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CNN Corporate Office

Cable News Network, known worldwide as simply CNN, was founded in 1980 by Ted Turner. The company operates a cable, as well as online, news service. The company became internationally known after being the only news service to provide coverage of the Persian Gulf War in 1991.

Today, the company has numerous outlets, including CNN Money, Health, international coverage, with bureaus in 31 countries, news reports via satellite radio, as well as streaming media online. CNN Films was introduced in 2012 and produces documentary type films. The company is one of the largest news organizations in the world and CNN International is the #1 leading international news in terms of viewer reach.

CNN has been involved in several controversies, including being accused by Harvard University of being slanted towards the left, especially during the 2016 presidential election. CNN is owned by Turner Broadcasting System and has headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.

CNN

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Los Angeles Times Corporate Office

The Los Angeles Times, frequently called LA Times or simply the Times, was founded in 1881 by Nathan Cole and Thomas Gardiner. The company operates a paid daily newspaper. In 2008, the Times was the largest newspaper in circulation and the fourth most distributed newspaper in the US. The Los Angeles Times is owned by Tronc.

In 1990, the newspaper’s circulation was at an all time high of more than 1.5 million. Currently, circulation is approximately 600,000, as many readers simply prefer to read stories online. The newspaper has won 41 Pulitzer prizes, including one in 2016 for their coverage of the San Bernardino shootings.

The Los Angeles Times has virtually no major competitors, other than the local paper Los Angeles Daily News. Their former competitor, the Los Angeles Herald, went out of business in 1989.

On April 30, 2020, Charlie Plowman, publisher of Outlook Newspapers, announced he would acquire the Glendale News-Press, Burbank Leader and La Cañada Valley Sun from Times Community Newspapers. Plowman acquired the South Pasadena Review and San Marino Tribune in late January 2020 from the Salter family, who owned and operated these two community weeklies.

The Los Angeles Times maintains a corporate office in El Segundo, California.

Los Angeles Times

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The Los Angeles Times has virtually no major competitors, other than the local paper Los Angeles Daily News. Their former competitor, the Los Angeles Herald, went out of business in 1989.

The Los Angeles Times maintains a corporate office in El Segundo, California.

MSNBC Corporate Office

MSNBC was founded in 1996 as a partnership between Microsoft and NBC television group. The company operates a cable news service and is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast.

As of 2015, more than 9.5 million households in the US alone had access to this popular news and opinion channel. Also in 2015, the company fell to third place, behind CNN. Because of this, the channel made programming changes to add at least 8 hours a day of “hard news” programming, such as adding Greta Van Susteren, former Fox News anchor, to a 1 hour in depth news program at 6PM, and The 11th Hour with Brian Williams at 11PM, with Rachael Maddow and Chris Hayes filling the prime time hours.

MSNBC is also viewed internationally, as well as online and on XM and Sirius Satellite radio. The channel has been accused of “liberal bias” by several newspaper reporters and even former President Bill Clinton.

MSNBC

MSNBC was founded in 1996 as a partnership between Microsoft and NBC television group. The company operates a cable news service and is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, which is owned by Comcast.

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Fox News Channel Corporate Office

Fox News Channel was founded in New York, New York, by Rupert Murdoch. The company operates a cable/satellite news channel which focuses on the conservative viewpoint. As of February of 2015, it is estimated that 81.4% of households receive the Fox News Channel.

The company is very popular among conservatives and Republicans, but it has been embroiled in controversy by slanting the news and has been embroiled in numerous accusations that the channel, whose byline is “Fair and Balanced Reporting”, has misrepresented facts.

In January of 2014, the company reached a landmark 145 consecutive months as the number one rated news channel. The channel also hosted the GOP 2016 Primary debate in August and had an astounding 24 million viewers, which is the largest audience for any cable news event in history.

A large scale protest organized by a conservative watchdog group, Media Matters, hit Fox News Headquarters March 13, 2019. This occurred the same day that the company held an emergency meeting with advertisers in an attempt to soothe them regarding inflammatory remarks made by hosts Tucker Carlson and Jeanine Pirro.

In September 2022, Fox News hosts Jeanine Pirro and Tucker Carlson were deposed over the Dominion Voting Machine lawsuit. An email from a Fox producer cited problems with Pirro and stated that she could not be put back on the air.

Headquarters for Fox News is located in New York, New York.

Fox News Channel

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Headquarters for Fox News is located in New York, New York.

Hearst Corporate Office

Hearst Communications, usually referred to simply as Hearst, was founded in 1887 by William Randolph Hearst. The company is a mass media conglomerate, owning newspapers, magazines, television stations and television channels, as well as being a business information center.

The company is still 100 percent owned by the Hearst family. This mega-media giant has more than 20,000 full time employees, as well as annual revenue in 2014 of $10 billion. The company owns more magazines and newspapers than any other corporation in the world. Some of their best known magazines and newspapers are Car and Driver, Cosmo, House Beautiful, Good Housekeeping, San Francisco Chronicles, and The Advocate.

Most people are unaware that Hearst also owns King Features Syndicate, First Data Bank, KUBRA and CDS Global.

Hearst

Most people are unaware that Hearst also owns King Features Syndicate, First Data Bank, KUBRA and CDS Global.