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Owned since October 2026 by Paramount Skydance, led by David Ellison, after Paramount closed its takeover of CNN's former parent, Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN is funded mainly by advertising and by its subscription offerings.

HuffPost is a division of BuzzFeed, Inc., which has been majority-controlled since May 2026 by Allen Family Digital, an affiliate of billionaire Byron Allen's family office. It is funded mainly by advertising and a reader membership program.

Owned since 2018 by biotech billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong, through his Nant Capital investment firm, after he bought it from Tribune Co. for about $500 million. Funding details (beyond reported losses and owner backing) were not confirmed in the sources retrieved.

Mother Jones is a nonprofit, not owned by shareholders or a person. It has been published since 2024 by the Center for Investigative Reporting, which merged with the Foundation for National Progress, and it is funded mainly by reader donations and subscriptions, plus grants, newsstand sales and advertising.

MS NOW (formerly MSNBC) is owned by Versant Media Group, a Nasdaq-listed company that became independent from Comcast's NBCUniversal on January 2, 2026. It is funded mainly by cable and satellite distribution fees and advertising, with a new paid membership being added.

Owned by Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal Media, LLC, which Comcast has held in full since 2013. Funded mainly by advertising and other revenue from its parent's media business.

NPR is an independent, nonprofit membership organization with no owner; member stations pay its dues and vote on its board. Its funding comes mainly from member station dues, individual donations, corporate underwriting and grants, since Congress ended federal funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in 2025.

Owned by Germany's Axel Springer SE since its late-2021 acquisition from founder Robert Allbritton; funded mainly by B2B subscriptions (chiefly Politico Pro) and advertising.

Owned by Axel Springer SE, a German publisher whose media arm is now controlled by Friede Springer and Mathias Döpfner after KKR's 2025 exit; funded mainly by paid subscriptions, with advertising and events making up the rest.

Majority-owned by Emerson Collective, the investment and philanthropy organisation of Laurene Powell Jobs, since a 2017 deal; David G. Bradley kept a minority stake. Funded mainly by subscriptions, live events and consulting.

Owned by the Scott Trust Limited, a UK company that holds 100% of Guardian Media Group and is required to reinvest profits in journalism rather than pay shareholders. Funded mainly by reader donations and subscriptions, with advertising and endowment income as other sources.

The Intercept is a U.S. nonprofit news outlet that was launched in 2014 with money pledged by eBay co-founder Pierre Omidyar and became a standalone nonprofit in 2023. It is funded mainly by reader memberships, donations, and grants from major donors and foundations.

Controlled by the Ochs-Sulzberger family through Class B shares that carry far more voting power than the publicly traded Class A stock; the company is listed on the NYSE (NYT). Funded mainly by digital subscriptions, with advertising and affiliate/licensing revenue, including Wirecutter referrals, as the other main sources.

Owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos through his private company Nash Holdings since 2013, when he bought it from the Graham family for $250 million. Revenue comes mainly from digital subscriptions and advertising, and the paper has had major layoffs and leadership turnover since 2025.

The Vox.com site is owned by Vox Media, a subsidiary of James Murdoch's private holding company Lupa Systems, after a deal that closed in July 2026. It is funded mainly by memberships, advertising, podcast ads and sponsorships, with Penske Media as a prior large shareholder of the wider Vox Media group.

ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company, which has been part of The Walt Disney Company since its 1995 acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC. It is funded mainly by advertising and affiliate fees, and it paid $15 million toward Donald Trump's presidential library in a 2024 defamation settlement.

ABC News is a division of the American Broadcasting Company, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company, a publicly traded U.S. media conglomerate. It is funded mainly by advertising sales and fees from affiliated stations, and in December 2024 it paid $15 million toward Donald Trump's presidential library to settle a defamation suit.

Operated by the Al Jazeera Media Network, a Doha-based entity that the Qatari state founded and largely funds, though the network says it is not government-owned. Funded mainly by Qatari government money, with the Qatari state described as the majority funder.

Owned by its U.S. newspaper and broadcast members as a not-for-profit cooperative, with no single owner or government owner. Funded mainly by fees from member and subscriber news organizations and other commercial customers.

Majority-owned (70%) by Cox Enterprises, a privately held, family-controlled Atlanta media company, since its 2022 acquisition; co-founders and employees hold the remaining ~30%. Funded mainly by native advertising, sponsored newsletters, events and some paid subscriptions.

BBC News is a division of the BBC, a public corporation that operates under a Royal Charter and is funded mainly by the television licence fee, which the government sets. The licence fee income is falling, and the charter expires at the end of 2027.

BBC News is the news division of the British Broadcasting Corporation, a public-service broadcaster governed by a Royal Charter with no private shareholder. It is mainly funded by the UK household licence fee, supplemented by commercial income from BBC Studios and other activities.

CBS is owned by Skydance Corporation (Paramount Skydance), which is led by David Ellison, and Paramount's combination with Skydance was founded by David Ellison. CBS News is funded mainly by advertising and by the revenue of its parent's broadcast and streaming businesses.

Owned by Versant Media Group (Nasdaq: VSNT), which took CNBC from Comcast's NBCUniversal when it was spun off in January 2026; funded mainly by advertising, with subscription products under development.

Owned by the German federal government and financed from the federal budget rather than the household licence fee. Led by Director General Barbara Massing, who succeeded Peter Limbourg.

France 24 is a French state-owned international news network, wholly owned by the government through its holding company France Médias Monde. It is funded mainly by a share of French value-added tax, with advertising making up a small portion.

Privately owned by NW Media Holdings Corp., which is held 50/50 by CEO Dev Pragad and Johnathan Davis after a 2018 spin-off from IBT Media. Funded mainly by advertising, with subscriptions increasingly important; IBT Media's challenges to the ownership have been dismissed by courts, according to Newsweek's own FAQ.

Owned by WETA, the public station in Washington, D.C., through its wholly owned nonprofit subsidiary NewsHour Productions LLC since 2014; funded mainly by corporate sponsors, foundations and viewer donations, after federal CPB funding was eliminated in 2025.

Reuters is a news division of Thomson Reuters Corporation, a Toronto-based public company that trades on Nasdaq and the TSX. The Thomson family's holding company controls the parent, and the outlet is funded mainly through business subscriptions and licensing.

Owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston and run as a nonprofit news organization. It is funded by subscriptions, reader donations, an endowment, and a church subsidy that the Monitor has been reducing over time.

Owned by Nexstar Media Group (Nasdaq: NXST) since its $130 million purchase in August 2021, after founder-era ownership by the Finkelstein family. Funded mainly by advertising, sponsorships and events within a publicly traded broadcast and digital group.

Owned by USA TODAY Co. (formerly Gannett), a publicly traded company with no reported controlling shareholder; funded mainly by digital and print advertising, marketing services, and subscriptions. Its 2024 decision not to endorse a presidential candidate drew press criticism, which the company denied was driven by corporate influence.

Privately held Breitbart News Network LLC, co-owned by Susie Breitbart, CEO Larry Solov, and the Mercer family, with a Mercer stake transferred to Rebekah and another daughter in 2017. Revenue comes mainly from advertising, including programmatic, display, and sponsored content.

Owned by Fox Corporation through its Fox News Media division; Fox Corporation is a public company (NASDAQ: FOX) whose voting control sits with the Murdoch family, and the network is funded mainly by advertising and cable and streaming distribution fees.

Fox News is a wholly owned unit of Fox Corporation, a Nasdaq-listed company whose Murdoch family trust holds a controlling voting stake. It is funded mainly by cable and satellite carriage fees, with advertising and subscriptions (Fox Nation) as secondary sources.

Owned by the National Review Institute, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) founded by William F. Buckley Jr. in 1991, since a 2015 reorganization made the magazine a subsidiary of it. Funded mainly by donations, foundation grants and the parent institute's fundraising.

Owned by News Corp, the public media company controlled by the Murdoch family, since Rupert Murdoch bought it in 1976, with a brief sale in 1988 and reacquisition in 1993. Funded mainly by advertising, subscriptions and newsstand sales.

Newsmax is a US conservative news company founded by Christopher Ruddy in 1998 and listed on the NYSE (NMAX) since March 2025, with Ruddy holding control through high-voting Class A shares. It is funded mainly by advertising and cable/satellite carriage fees, with smaller income from subscriptions and product sales, and it received a reported $50 million investment from a Qatari royal in 2019–2020.

Published by the Reason Foundation, a US nonprofit founded in 1978 that describes itself as a libertarian organization; it is funded by individual, foundation and corporate donations plus magazine sales.

Majority-owned by co-founder Neil Patel, who bought out Tucker Carlson's stake around 2019–2020; funded mainly by advertising, with much of its content produced by a related nonprofit that receives tax-deductible donations.

Launched in 2014 by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, and described as independent with its own board since 2024; it relies on reader donations and philanthropic grants, and it previously received Heritage financial support.

Privately held conservative media company founded in 2015 by Ben Shapiro, Jeremy Boreing and Caleb Robinson, with early seed money from the Wilks brothers; funded mainly by subscriptions (about three-quarters of revenue) and advertising, per a June 2026 Semafor report.

Privately owned by co-founders Stephen F. Hayes, Jonah Goldberg and Toby Stock, who hold a majority, with the rest held by individual investors and no venture capital. Funded mainly by paying subscribers, with smaller shares from commercial partnerships and licensing.

Privately held by FDRLST Media, LLC, a Delaware company; it does not publicly disclose its funders. Known revenue comes from advertising, newsletter subscriptions and donations routed through an affiliated 501(c)(3), whose tax filings have revealed some donors such as Richard Uihlein.

Owned by Paramount Skydance, which acquired it in October 2025 for about $150 million in cash and stock; it runs as a separate brand funded mainly by paid subscriptions. Its co-founder Bari Weiss also serves as CBS News editor-in-chief.

Published by Dow Jones & Company, a unit of News Corp, which Rupert Murdoch's family controls and which has owned the Journal since its 2007 purchase of Dow Jones; the paper is funded mainly by subscriptions.

Owned by Operations Holdings, a company within the Unification Church movement, through The Washington Times LLC; it was previously held by News World Communications until 2010. Funding has historically relied on church-linked income, and the paper also sells subscriptions.

Owned by Blaze Media LLC, a private for-profit company that Wikipedia says is held by Mercury Radio Arts, a company owned by Glenn Beck; funded by advertising, merchandise, and subscriptions, with BlazeTV subscriptions as its core product.

Owned by billionaire Philip Anschutz through Clarity Media Group and its MediaDC unit; funded mainly by advertising and subscriptions.

Privately held by Washington Free Beacon LLC, which has never publicly disclosed its owners; hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer is widely reported as its largest financial backer. Funded by donors, reportedly including Singer, and by online advertising.

Formally owned by M.E.E. Limited, a UK company whose sole listed director is Jamal Bessasso; David Hearst is co-founder and editor-in-chief. Funding sources are not publicly disclosed, and claims that the Qatari government funds it are made by several governments and denied by the outlet.

Owned since 2004 by Israeli businessman Eli Azur through the Tel Aviv-based Mirkaei Tikshoret group and The Jerusalem Post Group. Funded mainly by advertising, paid subscriptions and sponsored content.

Majority-owned by People Inc. (formerly IAC), the Nasdaq-listed company chaired by Barry Diller, with publisher Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles holding a reported minority stake since 2024. Revenue breakdown was not confirmed in the sources reviewed.