Media Hegemonies / Mapping Who Owns What

Did you know that American telecommunications company, Viacom, owns all of these cable and film companies?
Cable
MTV
MTV2
mtvU
AtomFilms
Addicting Games
Gamerailers
Harmonix
MTVN International
MTV TR3S
Neopets
Parents Connect
Quizilla
Rhapsody
Shockwave
VH1
VH1 Classic
VH1 Soul
Virtual Worlds
XFIRE
Nickelodeon
Nick Jr.
BET
BET J
Nick at Nite
TV Land
NOGGIN
VH1
Spike TV
CMT
Comedy Central
Film
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Home Entertainment
Dreamworks Studiis
Paramount Vantage
MTV Films
Nickelodeon Movies
Home Entertainment

What does this mean? I think that cross media ownership is just another term for greed. It is amazing to me that one company can control so many. It seems that no matter what I do I will always be supporting Viacom, regardless of what I choose to watch on television or in film.

--Brendan--

Works Cited

http://cjr.org/resources/?c=viacom