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Economics: Conglomerates, Holding companies, Groups...

Conglomerates JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo & Co., Goldman Sachs Groups, Inc. Media cross-ownership is the common ownership of multiple media sources by a single person or corporate entity In 1983, 90% of US media was controlled by 50 companies; in 2012, 90% was controlled by just 6 companies.[4] Company[5] Media Outlets Revenues (2017) Comcast Holdings DreamWorks Animation Universal Pictures,  NBCUniversal,  NBC and Telemundo,  Universal Pictures,  Illumination Entertainment,  Focus Features,  26 television stations and cable networks MSNBC USA Network,  Bravo,  CNBC,  Syfy,  NBCSN,  Golf Channel,  E!,  NBC Sports Regional Networks.  Comcast also owns the Philadelphia Flyers through a separate subsidiary. See: List of assets owned by NBCUniversal. US$84.5 billion[6] The Walt Disney Company Holdings : ABC Television Network,  ESPN,  the Disney Channel,...

girl, Interrupted

~~~~~ THE FILM ~~~~~ Girl, Interrupted * A 1999 American psychological drama film. Based on Susanna Kaysen's memoir of the same name.     With: Winona Ryder as Susanna Kaysen.       She was 18 when diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. & Angelina Jolie as Lisa Rowe,     *diagnosed as a sociopath. Charismatic, manipulative, rebellious and abusive, she has been in the institution since she was twelve, and has escaped several times over her eight years there, but is always caught and brought back.      She is looked up to by the other patients and forms a close bond with Susanna. PLOT Susanna Kaysen 1967 New England, 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen has a nervous breakdown and overdoses on aspirin and alcohol. * Against her wishes she is checked into a local psychiatric hospital. * Susanna had previously had an affair with Professor Gilcrest, an English instructor, * as well as a casual relationship with a young man, Toby. Lisa R...