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Violation Tracker Industry Summary Page

Industry: media
Penalty Total since 2000: $1,824,060,972
Number of Records: 259
Note: The totals include only those entries matched to a parent company. The industry designation is the primary one for the parent's operations overall. The totals are adjusted to account for the fact that each parent's entries may include both agency records and settlement announcements for the same case; or else a penalty covering multiple locations may be listed in the individual records for each of the facilities. They are also adjusted to reflect cases in which federal and state or local agencies cooperated and issued separate announcements of the outcome. Duplicate or overlapping penalty amounts are marked with an asterisk in the individual records list below.
Top 10 Current Parent CompaniesTotal Penalty $Number of Records
Fox Corporation$824,500,0005
News Corp.$266,573,98210
Liberty Media$185,097,3503
Bertelsmann$90,134,2356
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.$81,294,24718
Sinclair Broadcast Group$71,005,3218
Paramount Global$66,612,78123
RELX Group$55,011,79912
Hearst$37,571,99512
Nexstar Media Group$31,007,5002

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CompanyCurrent ParentPrimary Offense TypeYearAgencyPenalty Amount sort icon
Sinclair Media II, Inc.Sinclair Broadcast Groupwage and hour violation2005WHD$8,101
Detroit Newspapers f/k/a Detroit Newspaper AgencyGannettlabor relations violation2007NLRB$8,000
Clear Channel Communications, Inc., d/b/a WXXA-TV/Channel 23iHeartMedialabor relations violation2000NLRB$8,000
KENS-TV Inc.Tegnawage and hour violation2014WHD$7,937
HEARST MEDIA GROUPHearstworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$7,800
Cable News Network, Inc.Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.economic sanction violation2004OFAC$7,500
Nexstar Media GroupNexstar Media Groupwage and hour violation2021MI-LEO$7,500
GATEHOUSE MEDIA, INC. REGIONAL PRESS PLANTGannettworkplace safety or health violation2008OSHA$7,500
EYE PRODUCTIONS, INC.Paramount Globalworkplace safety or health violation2013OSHA$7,420
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.John Wiley & Sonswage and hour violation2007WHD$7,163
JOURNAL SENTINEL INC.Gannettworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$7,140
Sinclair Broadcast GroupSinclair Broadcast Grouplabor relations violation2004NLRB$7,020
The Buffalo NewsLee Enterpriseslabor relations violation2005NLRB$7,000
Warner Brothers (Production of ER)Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.labor relations violation2002NLRB$7,000
Enterprise Publishing CompanyGannettlabor relations violation2001NLRB$7,000
CHICAGO TRIBUNEDigital First Mediaworkplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$7,000
CBS OUTDOORParamount Globalworkplace safety or health violation2009OSHA$7,000
LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATEDLee Enterprisesworkplace safety or health violation2011OSHA$7,000
WSMH INCSinclair Broadcast Groupworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$7,000
PARAMOUNT PICTURESParamount Globalworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$6,750
Media News Group, IncDigital First Mediawage and hour violation2006WHD$6,552
DOW JONES & COMPANY INC.News Corp.workplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$6,300
THE BUFFALO NEWSLee Enterprisesworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$6,236
GANNETT CO.Gannettworkplace safety or health violation2018OSHA$6,208
The Hearst CorporationHearstwage and hour violation2006WHD$6,195
Lee Enterprises - d/b/a Racine Journal TimesLee Enterpriseslabor relations violation2006NLRB$6,000
Asbury Park PressGannettlabor relations violation2001NLRB$6,000
Townsquare Media of El Paso, Inc.Townsquare Mediatelecommunications violation2020FCC$6,000
GANNETT SATELLITE INFORMATION NETWORK, INC. DBA COGannettworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$6,000
GATEHOUSE MEDIA, INC.Gannettworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$6,000
WARNER BROS ENTERTAINMENTWarner Bros. Discovery Inc.workplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$5,850
WARNER BROS TELEVISION "THE CLOSER"Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.workplace safety or health violation2007OSHA$5,810
GANNETT SATELLITE INFORMATION NETWORK, INC.Gannettworkplace safety or health violation2013OSHA$5,750
Westwood One, Inc. d/b/a SmartRoutes SystemsCumulus Medialabor relations violation2003NLRB$5,711
Kaplan K12 Learning Services, LLCGraham Holdingstax violations2015CT-AG$5,700
FREEDOM COMMUNICATIONS, INCDigital First Mediaworkplace safety or health violation2015OSHA$5,700
OMAHA WORLD HERALDLee Enterprisesworkplace safety or health violation2003OSHA$5,620
Journal Broadcast Group, Inc.Gannettlabor relations violation2010NLRB$5,526
Tegna IncTegnawage and hour violation2017WHD$5,509
COX COMMUNICATIONSCox Enterprisesworkplace safety or health violation2005OSHA$5,500
GANNETT PUBLISHING SERVICES, LLCGannettworkplace safety or health violation2017OSHA$5,497
Reno Newspapers, Inc.Gannettwage and hour violation2005WHD$5,418
Paramount Pictures Corp.Paramount Globalair pollution violation2005CA-SCAQMD$5,350
COX ENTERPRISES, INC.Cox Enterprisesworkplace safety or health violation2016OSHA$5,290
Dayton Newspapers, Inc. d/b/a Cox Ohio PublishingCox Enterpriseslabor relations violation2009NLRB$5,165
DES MOINES REGISTERGannettworkplace safety or health violation2010OSHA$5,150
Cumulus Media, IncCumulus Mediawage and hour violation2007WHD$5,134
GANNETT SATELLITE INFORMATION NETWORK INCGannettworkplace safety or health violation2012OSHA$5,075
PARAMOUNT PICTURESParamount Globalworkplace safety or health violation2004OSHA$5,060
21ST CENTURY MEDIA, INC.Digital First Mediaworkplace safety or health violation2014OSHA$5,040
The Enterprise Publishing CompanyGannettlabor relations violation2005NLRB$5,000
HEARST MAGAZINEHearstaviation safety violation2015FAA$5,000
Choicepoint Precision Marketing, Inc.RELX Groupprivacy violation2002KY-AG$5,000
St. Louis Post-DispatchLee Enterprisesprivacy violation2001MO-AG$5,000
Paramount Pictures Corp.Paramount Globalair pollution violation2010CA-SCAQMD$5,000
HEARST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.Hearstworkplace safety or health violation2021OSHA$5,000
ARVATO DIGITAL SERVICES, LLCBertelsmannworkplace safety or health violation2021OSHA$5,000
COX COMMUNICATIONSCox Enterprisesworkplace safety or health violation2023OSHA$5,000
BERTELSMANN, INC.Bertelsmannenvironmental violation2004EPA$5,000
(*): Penalty amounts marked by an asterisk are ones announced by more than one agency. Parent penalty totals are adjusted to avoid double-counting.