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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 TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
Scripps Broadcasting HoldingsE.W. Scrippstelecommunications violation2019FCC$1,130,000
LexisNexis Risk SolutionsRELX Groupemployment discrimination2017OFCCP$1,245,000
Sirius XM RadioLiberty Mediawage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$1,297,350
Kaplan Higher EducationGraham HoldingsFalse Claims Act and related2015USAO$1,300,000
Rodale, Inc.Hearstconsumer protection violation2010FL-AG$1,300,000
LexisNexis Screening Solutions, Inc.RELX Groupemployment screening violation2013private lawsuit-federal$1,342,500
Kaplan Higher Education, LLCGraham Holdingsconsumer protection violation2015MA-AG$1,375,000
Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse PartnershipWarner Bros. Discovery Inc.wage and hour violation2013private lawsuit-federal$1,632,883
Clear Channel CommunicationsiHeartMediatelecommunications violation2004FCC$1,750,000
Cox Enterprises Inc.Cox Enterprisesbenefit plan administrator violation2014EBSA$1,986,918
Citadel BroadcastingCumulus Mediatelecommunications violation2007FCC$2,000,000
CBS RadioAudacy Inc.consumer protection violation2006NY-AG$2,000,000
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Interference, Inc.Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.consumer protection violation2007MA-AG$2,000,000
Cox CommunicationsCox Enterprisesutility safety violation2010CA-PUC$2,000,000
Belo Corp.DallasNews Corporationwage and hour violation2011private lawsuit-state$2,500,000
Cox Communications Inc.Cox Enterprisesemployment discrimination2023DOJ_RIGHTS$2,500,000
CBS RadioAudacy Inc.telecommunications violation2007FCC$3,000,000
Lee PublicationsLee Enterpriseswage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-federal$3,200,000
Cox Communications California, LLCCox Enterprisesenvironmental violation2018CA-AG$3,318,700
Clear Channel CommunicationsiHeartMediatelecommunications violation2007FCC$3,500,000
Viacom Inc.Paramount Globaltelecommunications violation2004FCC$3,500,000
Entercom CommunicationsAudacy Inc.consumer protection violation2006NY-AG$3,500,000
ViacomCBS Inc.Paramount Globaltelecommunications violation2021FCC$3,500,000
Sirius Radio Inc.Liberty Mediaconsumer protection violation2014MULTI-AG$3,800,000
Hearst CorporationHearstinvestor protection violation2001FTC$4,000,000
Hearst Corp.Hearstinvestor protection violation2001DOJ_ANTITRUST$4,000,000
Entercom CommunicationsAudacy Inc.telecommunications violation2007FCC$4,000,000
Kaplan Inc.Graham Holdingsprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013private lawsuit-federal$4,750,000
CBS CorporationParamount Globalprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$5,000,000
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc.RELX GroupFalse Claims Act and related2019MULTI-AG$5,800,000
Conde NastAdvance Publicationswage and hour violation2015private lawsuit-federal$5,850,000
Fox CorporationFox Corporationprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2023private lawsuit-federal$6,000,000
ViacomParamount Globalwage and hour violation2016private lawsuit-federal$6,202,500
ChoicePoint Inc.RELX Groupemployment screening violation2009private lawsuit-federal$6,890,000
CBS Broadcasting, Inc.Paramount Globalemployment discrimination2000EEOC$8,000,000
Sinclair Broadcast GroupSinclair Broadcast Grouptelecommunications violation2016FCC$9,495,000
LexisNexis Coplogic Solutions Inc.RELX GroupFalse Claims Act and related2020FL-AG$9,880,000
CBS CorporationParamount Globalwage and hour violation2019private lawsuit-federal$9,977,502
21st Century FoxFox Corporationemployment discrimination2018private lawsuit-federal$10,000,000
Kaplan Inc.Graham Holdingsconsumer protection violation2007private lawsuit-federal$13,000,000
Cox CommunicationsCox Enterprisesconsumer protection violation2024AZ-AG$13,042,494
Sinclair Broadcast GroupSinclair Broadcast Grouptelecommunications violation2017FCC$13,376,200
LexisNexis Risk & Information Analytics Group, Inc.RELX GroupFair Credit Reporting Act violation2014private lawsuit-federal$13,500,000
ChoicePoint, Inc.RELX Groupprivacy violation2006FTC$15,000,000
Hearst CorporationHearstconsumer protection violation2001FTC$19,000,000
21st Century FoxFox Corporationemployment discrimination2016private lawsuit-state$20,000,000
Freedom Communications dba Orange County RegisterDigital First Mediawage and hour violation2009private lawsuit-state$22,000,000
HarperCollins Publishers LLCNews Corp.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2013MULTI-AG$22,471,666
CBS Corp.Paramount Globalinvestor protection violation2022NY-AG$28,000,000
Tribune CompanyNexstar Media Groupbenefit plan administrator violation2012private lawsuit-federal$31,000,000
Sinclair Broadcasting GroupSinclair Broadcast Grouptelecommunications violation2020FCC$48,000,000
CNNWarner Bros. Discovery Inc.labor relations violation2020NLRB$76,000,000
Penguin Group (USA) Inc.Bertelsmannprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2014MULTI-AG$90,000,000
Sirius XM Radio Inc.Liberty Mediaprice-fixing or anti-competitive practices2011private lawsuit-federal$180,000,000
News Corp.News Corp.price-fixing or anti-competitive practices2016private lawsuit-federal$244,000,000
Fox Corp.Fox Corporationdefamation2023private lawsuit-state$787,500,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.