Who Owns the Media? The four largest media rivals in the U.S. are large enough to compete on a global scale: Time Warner, Disney, Viacom, and Fox NewsCorn. Using your web browser, explore each company's website and then answer the following questions: 1. Each of these media companies has a variety of media holdings but may concentrate on one kind (books, movies, television, print) over another. Compare and contrast their holdings. Does any company seem to have "cornered the market" in a given area? 2. These companies have penetrated almost every media market in one form or another. Would you consider their vast ownership a media monopoly? Why or why pot? 3. From the companies' standpoints, what is the positive aspect of being so diversified? 4. How does media monopoly impact the quality of the news or entertainment that readers, listeners and viewers get, and the variety of voices and opinions? 5. How many of these companies own book companies