Who Owns the Media?

Top Newspapers

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Most of the twenty largest newspapers in the country (by circulation) are owned by large media companies.

Rank Paper Owner
1 USA Today Gannett Co.
2 Wall Street Journal Dow Jones & Co.
3 New York Times New York Times Co.
4 Los Angeles Times Tribune Co.
5 Washington Post Washington Post Co.
6 New York Daily News Mortimer Zuckerman
7 New York Post News Corp.
8 Chicago Tribune Tribune Co.
9 Houston Chronicle Hearst Corp.
10 Dallas Morning News Belo Corp.
11 Newsday (NY) Tribune Co.
12 Arizona Republic Gannett Co.
13 Boston Globe New York Times Co.
14 Star-Ledger (NJ) Newhouse/Advance
15 San Francisco Chronicle Hearst Corp.
16 Star Tribune (MN) Avista Capital Partners
17 Philadelphia Inquirer Philadelphia Media Holdings
18 Atlanta Journal-Constitution Cox Enterprises
19 Detroit Free Press Gannett Co.
20 The Plain Dealer (OH) Newhouse/Advance

Rankings based on estimated daily circulation, spring 2007.

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