1. What other major companies does each of your "owners" have? Include a link or citation of where you found the information. (Example: Comcast (Links to an external site.) also owns Dreamworks Animation, Sky Group and Xfinity).
2. Write out the chain of ownership for each of your 7 "favorite" media products.
3. Give an overall opinion about your findings and what did or did not surprise you, concern you or call your attention to your list.
4. Based on your findings, which kinds of media (film, TV, music, websites, books, newspapers, magazines) seem more controlled by independent companies versus major media conglomerates (like Disney, for example)? Venture an opinion: Why do you think this might be?

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