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Neatorama is offering a conveniently visual take on media ownership. Some suprised me, and there are some notable errors and omissions. The comments likely contain an answer to your concerns.

Speaking of newspapers, Felix Salmon defends Alfonso Serrono interesting idea for ownership of the New York Times (or any paper):

Personally, I think this is a really good idea: give every print subscriber one Class B voting share of NYT stock, and then give them one more share every three months thereafter, assuming their subscription is still in good standing. The securities would automatically convert to Class A shares if they were sold or transferred, or if the subscriber let his subscription lapse.

(via Snarkmarket)

The Columbia Journalism Review has an interesting-but-annoying resource that lets you see what major media organizations own what. The tool’s thorough and useful, but it’s not terribly good at giving you a quick overview of who the big players are. But it interesting to see, for example, that Cox owns lots of local newspapers and local network affiliates, while Comcast owns none.