Media Ownership

This week’s assignment was to track down the conglomerates that own the networks of the shows I happen to watch. I was especially excited to track down the owners of the networks and shows that I watch because I have never researched this information before. I looked at a few of the major conglomerates including Disney, Viacom, and Time Warner, and found that most of the networks I watch are owned by Time Warner Inc. Some of my favorite networks currently are HBO, and TBS. I enjoy the comedy shows on TBS such as New Girl, Bob’s Burgers, and Conan. Also, I recently got into a new show on HBO called Westworld. After discovering that Time Warner Inc owned these networks, I decided to do some more digging. I went directly to timewarner.com to see who is the head of the company. I discovered that a man named Jeff Bewkes is the current Chairman of the Board and CEO of Time Warner. I learned from the website that Bewkes received his BA from Yale and his MBA from Stanford Graduate school of Business (timewarner.com). Moreover, Bewke's contribution history indicates a past tendency of democratic leniency, however, his most resent donations fall under unclassified (http://individual-contributors.insidegov.com/l/1535525/Jeffrey-Bewkes). I tried to do more research on his political affiliations, or what religion he follows in order to see if his beliefs are reflected in the media he co owns, however, there wasn’t any major information about his personal views that I discovered. Needless to say,  I wish I knew more about the CEO of Time Warner Inc.