Media proprietor
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A media proprietor or media mogul refers to a successful entrepreneur or businessperson who controls, through personal ownership or via a dominant position in any media related company or enterprise, media consumed by a large number of individuals. Those with significant control, ownership, and influence of a large company in the mass media may also be called a tycoon, baron, or business magnate.
History
In the United States, newspaper proprietors first became prominent in the 19th century with the development of mass circulation newspapers. In the 20th century, proprietorship expanded to include ownership of radio and television networks, as well as film studios, publishing houses, and more recently internet and other forms of multimedia companies. Reflecting this, the term "press baron" was replaced by "media baron", and the term "media mogul" was popularized.
Examples
- Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook
- Silvio Berlusconi
- Conrad Black
- Michael Bloomberg
- Walt Disney
- Steve Forbes
- Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere
- Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe
- Hugh Hefner
- William Randolph Hearst
- Alfred Hugenberg
- Sir Edward Hulton, 1st Baronet
- Jean-Luc (1928-2003) and Arnaud Lagardère (1961-)
- Roberto Marinho
- Robert Maxwell
- Vince McMahon
- Keith Murdoch
- Rupert Murdoch
- Samuel Newhouse
- Kerry Packer
- David Portnoy
- Mir Shakil ur Rehman
- Haim Saban
- Subhash Chandra
- Manmohan Shetty
- Silvio Santos
- Al-Waleed bin Talal
- David Thomson
- Ted Turner
- Jan Wejchert
- Oprah Winfrey
- Sally Aw
- Petro Poroshenko