WIREDAdvance—🇺🇸 United States
WWETKO Group2023🇺🇸 United States

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