Named the largest media corporation in the world, Time Warner was born when Time Inc. and Warner Communications decided to become one; when they gained Turner Broadcasting in 1996, the company regained their position as the biggest media firm in the world from Disney.
Time Warner has shifted its focus onto global television as the most potential area for development; unlike News Corporation, Time Warner has been dedicated to produce channels and programs, rather than creating satellite systems.
Time Warner also owns more than 1000 movie theatres OUTSIDE of the United States, making it one of the largest movie theatre owners on the planet. What is even more amazing is that there are plans of expansion throughout the world.
Majority interest in WB, a U.S. television network launched in 1995 to provide a distribution platform for Time Warner films and programs. It is carried on the Tribune Company's 16 U.S. television stations, which reach 25 percent of U.S. TV households;
Here is a list of what Time Warner owns:
- The largest cable system in the United States, controlling 22 of the largest 100 markets;
- Several U.S. and global cable television channels, including CNN, Headline News, CNN, Peachtree, TNT, Turner Classic Movies, The Cartoon Network and CNN-SI (a cross-production with Sports Illustrated)
- Partial ownership of the cable channel Comedy Central and a controlling stake in Court TV
- HBO and Cinemax pay cable channels
- Minority stake in PrimeStar, U.S. satellite television service
- Warner Brothers and New Line Cinema film studios
- More than 1,000 movie screens outside of the United States
- A library of over 6,000 films, 25,000 television programs, books, music and thousands of cartoons
- Twenty-four magazines, including Time, People and Sports Illustrated
- Fifty percent of DC Comics, publisher of Superman, Batman and 60 other titles
- The second largest book-publishing business in the world, including Time-Life Books (42 percent of sales outside of the United States) and the Book-of-the-Month Club
- Warner Music Group, one of the largest global music businesses with nearly 60 percent of revenues from outside the United States
- Six Flags theme park chain; The Atlanta Hawks and Atlanta Braves professional sports teams; Retail stores, including over 150 Warner Bros. stores and Turner Retail Group; Minority interests in toy companies Atari and Hasbro.
That is a MAJOR amount of our lives that Time Warner controls; with all these ownerships at their disposable, they can manage to manipulate the masses (people) at their will.
Imagine this: What if Time Warner decided to play Saw 4 on all their channels. Not just their movie networks, but on Nickelodeon, Cartoon network, CNN, channels that people of all ages watch. At a flick of the wrist, Time Warner could do some serious damage to everyone.
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