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Top 25 Media companies based in the United States
Find 3,035 media companies based in the United States, with 221,141 contacts and 50,787 email addresses available for business research and outreach. The list includes companies that create, publish, distribute, or monetize media content, and New York is the single most-represented city among the companies listed. Data is presented as of August 2026.
Media companies create, produce, publish, distribute, or monetize content through channels such as television, radio, print, digital platforms, streaming services, and other forms of media. This list covers companies whose primary business involves creating, producing, publishing, distributing, or monetizing media content. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of August 29, 2026.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest media companies based in the United States
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 21,062 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Warner Bros.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 9,866 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “iHeartMedia, Inc.[Nasdaq: IHRT] is the leading audio media company in America, with 90% of Americans listening to iHeart broadcast radio in every month.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 4,673 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Gannett Co, Inc.(NYSE: GCI) is a diversified media company with expansive reach at the national and local level dedicated to empowering and enriching communities.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 4,225 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sinclair, Inc.(Nasdaq: SBGI) is a diversified media company and a leading provider of local news and sports.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 4,064 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Nexstar Media Group, Inc.(NASDAQ: NXST) is a leading diversified media company that produces and distributes engaging local and national news, sports and entertainment content…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 3,391 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “News Corp is home to some of the world’s most trusted brands, producing content and experiences that inform and inspire audiences around the world every day.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 3,257 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “TelevisaUnivision is the world’s leading Spanish-language media company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 3,182 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Under the FOX banner, we produce and distribute content through some of the world’s leading and most valued brands, including: FOX News Media, FOX Sports, FOX Entertainment, FOX…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 2,986 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Cumulus Media is an audio-first media company delivering premium content to a quarter billion people every month, wherever and whenever they want it.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 2,927 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 2,446 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “AMC Networks is the ultimate destination for mold breaking, genre defying, and premier storytelling.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 2,445 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “As one of the nation’s largest global, diversified information, services and media companies, Hearst has been leading with purpose and integrity and innovating for more than a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 1,953 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “About Scripps The E.W.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 1,839 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Townsquare is a community-focused digital media, digital marketing solutions, and radio company focused outside the Top 50 markets in the U.S.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 1,805 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Axel Springer is a transatlantic family-owned media company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 1,669 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At TEGNA Inc, our mission is clear: We help people thrive in their local communities by providing the trusted local news and services that matter most.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 1,076 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ziff Davis (NASDAQ: ZD) is a vertically focused digital media and internet company whose portfolio includes leading brands in technology, shopping, gaming and entertainment…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 971 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “CBS Studios is one of the world’s leading suppliers of entertainment programming, with more than 70 series currently in production for broadcast and cable networks, streaming…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 874 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “McClatchy Media Company is shaping the future of media by bringing together trusted journalism, engaging lifestyle and entertainment content, trend analysis, and innovative…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 851 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We are the premier online content network for information and entertainment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 817 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Entravision is a media and advertising technology company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 815 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “GateHouse Media is the largest publisher of locally-based print and online media in the United States.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 664 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “MediaNews Group MediaNews Group is one of the largest media groups in the U.S, serving high-value audiences in their preferred environments, and connecting advertisers to them.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 627 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Tribune Media Company (NYSE: TRCO) is home to a diverse portfolio of television and digital properties driven by quality news, entertainment and sports programming.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 494 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Verizon Media is now Yahoo.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Aug 29, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: media companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names media companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of media companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name media companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Media companies based in the United States at a glance
As of Aug 29, 2026Companies by employee count
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among media companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “media companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names media companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among media companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 50,787 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on August 29, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Frequently asked
How many media companies are based in the United States?
The list contains 3,035 media companies based in the United States.
What contact information is available for media companies?
The list includes 221,141 contacts and 50,787 email addresses for the listed media companies.
What do media companies do?
Media companies create, produce, publish, distribute, or monetize content through television, radio, print, digital platforms, streaming services, and other media channels.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.