media companies
News and entertainment
Media companies are businesses that create, distribute, or broadcast content—news organizations, film studios, television networks, streaming services, publishers, and social platforms.
The term often appears in discussions of consolidation, bias, or cultural influence: A handful of media companies control most of what Americans see and read.
In business contexts, media company may emphasize the corporate entity over its journalistic or creative output.
- broadcastingMass signal transmission
- networksInterconnected groups or channels
- cable newsSubscription television journalism
- studiosCreative production spaces
- publishersFirms producing printed works
conglomerates · newsrooms · outlets · content · content creators · streaming · streaming wars · ratings · advertising · ad revenue · moguls · executives · acquisitions · syndication · journalism · breaking news · news cycle · entertainment
- mediatelevision, news, broadcasting, video, radio station
- creative industriesadvertising, animation, broadcasting, design, entertainment
- news medianews agency, newspaper, documentary, article, news photo
- rights holderscopyright holders, patent holders, licensors, creators, authors
- private institutionsprivate schools, private universities, private colleges, private hospitals, private foundations
- urban districtsbusiness district, historic district, arts district, cultural district, entertainment district
media companiesheavy industry
Capital-intensive manufacturing sector
mining companies · construction firms · factories · assembly plants · logistics companies
media companiesaudiences
Assembled viewers or listeners
viewers · subscribers · readership · the public · end users
media companiescitizen journalists
Non-professional news documenters
grassroots media · underground press · DIY media · user-generated content
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