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Mass media companies based in New York City

  • Paramount GlobalParamount Global paid $16 million to settle a lawsuit from President Trump.
  • The Trump OrganizationThe Trump Organization has around 250 affiliates and subsidiaries that use the Trump name, yet no outsider can say what the whole enterprise is worth. It is privately owned by Donald Trump. Its financial statements are private, and so are…
  • Den of GeekDen of Geek began in London in 2007 as a website, then grew a print magazine.
  • VerizonVerizon began in 1984 as a piece of a broken-up phone monopoly. It was one of seven Baby Bells.
  • Warner Bros. DiscoveryWarner Bros. Discovery borrowed its tagline from a 1941 film.
  • Columbia RecordsColumbia Records signed Bob Dylan first as a harmonica player, and some executives called him "Hammond's folly".
  • American Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company began as a forced sale in 1943.
  • Media BlastersA tax document in Japan showed Media Blasters as out of business. It cost the company Rurouni Kenshin and Berserk.
  • Cartoon NetworkCartoon Network began with a film library Ted Turner kept after a deal collapsed.
  • Bloomberg NewsBloomberg News began when Michael Bloomberg phoned a Wall Street Journal writer in November 1989.
  • GKIDSGKIDS won its first Best Animated Feature Oscar with The Boy and the Heron.
  • Gawker MediaGawker Media started in Nick Denton's apartment in SoHo. It ended with a $140 million jury judgment.
  • Hearst CommunicationsAt 23, William Randolph Hearst took over his father's San Francisco newspaper. It grew into Hearst Communications.
  • Digital TrendsConde Nast was reported to be negotiating to buy Digital Trends for $120 million in 2016. No acquisition followed.
  • Bloomberg LawBloomberg Law began in late 2009 as a pilot from a financial data company. It challenged two giants of legal research.
  • Marvel EntertainmentMarvel's owner once called the comic company a mini-Disney. Ronald Perelman said its characters were action heroes.
  • Ziff DavisZiff Davis began in 1920 as an ad agency placing ads in African American weekly newspapers.
  • Central Park MediaUrotsukidoji became the first animated film to receive an NC-17 rating. Central Park Media released it in 1992.
  • Bloomberg L.P.Bloomberg L.P. began with a $10 million buyout check in 1981.

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