Prior to its takeover by Eisner in 1984. it epitomized wholesome. family entertainment. While it still holds the rights to Snow White. the company under Eisner has expanded into the production of a great deal of so-called “adult” material.
In August 1995. Eisner acquired Capital Cities/ABC. Inc.. which owns the ABC Television Network. which in turn owns ten TV stations outright in such big markets as New York. Chicago. Philadelphia. Los Angeles. San Francisco. and Houston. In addition. it has 225 affiliated stations in the United States and is part owner of several European TV companies.
ABC’s cable subsidiary ESPN
Headed by president and CEO Steven Bornstein. who is a Jew. The corporation also has a controlling share of Lifetime Television and A & E Television Networks cable companies. with 67 million subscribers each. ABC Radio Network owns 26 AM and FM stations. again in major cities such as New York. Washington. and Los Angeles. and has over 3.400 affiliates.
Although primarily a telecommunications company. Capital Cities/ABC earned over $1 billion in publishing in 1997. It owns seven daily phone number list newspapers. Fairchild Publications (Women’s Wear Daily). Chilton Publications (automotive manuals). and the Diversified Publishing Group.
Number three on the list. with 1997
Revenues of just over $13 billion. is Viacom. Inc.. headed by Sumner Redstone (born Murray Rothstein). Viacom. which produces and distributes TV programs for the three largest networks. owns 13 television stations and 12 radio stations. It produces feature films through Paramount Pictures. headed by Jewess Sherry Lansing. Redstone acquired CBS following the December 1999 stockholders’ votes at CBS and Viacom.
Working for Redstone as CBS’s personalizing outreach with phone number databases chief executive is a Jew named Melvin A. Karmazin. He is the boss and biggest individual shareholder of the company that owns the CBS Television Network. 14 major-market TV stations. 160 radio stations.
The Country Music Television and the Nashville
Network cable channels. and a large number of outdoor advertising assets.
Viacom’s publishing division includes Simon & Schuster. Scribner. The Free Press. and Pocket Books. It distributes videos through over 4.000 Blockbuster stores. It is also involved in satellite broadcasting. theme parks. and video games.
Viacom’s chief claim to fame. however. is as the world’s largest provider of cable programming. through its Showtime. MTV. Nickelodeon. and email leads database other networks. Since 1989 MTV and Nickelodeon have acquired larger and larger shares of the juvenile television audience. The first quarter of 2001 was the 16th consecutive quarter in which MTV was rated as the cable network for viewers between the ages of 12 and 24.
