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Top 50 Leading Media Companies
 
Rank 2003 Media Company Headquarters Total Media rev. 2003 Rev. % chg Total Corp. Revenue Newspaper Rev. Magazine Rev. Television Rev. Radio Rev. Cable Rev. Other Media Rev.
1 Time Warner New York $29,247 3.7 $39,565 $0 $4,514 $660 $0 $15,473 $8,600
2 Comcast Corp. Philadelphia 17,492 9.3 18,348 0 0 0 0 17,492 0
3 Viacom New York 17,252 8.2 26,585 0 51 7,761 2,098 5,595 1,748
4 Walt Disney Co. Burbank, Calif. 11,239 12.5 27,061 0 298 4,806 612 5,523 0
5 NBC Universal (General Electric Co.) Fairfield, Conn. 8,177 -1.8 134,187 0 0 6,193 0 1,984 0
6 Cox Enterprises Atlanta 8,108 10.3 10,796 1,400 0 523 426 5,759 0
7 DirecTV Group El Segundo, Calif. 7,696 19.4 10,121 0 0 0 0 0 7,696
8 News Corp. New York/Sydney 7,532 9.4 19,217 168 5 4,422 0 2,313 624
9 Gannett Co. McLean, Va. 6,330 4.2 6,711 5,610 0 720 0 0 0
10 Clear Channel Communications San Antonio, Texas 6,138 4.9 8,931 0 0 268 3,695 0 2,175
11 Advance Publications Newark, N.J. 5,909 9.2 5,909 2,128 2,197 0 0 1,585 0
12 EchoStar Communications Corp. Englewood, Colo. 5,410 22.1 5,739 0 0 0 0 0 5,410
13 Tribune Co. Chicago 5,398 3.8 5,595 4,017 20 1,323 38 0 0
14 Charter Communications St. Louis 4,819 5.5 4,819 0 0 0 0 4,819 0
15 Hearst Corp. New York 4,045 8.4 NA 1,458 1,900 687 0 0 0
16 Cablevision Systems Corp. Bethpage, N.Y. 3,694 12.2 4,177 0 0 0 0 3,694 0
17 Adelphia Communications Corp. Greenwood Village, Colo. 3,584 4.6 3,584 0 0 0 0 3,584 0
18 The New York Times Co. New York 3,227 4.8 3,227 3,008 0 130 15 0 74
19 Knight Ridder San Jose, Calif. 2,848 0.4 2,946 2,768 0 0 0 0 80
20 Bloomberg New York 2,380 6.3 3,400 0 0 0 11 63 2,306
21 The Washington Post Co. Washington 2,001 1.9 2,839 873 354 315 0 459 0
22 Dow Jones & Co. New York 1,549 -0.7 1,549 1,227 0 0 0 0 322
23 E.W. Scripps Co. Cincinnati 1,531 9.2 1,875 692 0 304 0 535 0
24 Belo Dallas 1,436 0.6 1,436 746 0 647 0 19 25
25 Univision Communications Los Angeles 1,392 7.7 1,311 0 0 1,059 278 39 16
26 Yahoo! Inc. Sunnyvale, Calif. 1,355 68 1,625 0 0 0 0 0 1,355
27 Discovery Communications Silver Spring, Md. 1,264 12.8 1,995 0 0 0 0 1,264 0
28 Primedia New York 1,241 -3.1 1,346 0 1,079 0 0 55 107
29 Advo Windsor, Conn. 1,163 2.9 1,163 0 0 0 0 0 1,163
30 McClatchy Co. Sacramento, Calif. 1,098 2.8 1,099 1,098 0 0 0 0 0
31 Meredith Corp. Des Moines, Iowa 1,080 12.8 1,080 0 808 272 0 0 0
32 MediaCom Communications Corp. Middletown, N.Y. 1,005 8.9 1,005 0 0 0 0 1,005 0
33 Google Mountain View, Calif. 962 176.5 962 0 0 0 0 0 962
34 International Data Group Boston 930 -3.4 2,410 0 760 0 0 0 170
35 A&E Television Networks New York 905 7 905 0 23 0 0 882 0
36 Insight Communications Co. New York 903 11.2 903 0 0 0 0 903 0
37 Valassis Communications Livonia, Mich. 878 7.5 917 0 0 0 0 0 878
38 Media General Richmond, Va. 837 0.7 837 544 0 286 0 0 7
39 MSN Network (Microsoft Corp.) Redmond, Wash. 836 48 32,187 0 0 0 0 0 836
40 Reader's Digest Association Pleasantville, N.Y. 835 -2.3 2,388 0 835 0 0 0 0
41 Freedom Communications Irvine, Calif. 824 7.3 0 714 0 110 0 0 0
42 Lifetime Entertainment Services New York 813 3.3 813 0 12 0 0 802 0
43 Lamar Advertising Co. Baton Rouge, La. 810 4.4 810 0 0 0 0 0 810
44 Gruner & Jahr USA (Bertelsmann) New York/Hamburg 788 -5 19,175 0 788 0 0 0 0
45 McGraw-Hill Cos. New York 773 -4.6 4,828 0 668 105 0 0 0
46 MediaNews Group Denver 744 3 744 738 0 7 0 0 0
47 Landmark Communications Norfolk, Va. 743 2.1 0 448 0 65 0 231 0
48 Sinclair Broadcast Group Baltimore 724 -1 739 0 0 724 0 0 0
49 Gemstar-TV Guide International Los Angeles 680 -15.9 879 0 365 0 0 153 162
50 Lee Enterprises Davenport, Iowa 657 25.4 657 648 0 0 0 0 8

Notes:Dollars are in millions. Media defined as media content and distribution businesses supported by advertising. Media revenue, considered estimates, are generally for latest available fiscal year. Parent returns are as reported; parent revenue may be smaller than media total because media are pro forma where possible and often represent corporate segment totals without eliminations. Non-U.S. media returns are excluded where possible.

The 50/50 joint venture media companies - No. 42 Lifetime Entertainment Services and No. 93 MSNBC – stand alone because their co-parents do not claim their revenue in accordance with GAAP rules. No. 35 A&E Television Networks, owned by three media companies, each with a minority interest, also stands alone. Sources: BIA Financial Network (radio, TV, newspapers), Kagan world Media (cable), TNS Media Intelligence/CMR, Audit Bureau of Circulations and public documents.

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