Media, voting systems corporate ownership; who's in bed with whom?

[Amaryllis]

Here (scroll down) is a list of the five corporations who own nearly all the media (list from 2000, so somewhat outdated). I was wondering how this relates to corportate ownership of voting systems companies if one were to dig a little deeper. Anyone know more?

See this on ES & S connection to Omaha-based World-Herald Company, from http://www.publicaccountability.org/election.html

· Elections Systems and Software is currently owned by a contingent of highly conservative businessmen. Despite the company's private status, EVM researcher Bev Harris has uncovered information about the company's ownership structure. The three largest shareholders are the McCarthy Group, an investment firm, the Omaha-based World-Herald Company, and the Texas-based Cronus Industries (the percentages given below are based on the terms of previous mergers and buyouts).
· World Companies, a subsidiary of the World-Herald Company (~45%)The company publishes Omaha's conservative daily newspaper, which has endorsed George W. Bush. James Baker, who headed up the Bush campaign's Florida recount effort, was the keynote speaker at the opening of the Omaha World-Herald Freedom Center, the newspaper's new headquarters, on September 1, 2001.3 Baker has taken the lead in advocating for electronic voting systems, calling them "precision machinery."4


http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/cool/teach2.html
Connecting The Dots - Corporate Ownership of Media

Viacom

CBS Television
CBS & Infinity Radio Stations
The Nashville Network
Country Music Television
Simon & Schuster (publishers)
Blockbuster
Scribner (publishers)
Pocket Books
Paramount Pictures
MTV
Spelling Television
Nickelodeon
VH1
Showtime
TV Land
16 local CBS TV stations and 19 local Paramount Stations
w/ partial or joint ownership of:
UPN
Sundance Channel
United Cinemas
Comedy Central
SportsLine USA

Disney

ABC
Hyperion Books
Infoseek
Go Network
Miramax Films
Discover Magazine
Anaheim Angels (baseball team)
Mighty Ducks (NHL team)
w/ partial or joint ownership of:
ESPN
Lifetime Television
Talk Magazine
Oxygen Media
The Biography Channel
The History Channel
A&E Network

News Corp. (Rupert Murdoch)

FOX Broadcasting
Los Angeles Dodgers (baseball team)
FX Networks
New York Post
The Weekly Standard
Harper Collins (publishers)
William Morrow (publishers)
Zondervan Publishing House (bibles)
Avon Books
Regan Books
w/ partial or joint ownership of:
British Sky Broadcasting
Fox Sports Net
Radio City Television
Madison Square Garden Arena
New York Knicks (basetball)
New York Rangers (hockey)
Speedvision
Outdoor Life
TheStreet.com
Music Choice Europe

Universal/Vivendi

A&M Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
Motown Records
Universal Pictures
Universal Studios
Spencer Gifts
w/ partial or joint ownership of:
USA Networks (which owns Sci-Fi Channel, Home Shopping Network, Ticketmaster, etc.)
United Cinemas
Seagrams
Sundance Channel
Loews Cineplex

AOL/Time Warner

Time Warner Cable
HBO
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Television
MAD Magazine
Looney Tunes
TBS Superstation
Turner Network Television (TNT)
Cartoon Network
Atlanta Braves (baseball)
Atlanta Hawks (basketball)
Atlanta Thrashers (hockey)
World Championship Wrestling
New Line Cinema
CNN
CNN/fn
CNN
Time Magazine
Fortune Magazine
People Magazine
Money Magazine
In Style Magazine
Sports Illustrated
Book-of-the-Month Club
Little, Brown & Co. (publishers)
WB Television Network
w/ partial or joint ownership of:
Oxygen Media
Comedy Central
Columbia House (music)
Court TV

[KerryReallyWon]

1. Omaha World Herald.....

interesting...gosch+larry king+ world herald = BUSH CIA

[stillcool]

2. James Baker's name comes up ....

regardless of the crime. How will we ever get out from under all this?

[Amaryllis]

3. We will eventually; just maybe not in the time line we'd like. "When I

despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall - think of it, ALWAYS.” - Gandhi

[Amaryllis]

4. Just found out Vivendi Entertainment was purchased by the Carlyle Group

last year. They have major ties to Sequoia.

[Amaryllis]

5. I mean Sequoia has ties to the Carlyle group, not to Vivendi.

[Wilms]

6. kick n/t