Media & Entertainment Landscape of New York City
3,528 Media & Entertainment companies in New York City, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Media & Entertainment in New York City
Shows the top‑ranked Media & Entertainment firms in New York City, highlighting hiring leaders, best‑funded firms, and the number currently hiring (151) and with disclosed funding rounds (511).
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Taboola12last posted Aug 2026
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Ziff Davis12last posted Jul 2026
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Warner Bros. Discovery11last posted Jun 2026
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Fanatics11last posted Jun 2026
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Bisnow11last posted Jun 2026
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The New York Times Company10last posted May 2026
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News Corp9last posted Jun 2026
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Gong9last posted Jun 2026
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Kalshi$2.8BSeries F · May 2026
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Polymarket$2.3BSeries D · Oct 2025
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AMC Networks$1BConventional Debt · Mar 2016
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Perseus Books$891.7MConventional Debt · Oct 2015
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The Weinstein Company$890MConventional Debt · Aug 2016
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WarnerMedia$820.4MPost IPO · Mar 2018
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Group Nine Media$675MSeries E · Sep 2019
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Scholastic$329.1MFY2019 filing
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Shutterstock$199.2MFY2026 filing
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Steinway$92.4MFY2012 filing
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Drive Shack$88.7MFY2022 filing
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ViacomCBS17,877tracked employees
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Univision Communications5,891tracked employees
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sirius xm5,869tracked employees
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Figment5,245tracked employees
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NBCUniversal4.5%94 tracked events
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FuboTV3.5%72 tracked events
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Circle3.4%71 tracked events
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The Wall Street Journal17,536articles in the window
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Business Insider9,006articles in the window
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ZDNet5,935articles in the window
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A245,866articles in the window
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See all 3,528 Media & Entertainment companies in New York City
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How the Media & Entertainment ecosystem in New York City grew, 2016–2025
Displays the yearly count of companies founded from 2016 to 2025, noting the highest count of 172 in 2020 and the 39 companies founded in 2025.
The Media & Entertainment market map of New York City: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the main product categories these firms develop and the revenue models they use, with consumer digital (2,051) and advertising (1,868) being the largest groups.
The biggest kinds of Media & Entertainment company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital2,051 companies · $18.8B raised · 64 hiring
- Enterprise Tech640 companies · $5.9B raised · 25 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce399 companies · $7.8B raised · 10 hiring
- Internet First News Publishers248 companies · $246.9M raised · 9 hiring
- Enterprise Software224 companies · $2.4B raised · 13 hiring
- Marketplaces193 companies · $6.9B raised · 6 hiring
- SaaS150 companies · $2.3B raised · 11 hiring
- Loneliness Economy135 companies · $360.6M raised · 3 hiring
- Video on Demand104 companies · $710.1M raised
- Blockchain in Media and Entertainment102 companies · $2.7B raised · 2 hiring
- Sports Tech96 companies · $6.3B raised · 4 hiring
- Real Money Gaming92 companies · $10.3B raised · 3 hiring
Monetization
How Media & Entertainment companies make money
How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.
Funding, M&A and the deals moving Media & Entertainment in New York City
Lists 1,577 corporate events over the past two years, categorized by type such as key people moves (340), mergers and acquisitions (288), and earnings releases (279).
- M&AZiff Davis, the digital media company behind CNET, Mashable and TheSkimm, has acquired three of the design world’s most influential titles, Dwell, Domino and Business of Home, from Recurrent Ventures, marking a significant expansion of the company’s portfolio into the lifestyle and home category.2026-05-04
- M&ADAZN has agreed to acquire ViewLift, in a move designed to accelerate its expansion in the US market and strengthen its proposition for sports rights holders.2026-05-01
- M&AParamount, bought another, Warner Bros. Discovery, in a $110 billion mega-merger...2026-04-24
- M&ATicket marketplace TickPick has acquired Momento, an app for music and sports fans to catalog their live event experiences.2026-04-21
- FundingPrediction market startup Polymarket nabs $400M at $15B valuation from NYSE owner2026-04-21
- FundingIn March this year Kalshi raised a further $1bn in a round led by Coatue Capital at a valuation of $22bn.2026-04-13
- M&AJeremy Hunt, the culture secretary, has given the green light to News Corporation's £7.5bn takeover bid for British Sky Broadcasting2026-04-12
- M&Aincluding Marvel Entertainment, Lucasfilm, and ultimately, 20th Century Fox2026-03-29
- FundingGlobalComix raises $13M in Series A funding for digital comics platform2026-03-23
- M&APrimary Wave has acquired Kobalt, the companies announced Monday, a major deal in the publishing landscape that turns Primary Wave into one of the most powerful indie music companies in the industry.2026-03-23
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Media & Entertainment company in New York City was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.
| Acquirer | Target | Deal value | Status | Date |
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| BSkyB | $11.6B | Pending | 2026-06-14 | |
| Paramount Skydance | $110B | Announced | 2026-05-05 | |
| Paramount Skydance | undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-05 | |
| undisclosed | Completed | 2026-05-04 | ||
| $1.2B | Announced | 2026-05-04 | ||
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-05-01 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events like IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches, and contract wins for the tracked companies.
McGraw HillIPO · NYSE · MH · 7 reportsJan 2026
WeShopDirect Listing · Nasdaq Capital Market · WSHP · 3 reportsNov 2025
VimeoIPO · 1 reportMay 2025
SeatGeekIPO · 1 reportMar 2025
InsiderIPO · U.S. trade market · 1 reportNov 2024
NBC SportsNICHOLAS LUBRANO · Appointment → Communications SpecialistApr 2026
Natural Diamond CouncilSusie Dewey · Appointment → Chief Marketing OfficerApr 2026
The New York TimesHannah Yang · Promotion → Executive Vice PresidentApr 2026
FreeWheelPartner Portal (Platform)Apr 2026
Red Seat VenturesSpeakeasyApr 2026
BuzzFeedQuiz Party (Quiz App)Mar 2026
forbeswon bslApr 2026
Fox Newswon Meta PlatformsMar 2026
The Blockscale undisclosed · AI gainsApr 2026
Marvel Entertainment~8% of workforce reported · cost reductionApr 2026
Walt Disney Studio~1,000 roles reported · cost reductionApr 2026
ABC Newsscale undisclosed · cost reductionApr 2026
- Paramount+ subscribers v paramount, warner bros. discoverymerger blocking · FiledMay 2026
- three current subscribers to Paramount Global’s Paramount+ s v paramount global, skydance media, warner bros. discoveryantitrust challenge to proposed merger · FiledMay 2026
Half of these companies grew revenue faster than -0.6%, half slower.
Who is building Media & Entertainment in New York City
Profiles 1,274 founders and CEOs across 968 firms, noting common alma maters like Harvard (30) and prior employers such as Google (15).
Ex-The Perseus Books Group, Booz Allen Hamilton. Columbia University BS 1982, The Wharton School MBA 1991
University of Valladolid MSc 2006, Harvard Kennedy School MPA 2012, Stanford University MBA 2011
Ex-Primerad Network LLC, DramaFever.com, Morgan Stanley.University of Chicago B.A 2009
MIT MS 2001
Outbrain, ex-Listory, ex-Hopstop Com, Holon Institute of Technology, 2000
Seatgeek, ex-Niqos, ex-Tickerhound, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, 2009
Half Magic Beauty, ex-Guggenheim Partners, Amherst College
Ex-Nuance Communications. Lehigh University BS 2007
Tel Aviv University BA 1998, The Wharton School MBA 2005
- flagged as repeat founders26
- no repeat-founder flag1,049
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Who funds Media & Entertainment in New York City
Summarizes 712 funding rounds since 2016 from 1,070 investors, with a typical round size of $4 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Techstars | 18 | 15 | Nov 2023 |
| Y Combinator | 18 | 7 | Nov 2025 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 12 | 5 | May 2026 |
| Union Square Ventures | 10 | 3 | May 2022 |
| Accel | 10 | 3 | Dec 2024 |
| Digital Currency Group | 9 | 4 | May 2022 |
| Lerer Hippeau | 9 | 3 | Apr 2023 |
| Goldman Sachs | 8 | 3 | Jun 2025 |
| General Catalyst | 8 | 3 | Oct 2025 |
| Khosla Ventures | 7 | 4 | Feb 2026 |
The typical round is $4M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Media & Entertainment funding rounds in New York City
Highlights the largest disclosed funding round—Polymarket’s $2 billion Series D—and lists ten other large recent rounds.
| Company | Round | Size | When | Backers |
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| Series Dmega-round | $2B | Oct 2025 | Intercontinental Exchange | |
| Series Gmega-round | $1.5B | Dec 2021 | Fidelity Investments, BlackRock, MSD Capital +1 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $1B | Aug 2017 | MLB, NFL, SoftBank Vision Fund | |
| Series Fmega-round | $1B | May 2026 | Coatue, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz +4 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $1B | Nov 2025 | Sequoia, CapitalG, Andreessen Horowitz +7 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $891.7M | Oct 2015 | — | |
| Series Gmega-round | $700M | Oct 2022 | Clearlake Capital Group, LionTree, Fidelity Investments +2 more | |
| Series Dmega-round | $585M | Dec 2016 | Discovery Communications | |
| Series Emega-round | $350M | Aug 2020 | Fidelity Investments, Thrive Capital, Franklin Templeton Investments +1 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $325M | Aug 2021 | Rocnation, Silver Lake, MLB +4 more |
88 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Seed$1.5MMay 2026
Seed$50kMay 2026
SeedundisclosedMay 2026
Seed$5.1MApr 2026
SeedundisclosedApr 2026
What the news says about Media & Entertainment in New York City
Counts 86,231 news articles about the sector in the last year and identifies the most frequently covered subjects and emerging terms.
What the coverage is about
The subjects that dominate Media & Entertainment news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.
- Administrative and political subdivisions4,359,357▲+15%
- Geopolitical disputes and contested areas320,899▲+28%
- International and transnational geographic entities320,731▲+28%
- International political relations217,657▲+21%
- Security and defense policies158,276▲+48%
- Celebrity fashion and style updates106,866→-4%
- International relations and diplomacy96,818→+6%
- Professional league updates90,547▼-10%
- Political satire and commentary89,269▼-12%
- Trade policies and agreements84,290▼-18%
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170 Media & Entertainment companies here were named in the news over this period.
Watch Media & Entertainment coverage in United States as it happens
Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.
Momentum
The words getting louder — and quieter
Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.
The pressures the press keeps returning to
Three recurring angles in United States Media & Entertainment coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).
Media & Entertainment jobs in New York City: who is hiring and what they ask for
Reports 18,056 job postings from 276 employers in 12 months, listing top skills like SQL and Python and a median advertised salary of $87 k per year.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Media & Entertainment employers in New York City put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.
- sql124▲
- excel113▲
- python109▲
- salesforce79▲
- aws73▲
- typescript64▲
- react63▲
- javascript60▲
- powerpoint50▲
- seo44▲
- Manager$120k/yr (n=351)
- Senior$130k/yr (n=157)
- Lead$89k/yr (n=90)
- Intern$37k/yr (n=31)
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