Media & Entertainment Landscape of the United States
40,406 Media & Entertainment companies in the United States, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, where they are based, what the news is about and which skills employers want. Updated August 2026.
Who leads Media & Entertainment in the United States
Shows the top‑ranked Media & Entertainment firms by size, funding, hiring activity and media coverage, noting that 40,406 companies are tracked and 1,237 are hiring now.
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Light & Wonder13last posted Aug 2026
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Warner Bros12last posted Aug 2026
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Internet Brands12last posted Jul 2026
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Taboola12last posted Aug 2026
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NEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP12last posted Jul 2026
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Crunchyroll12last posted Jul 2026
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Ziff Davis12last posted Jul 2026
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Sinclair Broadcast Group12last posted Jul 2026
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Spectrum$10BGrant (prize money) · Oct 2022
- 02X$9.2BPost IPO · Mar 2025
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Mediacom Communications$6.5BConventional Debt · Mar 2020
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Charter Communications$6.2BConventional Debt · Jun 2019
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Fanatics$4.9BSeries G · Oct 2022
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Legendary Entertainment$4.5BConventional Debt · Apr 2023
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QVC$3.9BConventional Debt · Jan 2019
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iHeartMedia$3.6BPost IPO · Feb 2021
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Meta$56.3BFY2026 filing
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Comcast$31.5BFY2025 filing
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The Walt Disney Company$25.2BFY2020 filing
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Netflix$12.2BFY2026 filing
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Discovery Communications$8.9BFY2021 filing
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FOX$4BFY2024 filing
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The E.W. Scripps$3.6Bsnapshot Dec 2017
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The New York Times Company$2.8Bsnapshot Dec 2025
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News Corp25,000tracked employees
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ViacomCBS17,877tracked employees
- 01Amazon Prime23.3%8,520 tracked events
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Motion16.3%5,957 tracked events
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Disney3.8%1,396 tracked events
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TikTok2.5%920 tracked events
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Truth Social66,177articles in the window
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CNN48,027articles in the window
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Reddit23,393articles in the window
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The Wall Street Journal18,889articles in the window
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Major League Soccer18,119articles in the window
See all 40,406 Media & Entertainment companies in the United States
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How the Media & Entertainment ecosystem in the United States grew, 2016–2025
Displays the annual count of new companies, highlighting a peak of 1,969 founded in 2020 and 318 founded in 2025.
Where Media & Entertainment companies in the United States are based
Lists the U.S. cities with the most Media & Entertainment firms, with New York City leading at 3,528 companies.
The Media & Entertainment market map of the United States: what these companies actually do
Breaks down the main product categories and revenue models, indicating consumer digital as the largest sub‑category and advertising as the most common revenue model.
The biggest kinds of Media & Entertainment company, by how many we track.
- Consumer Digital19,049 companies · $77.7B raised · 455 hiring
- Enterprise Tech5,801 companies · $37B raised · 227 hiring
- B2C E-Commerce4,474 companies · $20.1B raised · 126 hiring
- Internet First News Publishers2,617 companies · $1.8B raised · 72 hiring
- Enterprise Software2,086 companies · $10.7B raised · 89 hiring
- Marketplaces2,005 companies · $11.4B raised · 64 hiring
- SaaS1,427 companies · $9.1B raised · 58 hiring
- Real Money Gaming1,387 companies · $11.1B raised · 26 hiring
- Loneliness Economy1,267 companies · $8.3B raised · 45 hiring
- Sports Tech1,116 companies · $7.8B raised · 33 hiring
- Internet First Sports Media935 companies · $953.9M raised · 16 hiring
- Media & Entertainment SaaS723 companies · $5.1B raised · 37 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 the United States
Counts corporate events over the past two years, recording 13,968 events including key‑person moves, announcements, earnings releases and mergers.
- FundingMeta Platforms is working with Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase on a roughly $13 billion financing package for a data center in El Paso, Texas.2026-05-05
- M&AStatic Media acquires Engadget from Yahoo Backed by Novacap Management, Static Media has acquired Engadget from Yahoo.2026-05-04
- M&ATenet acquires Crown Tenet has acquired Crown, a developer of air freight trucking and transportation management software.2026-05-04
- 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&AD&E has agreed to be sold to Windstream, based in Little Rock, Ark., for $330 million in cash, stock and assumed debt.2026-05-04
- M&AApple bought the rights to Apple TV’s Severance.2026-05-01
- M&AThe acquisition allows Amazon to enhance its portfolio of AI and customer experience solutions.2026-05-01
- 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&AGlobal post-trade solutions provider OSTTRA has acquired SaaS AI-enabled solutions provider, HUB.2026-05-01
- FundingAuddia Inc. (NASDAQ: AUUD) announced Tuesday that it has successfully completed a $12 million financing, positioning the company to accelerate the closing of its transformational merger with Thramann Holdings, LLC.2026-04-29
Mergers and acquisitions
Deals from the last 24 months where a Media & Entertainment company in the United States 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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| Elon Musk | $44B | Announced | 2026-07-26 | |
| undisclosed | Announced | 2026-07-07 | ||
| $1.8B | Announced | 2026-07-03 | ||
| Warner Bros Discovery | $110B | Announced | 2026-07-01 | |
| BSkyB | $11.6B | Pending | 2026-06-14 | |
| NBC Universal | $30M | — | 2026-06-03 |
Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work
Provides details on specific events such as IPO filings, leadership changes, product launches and contract wins.
AuddiaIPO · NASDAQ · AUUD · 1 reportApr 2026
Angel StudiosIPO · NYSE · ANGX · 3 reportsApr 2026
AOLIPO · 1 reportApr 2026
StubHubIPO · NYSE · STUB · 17 reportsMar 2026
CircleIPO · New York Stock Exchange · CRCL · 22 reportsMar 2026
newsmax mediaIPO · NYSE · NMAX · 11 reportsMar 2026
DiscordIPO · United States · 3 reportsFeb 2026
WEBTOONIPO · NASDAQ · WBTN · 4 reportsFeb 2026
SnapAI Sponsored Snaps (Advertising format)Apr 2026
Aleyant SystemsPressero 360Apr 2026
PolymarketSpot Order Book v2 (Decentralized Prediction Market Platform)Apr 2026
SiliconAngletheCUBE AI Video Cloud (AI‑powered Video Analytics)Apr 2026
SiriusXM Mediawon youtubeApr 2026
FMC GlobalSatwon undisclosed clientApr 2026
Bento Boxwon princess picturesApr 2026
The Daily Wirescale undisclosed · cost reductionMay 2026
Quixote~70 roles reported · cost reductionApr 2026
Chegg~388 roles reported · new realities of AIApr 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 +9.0%, half slower.
Who is building Media & Entertainment in the United States
Profiles founders and CEOs of 7,370 companies, noting that Stanford alumni (223) and former Google employees (105) are the most frequent backgrounds.
CEO-Charter, Spectrum
Chairmsn & CEO Clear Channel Outdoor, Co-Founder MTV, CEO OL Networks, Six Flags Theme Parks, Quantum Media & Century 21 Real Estate
EX-Superior Communication Group, Seaway Communication, Network Affiliated Stations, TVB. Ohio University
Ex-MIT Brain and Cognitive Science Center, MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
Propublica, ex-General Catalyst, ex-Kano Computing, University of Cambridge, 1982
Ex-Radius Ventures · Yale University 2003
New York University BS
Ex-Yahoo!, CNET Networks
Ex-TXU Communications. University of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business MBA
- flagged as repeat founders158
- no repeat-founder flag7,415
- women1,367
- men7,259
Look up the people behind Media & Entertainment companies in the United States
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Who funds Media & Entertainment in the United States
Summarizes funding activity since 2016, with 4,378 rounds from 4,358 investors and a typical round size of $2 million.
| Investor · most active investors since 2016 | Rounds | Led | Latest |
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| Y Combinator | 122 | 59 | May 2026 |
| Techstars | 105 | 66 | Aug 2025 |
| Europa | 84 | — | Feb 2024 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 69 | 36 | May 2026 |
| 500 Global | 34 | 21 | Apr 2024 |
| Accel | 31 | 13 | Mar 2026 |
| Greycroft | 29 | 13 | Oct 2023 |
| New Enterprise Associates | 28 | 16 | Dec 2024 |
| General Catalyst | 28 | 12 | May 2026 |
| Sequoia Capital | 28 | 10 | May 2026 |
The typical round is $2M — half were bigger, half smaller.
The biggest Media & Entertainment funding rounds in the United States
Highlights the largest disclosed 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 Fmega-round | $1.8B | May 2016 | Fidelity Investments, Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic +11 more | |
| Series Gmega-round | $1.5B | Dec 2021 | Fidelity Investments, BlackRock, MSD Capital +1 more | |
| Seedmega-round | $1B | Aug 2018 | Alibaba Group, 21st Century Fox, Sony Pictures +11 more | |
| Series Emega-round | $1B | Feb 2026 | Autodesk, AMD, Emerson Collective +2 more | |
| Series Fmega-round | $1B | Jan 2011 | Goldman Sachs Investment Partners | |
| 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 | $1B | Dec 2021 | — |
626 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.
Series F$1BMay 2026
Series A$30MMay 2026
Seed$1.5MMay 2026
Seed$50kMay 2026
Seed$34kMay 2026
- SeedundisclosedMay 2026
Series AundisclosedMay 2026
What the news says about Media & Entertainment in the United States
Counts 3,540,597 news articles in the last year and identifies the most covered subjects, such as administrative subdivisions and geopolitical disputes.
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▼-11%
- Political satire and commentary89,269▼-12%
- Trade policies and agreements84,290▼-18%
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910 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 the United States: who is hiring and what they ask for
Shows 78,776 job postings from 1,845 employers, with median advertised salary $80 k per year and top skills including Excel, Python and SQL.
Demand
The Skills Employers Ask For
What Media & Entertainment employers in the United States 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.
- excel1,366▲
- registers1,229▲
- ipad1,198▲
- python979▲
- sql841▲
- salesforce681▲
- aws571▲
- microsoft office493▲
- powerpoint493▲
- word466▲
- Manager$116k/yr (n=1465)
- Senior$130k/yr (n=661)
- Lead$151k/yr (n=278)
- Intern$42k/yr (n=96)
- Entry$33k/yr (n=171)
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17 internships were advertised in the last 12 months, across 12 of these companies.
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