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.
