Penguin Group (USA) Inc. |
Bertelsmann |
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices |
2014 |
MULTI-AG |
$90,000,000 |
CNN |
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. |
labor relations violation |
2020 |
NLRB |
$76,000,000 |
Sinclair Broadcasting Group |
Sinclair Broadcast Group |
telecommunications violation |
2020 |
FCC |
$48,000,000 |
Tribune Company |
Tribune Media |
benefit plan administrator violation |
2012 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$31,000,000 |
HarperCollins Publishers LLC |
News Corp. |
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices |
2013 |
MULTI-AG |
$22,471,666 |
Freedom Communications dba Orange County Register |
Digital First Media |
wage and hour violation |
2009 |
private lawsuit-state |
$22,000,000 |
Simon and Schuster Inc. |
Paramount Global |
price-fixing or anti-competitive practices |
2013 |
MULTI-AG |
$20,641,666 |
21st Century Fox |
Fox Corporation |
employment discrimination |
2016 |
private lawsuit-state |
$20,000,000 |
Hearst Corporation |
Hearst |
consumer protection violation |
2001 |
FTC |
$19,000,000 |
ChoicePoint, Inc. |
RELX Group |
privacy violation |
2006 |
FTC |
$15,000,000 |
LexisNexis Risk & Information Analytics Group, Inc. |
RELX Group |
Fair Credit Reporting Act violation |
2014 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$13,500,000 |
Sinclair Broadcast Group |
Sinclair Broadcast Group |
telecommunications violation |
2017 |
FCC |
$13,376,200 |
21st Century Fox |
Fox Corporation |
employment discrimination |
2018 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$10,000,000 |
CBS Corporation |
Paramount Global |
wage and hour violation |
2019 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$9,977,502 |
LexisNexis Coplogic Solutions Inc. |
RELX Group |
False Claims Act and related |
2020 |
FL-AG |
$9,880,000 |
Sinclair Broadcast Group |
Sinclair Broadcast Group |
telecommunications violation |
2016 |
FCC |
$9,495,000 |
CBS Broadcasting, Inc. |
Paramount Global |
employment discrimination |
2000 |
EEOC |
$8,000,000 |
ChoicePoint Inc. |
RELX Group |
employment screening violation |
2009 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$6,890,000 |
Viacom |
Paramount Global |
wage and hour violation |
2016 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$6,202,500 |
Conde Nast |
Advance Publications |
wage and hour violation |
2015 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$5,850,000 |
LexisNexis Risk Solutions Inc. |
RELX Group |
False Claims Act and related |
2019 |
MULTI-AG |
$5,800,000 |
Hearst Corporation |
Hearst |
investor protection violation |
2001 |
FTC |
$4,000,000 |
Hearst Corp. |
Hearst |
investor protection violation |
2001 |
DOJ_ANTITRUST |
$4,000,000 |
Entercom Communications |
Audacy Inc. |
telecommunications violation |
2007 |
FCC |
$4,000,000 |
Sirius Radio Inc. |
Liberty Media |
consumer protection violation |
2014 |
MULTI-AG |
$3,800,000 |
Clear Channel Communications |
iHeartMedia |
telecommunications violation |
2007 |
FCC |
$3,500,000 |
Viacom Inc. |
Paramount Global |
telecommunications violation |
2004 |
FCC |
$3,500,000 |
Entercom Communications |
Audacy Inc. |
consumer protection violation |
2006 |
NY-AG |
$3,500,000 |
ViacomCBS Inc. |
Paramount Global |
telecommunications violation |
2021 |
FCC |
$3,500,000 |
Cox Communications California, LLC |
Cox Enterprises |
environmental violation |
2018 |
CA-AG |
$3,318,700 |
Lee Publications |
Lee Enterprises |
wage and hour violation |
2015 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$3,200,000 |
CBS Radio |
Audacy Inc. |
telecommunications violation |
2007 |
FCC |
$3,000,000 |
Belo Corp. |
DallasNews Corporation |
wage and hour violation |
2011 |
private lawsuit-state |
$2,500,000 |
Citadel Broadcasting |
Cumulus Media |
telecommunications violation |
2007 |
FCC |
$2,000,000 |
CBS Radio |
Audacy Inc. |
consumer protection violation |
2006 |
NY-AG |
$2,000,000 |
Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Interference, Inc. |
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. |
consumer protection violation |
2007 |
MA-AG |
$2,000,000 |
Cox Communications |
Cox Enterprises |
utility safety violation |
2010 |
CA-PUC |
$2,000,000 |
Cox Enterprises Inc. |
Cox Enterprises |
benefit plan administrator violation |
2014 |
EBSA |
$1,986,918 |
Clear Channel Communications |
iHeartMedia |
telecommunications violation |
2004 |
FCC |
$1,750,000 |
Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership |
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. |
wage and hour violation |
2013 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$1,632,883 |
Kaplan Higher Education, LLC |
Graham Holdings |
consumer protection violation |
2015 |
MA-AG |
$1,375,000 |
LexisNexis Screening Solutions, Inc. |
RELX Group |
employment screening violation |
2013 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$1,342,500 |
Kaplan Higher Education |
Graham Holdings |
False Claims Act and related |
2015 |
USAO |
$1,300,000 |
Rodale, Inc. |
Hearst |
consumer protection violation |
2010 |
FL-AG |
$1,300,000 |
Sirius XM Radio |
Liberty Media |
wage and hour violation |
2016 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$1,297,350 |
LexisNexis Risk Solutions |
RELX Group |
employment discrimination |
2017 |
OFCCP |
$1,245,000 |
Scripps Broadcasting Holdings |
E.W. Scripps |
telecommunications violation |
2019 |
FCC |
$1,130,000 |
Viacom |
Paramount Global |
telecommunications violation |
2015 |
FCC |
$1,120,000 |
iHeart Communications Inc. |
iHeartMedia |
telecommunications violation |
2015 |
FCC |
$1,000,000 |
Univision Radio |
TelevisaUnivision Inc. |
telecommunications violation |
2010 |
FCC |
$1,000,000 |
Kaplan Inc. |
Graham Holdings |
wage and hour violation |
2013 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$1,000,000 |
Fox News Networks |
Fox Corporation |
employment discrimination |
2021 |
NY-NYCCHR |
$1,000,000 |
Time Warner Entertainment-Advance/Newhouse Partnership |
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. |
wage and hour violation |
2014 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$995,000 |
Hearst Corporation |
Hearst |
consumer protection violation |
2005 |
MULTI-AG |
$925,000 |
Cumulus Media |
Cumulus Media |
wage and hour violation |
2012 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$923,133 |
Clear Channel Communications |
iHeartMedia |
telecommunications violation |
2004 |
FCC |
$755,000 |
Scholastic Inc. |
Scholastic Corp. |
consumer protection violation |
2005 |
FTC |
$710,000 |
Chicago Tribune Company |
Digital First Media |
wage and hour violation |
2013 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$660,000 |
DAYTON NEWSPAPERS, INC. D/B/A COX OHIO PUBLISHING |
Cox Enterprises |
labor relations violation |
2006 |
NLRB |
$599,537 |
Cox Communications |
Cox Enterprises |
telecommunications violation |
2015 |
FCC |
$595,000 |
Viacom |
Paramount Global |
telecommunications violation |
2004 |
FCC |
$550,000 |
Cumulus Media |
Cumulus Media |
telecommunications violation |
2016 |
FCC |
$540,000 |
Careerbuilder.com |
Tegna |
wage and hour violation |
2006 |
WHD |
$524,216 |
Careerbuilder, LLC |
Tegna |
wage and hour violation |
2004 |
WHD |
$522,224 |
Univision Services Inc. |
TelevisaUnivision Inc. |
fraud |
2010 |
DOJ_CRIMINAL |
$500,000 |
ChoicePoint |
RELX Group |
privacy violation |
2007 |
MULTI-AG |
$500,000 |
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency |
Gannett |
labor relations violation |
2007 |
NLRB |
$369,981 |
Infinity Broadcasting |
Audacy Inc. |
telecommunications violation |
2003 |
FCC |
$357,500 |
Cox California Telecom LLC |
Cox Enterprises |
utility administrative violation |
2020 |
CA-PUC |
$303,182 |
Emmis Communications |
Emmis Communications |
telecommunications violation |
2004 |
FCC |
$300,000 |
Reed Elsevier, Inc. |
RELX Group |
wage and hour violation |
2007 |
WHD |
$292,379 |
Elsevier, Inc. |
RELX Group |
wage and hour violation |
2007 |
WHD |
$281,920 |
Matthew Bender and Company, Inc. and Reed Elsevier, Inc. |
RELX Group |
consumer protection violation |
2009 |
FL-AG |
$275,000 |
CBS Broadcasting Inc. |
Paramount Global |
telecommunications violation |
2019 |
FCC |
$272,000 |
Time Warner Entertainment |
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. |
employment discrimination |
2000 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$244,500 |
Cumulus Media |
Cumulus Media |
telecommunications violation |
2019 |
FCC |
$233,000 |
Cumulus Radio LLC |
Cumulus Media |
telecommunications violation |
2021 |
FCC |
$233,000 |
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency |
Gannett |
labor relations violation |
2007 |
NLRB |
$226,772 |
Entercom Communications |
Audacy Inc. |
telecommunications violation |
2004 |
FCC |
$220,000 |
CBS Stations Group of Texas |
Paramount Global |
employment discrimination |
2020 |
EEOC |
$215,000 |
Turner Broadcasting |
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. |
telecommunications violation |
2014 |
FCC |
$200,000 |
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency |
Gannett |
labor relations violation |
2007 |
NLRB |
$157,615 |
O'Reilly Media, Inc. |
O'Reilly Media |
wage and hour violation |
2011 |
WHD |
$150,233 |
Metro Networks Communications, Inc. and Westwood One, Inc. |
iHeartMedia |
employment discrimination |
2003 |
EEOC |
$150,000 |
Westwood One Broadcast Services, Inc. d/b/a Metro Networks, Inc. |
Cumulus Media |
labor relations violation |
2000 |
NLRB |
$130,000 |
Clear Channel d/b/a Capstar |
iHeartMedia |
labor relations violation |
2004 |
NLRB |
$125,394 |
Journal Broadcast Corporation |
E.W. Scripps |
telecommunications violation |
2014 |
FCC |
$115,000 |
CBS Studio Center |
Paramount Global |
labor relations violation |
2010 |
NLRB |
$100,000 |
WKYC-TV, Inc. |
Tegna |
labor relations violation |
2003 |
NLRB |
$100,000 |
Metro Networks |
iHeartMedia |
labor relations violation |
2003 |
NLRB |
$94,368 |
Scholastic at Home Inc. |
Scholastic Corp. |
consumer protection violation |
2004 |
MO-AG |
$90,000 |
ARVATO DIGITAL SERVICES, LLC |
Bertelsmann |
workplace safety or health violation |
2014 |
OSHA |
$86,800 |
North American Midway Entertainment Southeast |
Townsquare Media |
wage and hour violation |
2015 |
MA-AG |
$80,617 |
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper Agency |
Gannett |
labor relations violation |
2007 |
NLRB |
$78,034 |
Gannett Kentucky L.P. |
Gannett |
environmental violation |
2005 |
KY-LMAPCD |
$75,000 |
Paramount Pictures |
Paramount Global |
wage and hour violation |
2017 |
private lawsuit-federal |
$71,542 |
Des Moines Register and Tribune |
Gannett |
labor relations violation |
2007 |
NLRB |
$71,001 |
Cox Com. Inc. d/b/a Cox Communications Oklahoma City |
Cox Enterprises |
labor relations violation |
2005 |
NLRB |
$70,000 |
CoxCom, Inc. |
Cox Enterprises |
wage and hour violation |
2007 |
WHD |
$69,868 |
Discovery Inc. |
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. |
telecommunications violation |
2019 |
FCC |
$68,000 |
TEGNA |
Tegna |
telecommunications violation |
2017 |
FCC |
$55,000 |