Media Outlets Within The United States

Media outlets within the United States range in a array of different outlet sources with various companies—and when referring to media its more than just the news outlets, media is used to define all that ‘controls the distribution of information’ (news stations, newspapers/magazines, publishing houses, internet, video game developers). Yet even with different names, six corporations control ninety percent of the media within the United States—almost all media comes from the same six sources, which at one point back in 1983 use to be fifty different companies. Due to mergers, buyouts and consolidations the six controlling companies (or the ‘Big 6’) that through the years, starting as far back as 1983 have now been consolidated into: National

Whereas the younger audience when source tested showed that there are a few exceptions, regular readers of the New York times tend to be younger than average with around 32% of readers being younger than thirty. Political talk shows, partially that are conservative talk shows have an older audience being 50 years of age of older. Liberal talk shows audience is a mix of age groups ranging from 50 years of age to 65 years old and up. The same source test showed that men, make up around 73% of the financial publication(Bloomberg Business, Wall Street Journal) audience with women being a regular audience for daily talk shows (The View, Ellen Degeneres Show) at around 73%. Around 64% of regular magazine readers are college graduates with a focus on economic, business and news magazines (Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Economist) being the outlet. CNN has a college audience rating at 29%, MSNBC at 26% and Fox News at 24%. In terms of daily talk shows, surveys showed that 54% of viewers have a high school diploma or less, only 19% have a four year degree, concluding with 26% of viewers have attended some college. Just as education appears to play a role in viewers of daytime talk shows family income appears to have an effect on the regular news audience; four in ten regular readers of magazines; Economist (46%), New Yorker (41%), NPR listeners (43%), Wall Street Journal and New York Times (38%), Daily Show and Maddow viewers (37%) have an income of $75,000 while among the public families with incomes of $75,000 or more is only at 26%. Daytime talk shows over half at 51% of viewers have a family income of less then $30,000, with three-in-ten have incomes ranging from over $30,000 to $75,000, and only 12% of viewers with family incomes of $75,000 ore more. Audiences can further