Who owns you?

It is important to understand who owns the media because everything they do could effect us and what we do. Many companies could own the majority of what you have, meaning that all your money is going to the same people even know you may think differently.

How many of you own a Hannah Montana or Jonas Brother CD? Well the Disney Company owns that. You probably knew that though. You probably also know that they own Disney World, along with a couple other amusement parks and you probably know most of the movies they made also. What you probably don't know though is that Disney also owns US Weekly, ESPN the Magazine, and Talk. They also own the television networks ABC, ESPN (and other ESPN networks), Lifetime and LMN and Fox Family Channel. They own a lot more than that.

They are not the only ones like this. I know a lot of you have probably read Twilight. Summit Entertainment was the publisher of this book. Anyone that hasn't watched Billy Madison is just crazy, but Madison Productions is the owner of it along with many other movies, mainly with Adam Sandler in them. It is called either Madison Productions or Happy Madison. They are an independently owned company.

I watch George Lopez on Nick at Nite. For all of you that do not know what that show is it is on Nickelodeon and is a comedy show. I love it. It is owned by Viacom though which also owns a whole lot of other things. It is one of the Big Ten companies. It also owns MTV, Blockbusters, CMT, BET, and the Movie Channel. Another Big Ten company is News Corporation. They own seventeen magazine and I am sure just about all girls have read one of these or own one or more. It is a pretty popular magazine. Triangle Publication is who published the magazine and News Corp owns Triangle Publications. Other things the News Corp. owns are Fox and FX channels, TV guide, and a lot to do with Dodger sport, including their stadium. They also own Madison Square Garden.