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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: media
Penalty Total since 2000: $1,813,664,972
Number of Records: 256
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Fox Corporation$824,500,0005
News Corp.$266,573,98210
Liberty Media$185,097,3503
Bertelsmann$90,134,2356
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.$81,273,24717
Sinclair Broadcast Group$71,005,3218
Paramount Global$66,612,78123
RELX Group$55,011,79912
Nexstar Media Group$31,007,5002
Hearst$29,571,99511

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYear sort iconAgencyPenalty Amount
Gannett Kentucky L.P.Gannettair pollution violation2005KY-LMAPCD$75,000
COX COMMUNICATIONSCox Enterprisesworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$5,500
GRANITE PRODUCTIONSParamount Globalworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$18,185
WARNER BROS ENTERTAINMENTWarner Bros. Discovery Inc.workplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$5,850
GANNETT SATELLITE INFORMATION NETWORK, INC. DBA COGannettworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$6,000
CHICAGO TRIBUNEDigital First Mediaworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$9,000
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCHLee Enterprisesworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$9,400
Cable News Network, Inc.Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.economic sanction violation2004OFAC$7,500
Entercom CommunicationsAudacy Inc.telecommunications violation2004FCC$220,000
Viacom Inc.Paramount Globaltelecommunications violation2004FCC$3,500,000
ViacomParamount Globaltelecommunications violation2004FCC$550,000
Emmis CommunicationsEmmis Communicationstelecommunications violation2004FCC$300,000
Clear Channel CommunicationsiHeartMediatelecommunications violation2004FCC$1,750,000
Emmis CommunicationsEmmis Communicationstelecommunications violation2004FCC$14,000
Infinity Broadcasting OperationsAudacy Inc.telecommunications violation2004FCC$27,500
Clear Channel CommunicationsiHeartMediatelecommunications violation2004FCC$755,000
Journal Register Company East, Inc.Digital First Mediawage and hour violation2004WHD$18,053
Clear Channel d/b/a CapstariHeartMedialabor relations violation2004NLRB$125,394
Turner Entertainment NetworksWarner Bros. Discovery Inc.labor relations violation2004NLRB$30,000
Sinclair Broadcast GroupSinclair Broadcast Grouplabor relations violation2004NLRB$7,020
Scholastic at Home Inc.Scholastic Corp.consumer protection violation2004MO-AG$90,000
PARAMOUNT PICTURESParamount Globalworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,060
BERTELSMANN, INC.Bertelsmannenvironmental violation2004EPA$5,000
Metro Networks Communications, Inc. and Westwood One, Inc.iHeartMediaemployment discrimination2003EEOC$150,000
Infinity Broadcasting Operations, Inc.Audacy Inc.telecommunications violation2003FCC$10,000
Infinity BroadcastingAudacy Inc.telecommunications violation2003FCC$357,500
Journal Register East, Inc.Digital First Mediawage and hour violation2003WHD$44,750
WKYC-TV, Inc.Tegnalabor relations violation2003NLRB$100,000
Detroit Newspaper Agency d/b/a Detroit NewspaperGannettlabor relations violation2003NLRB$20,000
GANNETT CO. INC.Gannettlabor relations violation2003NLRB$48,996
St. Paul Pioneer PressDigital First Medialabor relations violation2003NLRB$9,950
Westwood One, Inc. d/b/a SmartRoutes SystemsCumulus Medialabor relations violation2003NLRB$5,711
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.News Corp.labor relations violation2003NLRB$25,000
Metro NetworksiHeartMedialabor relations violation2003NLRB$94,368
NYP HOLDINGS, INC.News Corp.workplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$10,850
OMAHA WORLD HERALDLee Enterprisesworkplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$5,620
Cox Enterprises, through its subsidiary Cox Television and WFTV-TV Holdings, Inc.Cox Enterpriseslabor relations violation2002NLRB$35,298
Warner Brothers (Production of ER)Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.labor relations violation2002NLRB$7,000
Choicepoint Precision Marketing, Inc.RELX Groupprivacy violation2002KY-AG$5,000
Hearst CorporationHearstconsumer protection violation2001FTC$19,000,000
Hearst CorporationHearstinvestor protection violation2001FTC$4,000,000
Hearst Corp.Hearstinvestor protection violation2001DOJ_ANTITRUST$4,000,000
Enterprise Publishing CompanyGannettlabor relations violation2001NLRB$7,000
Asbury Park PressGannettlabor relations violation2001NLRB$6,000
Cox Enterprises, Inc., Media General and Knight Rider, individually and as Partners, d/b/a SP Newsprint Co. f/k/a Southeast Paper Manufacturing Co.Cox Enterpriseslabor relations violation2001NLRB$35,000
St. Louis Post-DispatchLee Enterprisesprivacy violation2001MO-AG$5,000
RANDOM HOUSE, INC.Bertelsmannworkplace safety or health violation2001OSHA$9,000
CBS Broadcasting, Inc.Paramount Globalemployment discrimination2000EEOC$8,000,000
Clear Channel and/or AM/FM, Inc., d/b/a WVAZ-FMiHeartMedialabor relations violation2000NLRB$30,000
Westwood One Broadcast Services, Inc. d/b/a Metro Networks, Inc.Cumulus Medialabor relations violation2000NLRB$130,000
Knoxville News-Sentinel CompanyGannettlabor relations violation2000NLRB$25,000
Dow Jones & Company, Inc.News Corp.labor relations violation2000NLRB$16,640
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., d/b/a WXXA-TV/Channel 23iHeartMedialabor relations violation2000NLRB$8,000
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc.Gannettlabor relations violation2000NLRB$18,500
Time Warner EntertainmentWarner Bros. Discovery Inc.employment discrimination2000private lawsuit-federal$244,500
NEW YORK POSTNews Corp.workplace safety or health violation2000OSHA$11,025
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.