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Entity Type: Domestic Media Company

Alpac Capital

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Alpac Capital is a Portuguese investment group established in 2013 and headquartered in Lisbon, claiming to manage three investment funds focused on technology, telecommunications, and media sectors. The company positions itself as making equity investments to achieve active involvement in the business development of its portfolio companies and is regulated by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM). According to available information, key personnel have included Pedro Vargas David and Luis Santos, with the company maintaining regional offices in Budapest and Dubai in addition to its Lisbon headquarters. Alpac Capital holds a 97.6% ownership stake in Euronews, the European international news channel, having acquired the outlet from Naguib Sawiris. According to investigative reporting, €45 million of the €150 million Euronews acquisition was provided by Hungarian state capital fund SZTA, with Pedro Vargas David described as having close ties to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s government. The International Federation of Journalists has called for a parliamentary inquiry into the acquisition. In May 2024, the Portuguese Securities Market Commission imposed a €100,000 fine on the company for failures related to customer identification data compliance and due diligence procedures.

Class Editori

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Class Editori is an Italian media conglomerate founded in 1986 by Paolo Panerai. The company has been listed on the Italian Stock Exchange since November 30, 1998. Class Editori specializes in financial and lifestyle media, publishing prominent periodicals including MF Milano Finanza, Italia Oggi, Capital, and Global Finance. The company operates television channels Class CNBC (in partnership with NBC Universal), Class TV Moda, and Gambero Rosso HD, along with Radio Classica and the MF Dow Jones News agency. Class Editori maintains partnerships with Chinese state media, including Xinhua News Agency (新華通訊社), with which it has collaborated since 2010 in news exchange and joint events. The company claims to deepen “media exchanges and communication” and “spread the voice of China-Italy friendly cooperation.” Class Editori also operates video information systems through Telesia, broadcasting in major Italian airports and metro systems in Rome, Milan, and Brescia.

Future Media Group

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Groupe Futurs Médias (GFM) was established in 2003 by renowned musician Youssou NDOUR with the mission to “bring something more to the media space in Senegal.” Under the current leadership of Director General Birane NDOUR, GFM has evolved into what it claims is “the first media group in the country and even West Africa” and “the largest employer in the private media sector.” The group’s expansion began with Radio Futurs Médias (RFM) in 2002, followed by the newspaper L’Observateur (2003), Télévision Futurs Médias (TFM) in 2010, and its digital platform igfm.sn in 2013. GFM continued diversifying with specialized channels, including TFM Religion (2016), King FM (Senegal’s first digital radio station), a media library, L’OBST` TV (2017), and Record, a sports publication launched in 2017.

NPR

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Founded in 1970, NPR, also known as National Public Radio, is an independent nonprofit media organization that distributes its programming through a network of member stations throughout the United States. The network produces a variety of content, including news, cultural shows, and podcasts, employing journalists at both their central office and local affiliates. NPR’s funding comes from multiple sources, with individual listener donations being the largest single source, followed by corporate sponsorship, foundation grants, and university support. It operates under the guidance of a Board of Directors and Foundation Trustees.

Radio Television Luxembourg Group

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Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL Group) is a Luxembourg-based European entertainment company operating television channels, streaming services, and radio stations across Germany, France, Hungary, and other European countries. The company was formed in 2000 from the Compagnie Luxembourgeoise de Radiodiffusion, which was founded in 1931. The company’s major business units include RTL Deutschland, Groupe M6 in France, and Fremantle, which produces programming across multiple countries.

Riyadh Daily

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Riyadh Daily, published by Al-Yamamah Press Establishment, is the first English-language daily newspaper from Saudi Arabia’s capital. It began as a newsletter in the 1960s before developing into a broadsheet in 1985 and was in circulation until January 1, 2004, when it ceased print publication. The newspaper was later revived as a digital-only publication, relaunching online on January 1, 2017, coinciding with King Salman’s second anniversary as monarch. As a sister publication to the influential Arabic Al-Riyadh newspaper, it maintains a pro-government editorial stance while covering Saudi political, economic, and social developments. Through its website (alriyadhdaily.com), the publication continues to serve English-speaking readers with news about Saudi Arabia and the region.

National Media Group

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Founded in 2008 by oligarch Yury Kovalchuk, whom one Russian analyst referred to as “Putin’s long-time friend,” National Media Group (Национальная Медиа Группа), or NMG, is Russia’s largest private media conglomerate. The company controls Channel One, Channel 5, REN TV, CTC Media networks, and the national newspaper Izvestia. NMG operates through a joint venture structure involving state-controlled entities, including Rossiya Bank (the personal bank of senior Russian officials, according to Open Sanctions), the oil and gas company Surgutneftegas, the insurance company SOGAZ, and Gazprom Media, another media conglomerate that with its parent company sits under the Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom. The content of NMG outlets is closely aligned with Kremlin narratives, with several channels facing European bans for operating as state propaganda vehicles.

Media Chinese International Limited

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Media Chinese International Limited, formed in April 2008 and dual-listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and Bursa Malaysia, is a Chinese-language media group created by the successful merger of Ming Pao Enterprise Corporation Limited, Sin Chew Media Corporation Berhad, and Nanyang Press Holdings Berhad. The company traces its roots to Sin Poh Amalgamated, founded by Aw Boon Haw (胡文虎) in 1941. Its flagship publication in Hong Kong, Ming Pao (明報), established on 20 May 1959, was acquired by Malaysian timber tycoon Tiong Hiew King (張曉卿) in October 1995. Headquartered at the Ming Pao Industrial Centre (明報工業中心) in Hong Kong’s Chai Wan district with another headquarters in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, the group is chaired by Ms TIONG Choon (張聰). The company reported 5 daily newspapers in 13 editions with “about 1 million” total daily circulation for 2023/24, including Ming Pao, Sin Chew Daily (星洲日報) from 15 January 1929, and other major papers. The group has expanded into digital media and operates over 30 magazines through subsidiaries, including Life Magazines and One Media Group Limited.

Sky News

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Sky News is a British television news channel that began broadcasting on February 5, 1989. The network operates as an editorially independent division of Sky UK, whose parent company is Comcast NBCUniversal. Sky News provides 24-hour news coverage across television, digital platforms, and radio, reporting on UK and international stories with correspondents stationed around the world.