| Advertising
Age's Top 100 Media Companies
(Revenue in Millions of Dollars)
|
| Rank |
Company |
Total | Newspaper
| Magazine
| T.V. & Radio
| Cable T.V.
| Other |
| 1 | Capital Cities/ABC
| $6,257.7
| $615.3 |
$365.3 | $4,352.0
| $925.1 |
- |
| 2 | Time Warner
| $6,036.6
| - | $2,281.6
| - | $3,755.0
| - |
| 3 | Tele-Communications Inc.
| $4,247.0
| - | -
| - | $4,247.0
| - |
| 4 | CBS Inc.
| $3,711.9
| - | -
| $3,711.9
| - | -
|
| 5 | Gannett Co.
| $3,650.1
| $3,002.0
| - | $407.0
| - | $241.1
|
| 6 | Advance Publications
| $3,460.0
| $1,926.0
| $1,008.0
| - | $526.0
| - |
| 7 | General Electric Co.
| $3,361.0
| - | -
| $322.0 |
$139.0 | -
|
| 8 | News Corp.
| $2,914.0
| $85.0 |
$635.0 | $1,632.0
| - | $562.0
|
| 9 | New York Times
| $2,357.6
| $1,968.3
| $280.1 |
$96.2 | -
| $13.0 |
| 10 | Times Mirror Co.
| $2,300.2
| $2,063.0
| $237.2 |
- | -
| - |
| 11 | Hearst Co.
| $2,298.7
| $770.4 |
$1,236.0 |
$292.3 | -
| - |
| 12 | Viacom
| $2,292.2
| - | -
| $444.6 |
$1,847.6 |
- |
| 13 | Knight-Ridder
| $2,194.5
| $2,194.5
| - | -
| - | -
|
| 14 | Cox Enterprises
| $2,069.6
| $891.0 |
$.4 | $441.9
| $736.3 |
- |
| 15 | Turner Broadcasting System
| $2,047.4
| - | -
| - | $2,047.4
| - |
| 16 | Tribune Co.
| $1,960.2
| $1,292.4
| $9.5 |
$658.3 | -
| - |
| 17 | Thomson Corp.
| $1,631.0
| $731.0 |
$900.0 | -
| - | -
|
| 18 | Washington Post Co.
| $1,497.3
| $717.3 |
$337.6 | $260.3
| $182.1 |
- |
| 19 | Continental Cablevision
| $1,200.0
| - | -
| - | $1,200.0
| - |
| 20 | E.W. Scripps
| $1,146.5
| $602.9 |
- | $288.2
| $255.4 |
- |
| 21 | Dow Jones & Co.
| $1,114.0
| $1,114.0
| - | -
| - | -
|
| 22 | Comcast Corp.
| $1,065.3
| - | -
| - | $1,065.3
| - |
| 23 | Reed Elsevier
| $1,045.0
| - | $1,045.0
| - | -
| - |
| 24 | Advo
| $975.5 |
- | -
| - | -
| $975.5 |
| 25 | International Data Group
| $912.0 |
- | $912.0
| - | -
| - |
| 26 | Ziff-Davis Publishing
| $852.1 |
$6.0 | $821.0
| - | -
| $25.1 |
| 27 | Cablevision Systems Corp.
| $837.2 |
- | -
| - | $837.2
| - |
| 28 | Reader's Digest Association
| $780.0 |
- | $780.0
| - | -
| - |
| 29 | Meredith Corp.
| $649.2 |
- | $494.3
| $103.2 |
$51.7 | -
|
| 30 | A. H. Belo Corp.
| $628.2 |
$369.3 | -
| $258.8 |
- | -
|
| 31 | Providence Journal Co.
| $600.0 |
$130.0 | -
| $165.0 |
$305.0 | -
|
| 32 | Westinghouse Electric Corp.
| $576.1 |
- | -
| $576.1 |
- | -
|
| 33 | Valassis Communications
| $562.8 |
- | -
| - | -
| $562.8 |
| 34 | McGraw-Hill
| $537.5 |
- | $418.1
| $119.4 |
- | -
|
| 35 | Central Newspapers
| $519.7 |
$519.7 | -
| - | -
| - |
| 36 | Harte-Hanks Communications
| $513.6 |
$317.2 | -
| $28.6 |
- | $167.8
|
| 37 | Media General
| $512.0 |
$324.4 | $1.9
| $62.3 |
$123.4 | -
|
| 38 | Media News Group
| $510.0 |
$510.0 | -
| - | -
| - |
| 39 | Freedom Newspapers
| $501.0 |
$408.0 | -
| $93.0 |
- | -
|
| 40 | Cablevision Industries Corp.
| $496.9 |
- | -
| - | $496.9
| - |
| 41 | Chronicle Publishing Co.
| $492.0 |
$256.0 | -
| $117.0 |
$119.0 | -
|
| 42 | K-III Holdings
| $486.1 |
$122.2 | $363.9
| - | -
| - |
| 43 | Pulitzer Publishing
| $485.6 |
$304.8 | -
| $180.8 |
- | -
|
| 44 | Landmark Communications
| $468.0 |
$294.0 | $15.0
| $52.0 |
$107.0 | -
|
| 45 | Zuckerman Media Properties
| $467.0 |
$251.0 | $216.0
| - | -
| - |
| 46 | Hollinger Inc.
| $467.0 |
$467.0 | -
| - | -
| - |
| 47 | Walt Disney Co.
| $460.0 |
- | $77.0
| $103.0 |
$280.0 | -
|
| 48 | Multimedia
| $458.3 |
$150.1 | -
| $142.8 |
$165.4 | -
|
| 49 | Chris-Craft Industries
| $457.5 |
- | -
| $457.5 |
- | -
|
| 50 | Hachette Filipacchi Magazines
| $455.0 |
- | $455.0
| - | -
| - |
| 51 | McClatchy Newspapers
| $453.1 |
$453.1 | -
| - | -
| - |
| 52 | USA Network
| $450.0 |
- | -
| - | $450.0
| - |
| 53 | Cowles Media Co.
| $449.7 |
$320.0 | $129.7
| - | -
| - |
| 54 | United News & Media
| $442.8 |
- | $442.8
| - | -
| - |
| 55 | Morris Communica-tions
| $416.0 |
$373.8 | -
| $26.2 |
- | $16.0
|
| 56 | Gaylord Entertainment Co.
| $398.2 |
- | -
| $154.3 |
$243.9 | -
|
| 57 | CompuServe Inc.
| $392.5 |
- | -
| - | -
| $392.5 |
| 58 | Copley Newspapers
| $384.0 |
$384.0 | -
| - | -
| - |
| 59 | Bertelsmann AG
| $377.0 |
- | $377.0
| - | -
| - |
| 60 | Marcus Cable Co.
| $366.6 |
- | -
| - | $366.6
| - |
| 61 | Adelphia Communications Corp.
| $361.5 |
- | -
| - | $361.5
| - |
| 62 | America Online
| $358.0 |
- | -
| - | -
| $358.0 |
| 63 | Donrey Media Group
| $341.5 |
$252.0 | -
| $12.2 |
$17.3 | $60.0
|
| 64 | Journal Register Co.
| $341.0 |
$341.0 | -
| - | -
| - |
| 65 | Journal Communications
| $334.0 |
$270.6 | -
| $63.4 |
- | -
|
| 66 | Lee Enterprises
| $331.0 |
$241.0 | -
| $90.0 |
- | -
|
| 67 | Discovery Communications
| $329.6 |
- | -
| - | $329.6
| - |
| 68 | Century communications Corp.
| $318.2 |
- | -
| - | $318.2
| |
| 69 | Heritage Media Corp.
| $317.6 |
- | -
| $87.5 |
- | $230.1
|
| 70 | CMP Publications
| $317.0 |
- | $317.0
| - | -
| - |
| 71 | Blade Communications
| $304.0 |
$221.0 | -
| $30.0 |
$53.0 | -
|
| 72 | New World Communciations Group
| $302.1 |
- | -
| $302.1 |
- | -
|
| 73 | American Media
| $300.1 |
- | $300.1
| - | -
| - |
| 74 | 3M
| $293.0 |
- | -
| - | -
| $293.0 |
| 75 | National Geographic Society
| $280.9 |
- | $280.9
| - | -
| - |
| 76 | Infinity
| $274.1 |
- | -
| $274.1 |
- | -
|
| 77 | Charter Communications
| $273.1 |
- | -
| - | $273.1
| - |
| 78 | Univision Holdings
| $271.7 |
- | -
| $271.7 |
- | -
|
| 79 | Seattle Times Co.
| $270.0 |
$270.0 | -
| - | -
| - |
| 80 | Forbes Inc.
| $266.5 |
$6.6 | $259.9
| - | -
| - |
| 81 | Petersen Publishing Co.
| $250.3 |
- | $250.3
| - | -
| - |
| 82 | Lenfest Group
| $245.0 |
- | -
| - | $245.0
| - |
| 83 | Lifetime Television
| $241.0 |
- | -
| - | $241.0
| - |
| 84 | Dispatch Printing Co.
| $232.7 |
$158.0 | $2.1
| $72.6 |
- | -
|
| 85 | Prodigy Services Co.
| $230.0 |
- | -
| - | -
| $230.0 |
| 86 | Times Publishing Co.
| $224.0 |
$188.0 | $36.0
| - | -
| - |
| 87 | InterMedia
| $223.6 |
- | -
| - | $223.6
| - |
| 88 | A&E Television Networks
| $214.1 |
- | -
| - | $214.1
| - |
| 89 | US West/Southern Multimedia
| $205.0 |
- | -
| - | $205.0
| - |
| 90 | Patrick Media Group
| $203.0 |
- | -
| - | -
| $203.0 |
| 91 | Citicasters
| $197.0 |
- | -
| $197.0 |
- | -
|
| 92 | Wenner Media
| $190.9 |
- | $190.9
| - | -
| - |
| 93 | LIN Television
| $186.4 |
- | -
| $186.4 |
- | -
|
| 94 | Telemundo Group
| $183.9 |
- | -
| $183.9 |
- | -
|
| 95 | Macromedia
| $181.8 |
$153.6 | -
| $28.2 |
- | -
|
| 96 | International Family Entertainment
| $178.7 |
- | -
| - | $178.7
| - |
| 97 | Pittway Corp.
| $176.7 |
- | $176.7
| - | -
| - |
| 98 | Jefferson-Pilot Corp.
| $172.5 |
- | -
| $172.5 |
- | -
|
| 99 | Crain Communications
| $170.7 |
- | $170.3
| $.4 |
- | -
|
| 100 |
TKR Cable Co.
| $170.1 |
- | -
| - | $170.1
| - |