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Who owns your news?

Follow ownership, editorial authority, funding, and recurring frames. Select any actor. Open the receipts. See what the record proves.

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Verified
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Different news brands can share an ultimate controller while presenting themselves as separate choices. These clusters include only relationships documented in verified ownership records.

Shared control establishes a governance structure. It does not prove identical journalism or intervention in a particular story.

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Ownership directory

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Verified: current primary record attached Partial: documented chain with a named gap Refresh needed: not presented as verified Power dossier: editorial framing and influence links sourced separately
Reuters
Power dossier · 7 findings
Wire Services
Legal parentThomson Reuters Corporation
Ultimate controlThe Woodbridge Company Limited, the Thomson family holding companyFamily voting control
Verified
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
Associated Press
Power dossier · 7 findings
Wire Services
Legal parentThe Associated Press
Ultimate controlU.S. newspaper members through an elected board of directorsMember cooperative
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
CBS News
Power dossier · 11 findings
National News
Legal parentParamount, a Skydance Corporation
Ultimate controlLawrence and David Ellison through Ellison-family-controlled entitiesFamily voting control
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
CNN
Power dossier · 7 findings
National News
Legal parentWarner Bros. Discovery, Inc.
Ultimate controlPublic shareholders; no individual owner identifiedPublic company
Verified
3 receipts · 2026-08-01
Fox News
Power dossier · 7 findings
National News
Legal parentFox Corporation
Ultimate controlLGC Holdco; sole voting control rests with Lachlan Murdoch through its appointed managing directorFamily voting control
Verified
3 receipts · 2026-08-01
New York Post
National News
Legal parentNews Corp
Ultimate controlLGC Holdco; sole voting control rests with Lachlan Murdoch through its appointed managing directorFamily voting control
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
The Wall Street Journal
Power dossier · 8 findings
Business News
Legal parentDow Jones & Company, a News Corp subsidiary
Ultimate controlLGC Holdco; sole voting control rests with Lachlan Murdoch through its appointed managing directorFamily voting control
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
The New York Times
Power dossier · 10 findings
National News
Legal parentThe New York Times Company
Ultimate controlOchs-Sulzberger Family Trust through Class B voting stockFamily voting control
Verified
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
The Washington Post
Power dossier · 6 findings
National News
Legal parentNash Holdings LLC
Ultimate controlJeff BezosIndividual ownership
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Bloomberg News
Power dossier · 8 findings
Business News
Legal parentBloomberg L.P.
Ultimate controlMichael Bloomberg, founder and majority ownerIndividual ownership
Verified
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
MS NOW
National News
Legal parentVersant Media Group, Inc.
Ultimate controlPublic shareholders following the Comcast separationPublic company
Verified
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
TechCrunch
Technology
Legal parentRegent, L.P.
Ultimate controlRegent; Yahoo retained a small interestPrivate company
Verified
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
The Guardian
National News
Legal parentGuardian Media Group
Ultimate controlThe Scott Trust LimitedTrust
Verified
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
TIME
Magazine
Legal parentTIME USA LLC
Ultimate controlMarc and Lynne BenioffIndividual ownership
Verified
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
Los Angeles Times
National News
Legal parentNantCapital
Ultimate controlPatrick Soon-ShiongIndividual ownership
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
BBC
Power dossier · 6 findings
National News
Legal parentBritish Broadcasting Corporation
Ultimate controlBBC Board under the Royal Charter; board appointments are split between the UK government and the BBCState funded
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
NPR
Power dossier · 6 findings
Public Media
Legal parentNational Public Radio, Inc.
Ultimate control23-member board elected through NPR member-station and board processesNonprofit
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Daily Mail
National News
Legal parentDaily Mail and General Trust plc
Ultimate controlRothermere Continuation Limited, controlled by the Rothermere familyFamily voting control
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Al Jazeera
International
Legal parentAl Jazeera Media Network, a Qatari private foundation for public benefit
Ultimate controlFoundation governance under Qatari law; the public record reviewed does not disclose a beneficial ownerNonprofit
Partial
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
South China Morning Post
International
Legal parentSouth China Morning Post Publishers Limited
Ultimate controlAlibaba Group Holding Limited through wholly owned SCMP PublishersPublic company
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Middle East Eye
International
Legal parentMiddle East Eye Limited
Ultimate controlJamal Awn Jamal Bessasso, 75% or more of shares and voting rights in the named UK companyIndividual ownership
Partial
3 receipts · 2026-08-01
Deutsche Welle
Public Media
Legal parentDeutsche Welle, a German federal public-law institution
Ultimate controlDW Broadcasting Board and Administrative Board under the Deutsche Welle Act; publicly funded by the German federal budgetState funded
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
France 24
Public Media
Legal parentFrance Médias Monde
Ultimate controlFrench state as shareholder, with a 15-member statutory board and ARCOM-appointed leadershipState funded
Verified
3 receipts · 2026-08-01
Times of India
International
Legal parentBennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.
Ultimate controlSahu Jain family, as disclosed by The Times of India; current voting percentages are not publishedFamily voting control
Partial
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
The Japan Times
International
Legal parentThe Japan Times, Ltd.
Ultimate controlNews2u Holdings, Inc.; current beneficial shareholders are not disclosed in the reviewed primary recordPrivate company
Partial
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
The Africa Report
International
Legal parentJeune Afrique Media Group
Ultimate controlPrivate shareholders not itemized in current reviewed primary recordsPrivate company
Partial
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
TRT World
Public Media
Legal parentTurkish Radio and Television Corporation (TRT)
Ultimate controlTurkish public-law broadcasting corporation governed under Law No. 2954State funded
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
The Intercept
Investigative
Legal parentIntercept Media, Inc.
Ultimate controlIndependent nonprofit board of directorsNonprofit
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
ProPublica
Investigative
Legal parentPro Publica, Inc.
Ultimate controlIndependent nonprofit board of directorsNonprofit
Verified
3 receipts · 2026-08-01
Democracy Now!
Independent
Legal parentDemocracy Now! Productions, Inc.
Ultimate controlNonprofit board; current board roster was not located on the reviewed public pagesNonprofit
Partial
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
OCCRP
Investigative
Legal parentJournalism Development Network, Inc. dba OCCRP
Ultimate controlIndependent nonprofit boardNonprofit
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Bellingcat
Investigative
Legal parentStichting Bellingcat and Bellingcat US, Inc.
Ultimate controlNonprofit supervisory and management boardsNonprofit
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
The Grayzone
Independent
Legal parentThe Grayzone
Ultimate controlFounder and editor Max Blumenthal; operating legal entity not disclosed on reviewed public pagesIndividual ownership
Partial
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
MintPress News
Independent
Legal parentMintPress News
Ultimate controlFounder Mnar Adley, according to the outlet; corporate beneficial ownership is not independently disclosedPrivate company
Partial
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
ZeroHedge
Independent
Legal parentABC Media, Ltd.
Ultimate controlBeneficial shareholders of ABC Media, Ltd. are not disclosed in the reviewed primary recordPrivate company
Partial
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Common Dreams
Independent
Legal parentCommon Dreams, Inc.
Ultimate controlNonprofit board of directorsNonprofit
Verified
1 receipt · 2026-08-01
Jacobin
Magazine
Legal parentJacobin Foundation Ltd.
Ultimate controlNonprofit officers and governing board disclosed in Form 990Nonprofit
Verified
3 receipts · 2026-08-01
Mother Jones
Investigative
Legal parentFoundation for National Progress
Ultimate controlIndependent nonprofit board of directorsNonprofit
Verified
3 receipts · 2026-08-01
Reason
Magazine
Legal parentReason Foundation
Ultimate controlIndependent nonprofit board of trusteesNonprofit
Verified
3 receipts · 2026-08-01
The Verge
Technology
Legal parentPMX Global, LLC, a Penske Media Corporation subsidiary
Ultimate controlPenske Media Corporation under founder, chair and CEO Jay Penske; former Vox Media shareholders retain a minority PMX stakePrivate company
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Ars Technica
Technology
Legal parentCondé Nast
Ultimate controlAdvance, a private family-owned company founded by the Newhouse familyFamily voting control
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
WIRED
Technology
Legal parentCondé Nast
Ultimate controlAdvance, a private family-owned company founded by the Newhouse familyFamily voting control
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
404 Media
Technology
Legal parent404 Media
Ultimate controlJournalist-founders Jason Koebler, Emanuel Maiberg, Samantha Cole and Joseph CoxEmployee owned
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
CoinDesk
Business News
Legal parentBullish
Ultimate controlPublic shareholders of Bullish (NYSE: BLSH); no single individual is labeled ownerPublic company
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Financial Times
Power dossier · 8 findings
Business News
Legal parentThe Financial Times Limited
Ultimate controlNikkei, Inc.Private company
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
The Economist
Power dossier · 8 findings
Magazine
Legal parentThe Economist Newspaper Limited
Ultimate controlNo single controlling shareholder; trustee-protected private ownership with Exor as the largest economic holderPrivate company
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
The Atlantic
Magazine
Legal parentThe Atlantic Monthly Group LLC
Ultimate controlLaurene Powell Jobs through Emerson CollectiveIndividual ownership
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Politico
Power dossier · 6 findings
National News
Legal parentAxel Springer SE
Ultimate controlFriede Springer and Mathias Döpfner, who together hold about 95% of Axel SpringerPrivate company
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
Axios
Power dossier · 6 findings
National News
Legal parentAxios Media Inc., a Cox Enterprises company
Ultimate controlCox family through privately held Cox EnterprisesFamily voting control
Verified
2 receipts · 2026-08-01
The Free Press
Power dossier · 8 findings
Independent
Legal parentParamount, a Skydance Corporation
Ultimate controlLawrence and David Ellison through Ellison-family-controlled entitiesFamily voting control
Verified
3 receipts · 2026-08-01

What the records prove

Legal ownership, voting control, parent-company relationships, documented leadership authority, named business interests, and the date each relationship was checked.

What they do not prove

Ownership, funding, or leadership alone does not prove that an actor ordered a headline or changed a story. Specific editorial influence needs its own evidence.