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A&E, History Channel, and Biograp
hyChannel(all25%/37.5%Disney and
37.5%Hearst); Snap TV (80%); NationalGeographic Channel (25%w/
News Corp
50%andNationalGeographic Society25%) ; American Movie Classics,
Bravo,
Romance Classics, and Independent Film
Channel(all25%w/29%ATT and46%CABLE VISION); Much Music
(12.5%
w/23%Cablevisionand14.5%ATT and50%CanadianmediafirmCHUM
LTD) ;Regionalspo rts channelswith NewsCorporation and
Cablevision (through
regionalprogrammingpartners);
GENERAL ELECTRIC AOL/TIME WARNER
2000revenues: $111.6billionSPORTS
(al lowned25%w/29%AT&Tand46%CABLEVISION)
Madison Square Garden Arena and Theater;Management and operation
of Hartford Civic
Center; NewYork Knicks, NewYork Rangers,
NewYork Liberty, NewEngland Seawolves,
NewEngland Seawolves, Hartford Wolfpack
MOVIE THEATRESClearviewCinema Group (owned25%w/29%
ATT and46%CABLE VISION)
WEB
NBCIntern et Inc.
(47.3%w/38.8%Xoom.comand13.8% CNETInc.) includes Snap, NBC.com,
NBC-IN.com ,
VideoSeeker, CNBC.com (10%)
Stakes in other sites include:Salon.com (10%);Launch Media
(11%w/Sony
andothers)provides downloadablemusic;iVillage, Inc. (w/AOL/TW,
AT&T, Tenet HealthcareCorp.)sitefor women;Autobytel.com Inc.
(9.5%),iXLEnterprises, Inc. (9.4%); Interactive PicturesCorporation
(5.75%w/Motorola, AT&T, andLeeMartin)interactivephotography
technology; GECisco IndustrialNetworks (W/CiscoSystems)
software, hardwareanddatasystems design; TalkCity, Inc. (joint
venture) www.talkcity.com;
Telescan (13.9%)investment analysis tools, stockmarket data;
Intertainer Inc. (w/Comcast, Intel,
Microsoft)Pay-per-viewTV; SelfCare.com
(about80%withValueVision)onlinewomen's health
magazine; American POP! (25%w/75%Cablevision), Telocity (About
80%w/Value
Vision), Loudeye Technologies, Inc. (w/Microsoft,AOL/ TW
andViacom)digitalmedia
management ;Ralph Lauren Media (50%
W/POLO RALPHLAURENMEDIA)sales ofRalphLaurenproducts viaInternet,
TV andprint;
Other newmedia:
CNBC-DowJone s Business Video Service, NBC
Desktop Video, NBCData Network, NBCDigital
Publishing, NBCInteractive Neighbothood, and
NBCSupernet
TV
APPLIANCESGE, Hotpoint, Monogram, Profile and other
brand name appliances; Light bulbs andlighting fixtures
AIRCRAFT ENGINES
For militaryand commercialplanes
($1.6billionfromaircraft enginesalestoUS military in1999)
FINANCING & INSURANCE
Bringing in almost half
of GEs annualrevenues.
Messaging services,
internet &intranet
services
Freight and
passenger trains
MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
MRand CT scanners, x-ray, nuclear imaging
and ultrasound machines
POWERSYSTEMS
Equipment for refineries, ammonia plants
and nuclear reactors
PLASTICS
For cars, computers,
compact disks, appliances
and construction materials
NBC
CNBC
MSNBC(50% W/ 50%
Microsoft)INTERNATIONAL TV HOLDINGS
CNBCand A&E
distributed in other countries
NationalGeog raphicWorldwide
(25%with25%NationalGeographicTV
and50%NewsCorp)in 54 foreign countries
Bravo International (25%withCablevision)
CABLE
TV STATIONS
TV PRODUCTION
NBC NEWS
The Today Show
Meet the Press
Weekend Today
NBCNightly News
Dateline NBC
JanusCapitalCorporationowns 6%
2000revenues: $36.2billionMOVIES
Warner Bros. (75%w/25%AT&T) , NewLineCinema, Fine Line
Features; Castle Rock
Entertainment; Warner Bros. joint ventures
include Bel-Air Entertainment (w/Canal+),Village
RoadshowPictures, Gaylord
Entertainment;and some HBO divisions;
distribution arrangements with AlconEntertainment, Morgan Creek
Productions,
Franchise Entertainment; library of MGM, RKO
and pre-1950 Warner Bros. films
Home Video: Warner Home Video (75%w/25%AT&T); TiVo
(w/Philips andothers)
Movie Theaters: UCI (50%w/50%Viacom); WFCinema Holdings, L.P.
(50%w/ 50%Viacom)negotiating to buy WestStar theatres; Warner
Bros. International Theaters
MAGAZINES63 including the 3 best-selling: Time, Life and
People; MADMagazine, DCComics (87.5%w/12.5%AT&T);American
ExpressPublishing
Corp.(ownership stake);
PRODUCTION& DISTRIBUTIONNewLine Television
Warner Bros.Television
(75%w/ 25%MediaOne/AT&T)Warner Bros.Television Animation
(75%w/ 25%MediaOne/AT&T)Telepictures Productions
(75%w/ 25%MediaOne/AT&T)Castle Rock Television
HBO Independent Productions
(75%w/ 25%MediaOne/AT&T)
SATELLITE TVPrimestar (withTCI/AT&T, Advance
Publications, MediaOne/AT&T,
Comcast andCox)Sale pending to GeneralMotors
FRANCHISES12.9 million subscribers
includes systems ownedTime Warner and Advance
Publications, Time Warner alone
and TimeWarner 75% with 25%
MediaOne/ATT
TV
RETAIL
WB
(67%w/22.25%TribuneCo.and11%WB officers );
INTERNATIONAL
CHANNELS:Owns outright or
equity stakes in: TBSand
TNNin about 120 countries;
internationalve rsions of
CNN, Cartoon Network,
HBO and Cinemax;music video channels in
Germany, Hungary, Asia;
payTVservices in Hungary,
Czech Republic, Slovak
Republic, Poland, Romania;
Star Channel
CNN
CNNHeadl ine News
CNN/Sports Illustrated
CNN
CNNfn
CABLEPROVIDERS:
12.8 million customers in wholly-owned and
partially-owned systems (most with AT&Tand
some also with Advance-Newhouse);stakes in
some internationaltelephony and cable operations
CHANNELS:HBO, Cinemax, (75%w/25%AT&T) , Comedy
Central (37.5%w/50%Viacomand12.5%AT&T) ,Court TV
(50%w/50%ATT) , TBS, TNT, Cartoon
Network (Europe, Latin America, and Asia/Pacific),
Turner Classic Movies, CNNInternational, CNN en
Espanol, and CNN/Sports Illustrated; TVKO
(75%w/25%AT&T);Music Choice and Music Choice
Europe(w/Sony, EMI, GeneralInstrumen t)
PRODUCTION/PROGRAMMING:
Warner Bros. Television, Telepictures Productions,
Castle Rock Television;Witt Thomas Productions,
Warner Bros. Television Animation (Hanna Barberaand Looney
Toons); also, some HBO divisions,
Warner Library of 6,500 feature films, 32,000
television titles and 13,500 cartoons; stake in
Oxygen Media
BOOKSWarner Books (imprints include: Warner
Vision, The Mysterious Press, Warner Aspect
and Warner Treasures), Little, Brown and Co.( imprints
include:Bulfinch Press and Back
Bay Books), Time-Life Books, Oxmoor
House, Leisure Arts and Sunset Books
Book Clubs: Book-of-the-Month Club,
Paperback Book Club, Childrens Book-of -the-Month-Club, History
Book Club and
Money Book ClubWEB
SPORTSAtlanta Braves, Atlanta Hawks,
Atlanta Thrashers, GoodwillGames;Philips Arena
THEME PARKS
Sea World and Movie World
in Austrailia (w/Village
RoadshowLtd., 78%)OTHER
Warner Bros. Consumer Products (75%w/25%AT&T)licensesinclude
rights to DCComics, Hanna-Barbera
characters and Harry Potter; Turner Learning
(instructionalprograms for classrooms with programming
from CNN, TNT, TCM, and Cartoon Network)
TELEPHONYTime Warner Telecom (37%)
WEB ACCESSRoad Runner
(37%w/34%TCI/AT&T,10%Microsoft, 10%Compaq,
9%AdvancePublications)Cable Modems
MTVGuide, (
Celebrity
distribution from Bau
Digest, PR
Cons
Communic
McGraw-Hil
GEAmericom operates1 3communications satellites
SATELLITES
health, accident and long-term care insurance, and
investment and retirement plans, plus specialtyinsurance,
principally excess workers' compensation,
medicalmalpractice, errorsand omissionscoverage
for insurance agents, libeland allied torts
INSURANCE
BANKING AND FINANCE
Mortgages, home equity and commercial
realestate loans; loans to airlines and
aircraft operators, car dealers,
manufacturers, financing companies and
their customers in the US, the UK, Ireland,Portugal, France,
Spain, Italy, Sweden and
Denmark; handles credit card operations for
retailers, including application processing,
salesauthorization, customer services and
collection services in the US, UK, Austria,
France, Ireland, Germany, The Netherlands,Italy, Spain,
Portugal, Poland, Switzerland,
the Czech Republic, Japan, Thailand, Hong
Kong, China, Brazil, Australia, Indonesia
and India; finances acquisitions and
business expansion; owns stock in
companies in retail, financialservices,
telecommunications, healthcare, food andbeverage, cable and
broadcasting industries
TRANSPORTATION
owns/manages almost 900 aircraft, leases about 1 million
carsand
trucks, over 350,000 dryfreight, refrigerated and double
vans,
about another 98,000 tractors, trucks and trailers through
PenskeLeasing (limitedpartnership), specialized trailersand
marine
shipping containers (withSeaContainers Ltd) and 190,000
railcars
RETAIL
MontgomeryWard
NBCProduction s, Radio City
Television, Bravo OriginalProgramming, IFCProductions,
Next Wave Films (allowned25%w/29%ATT and46%
CABLE VISION)
America Online (26millioncustomers), CompuServe
(3millioncustomers), Netscape (softwareandportal),
digitalcity.com,
moviefone.com, iamaze.com, quack.com, and mapquest.com;
ICQ and AOLInstant Messenger (messagingservices); Stakes
in:Spinner.com, Winamp and SHOUTcast (music sites),
Earthnoise.com, Kinkos.com; joint partnerships in Europe
(50%w/Bertelsmann; salepending); in Australia (50%w/ AAPT
Limited), in Latin America (w/ Cisneros
GroupandBancoItau)RoadRunner (beingrestructuredtogiveAOL/TW
majority stakeinpartnershipw/ AT&T andAdvance-Newhouse) Cable
modems
- 1 million customers
American Recordings, Asylum Atlantic, Atlantic
Classics, Atlantic Jazz, Atlantic Nashville, Atlanti
Theater, Big Beat, Breaking, Coalition, Curb, Eas
West, Elektra, Giant, Igloo, Lava, Mesa/BluemoonMaverick
(w/Madonna), Modern, Nonsuch, Qwest
143 (joint venture), Reprise, Reprise Nashville,
Revolution, Sire, Strickly Rhythm (joint venture),
Teldec, Warner Nashville, Warner Alliance, Warner
Resound, Warner Sunset, Other intrests include:
Warner/Chappell Music (publishing), WEAInc.
(saledistributionandmanufacturing),Ivy HillCorp.
(printingandpackaging), Joint Ventures musicSound Exchange
(w/Sony), and Heartland Mus
(50%); majority interest in Alternative
Distribution Alliance ("independent distribucompany"); Quincy
Jones Entertainment
Co. (37.5%w/ 12.5%AT&T and50%Quincy Jones) Columbia House
(50%
w/50%Sony); Warner Bros.publications (publishes printed musi
Warner Bros, Studio Stores
(75%w/25%AT&T)Most willclose in 2001
MUSIC
LIVE VENUES
World Wrestling Federation (3% w/3% Viacom)
WVTM Birmingham, AL
KNBCLosAngeles, CAKNSD, San Diego, CA
WVIT, Hartford, CT
WTVS, Miami, FL
WMAQ, Chicago, IL
WCMH, Columbus, OH
WNBC, NewYork, NYWNCN, Raleigh-Durham,
NCWCAU, Philadelphia, PA
WJAR, Providence, RI
KXAS, Dallas, TX
WRC, Washington, D.C.
Paxson CommunicationsCorporation (32%withtheright
acquire49%w/LowellPaxson)73 TVstations and
PAXTV, a national
programming network
