List of 37 Tennessee-based Media Companies

Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	M&A Activity			Last 5 Years
Name	Sector	Revenue $mlns	Total	Buy	Sell	Last 5 Years
Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. Acquired Warner Bros. Discovery 2017-07-31 $14.6B Knoxville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	3,401	9	8	1
SouthComm Communications, Inc. Private Nashville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	11	6	5
Hollywall Entertainment, Inc. Private Franklin, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	2	2	-
MindRocket Media Group Private Franklin, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	2	2	-
Curb Records, Inc. Private Nashville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	1	1	-
Opry Entertainment Group PE Backed Atairos NBC Universal, Inc. 2022-04-04 Nashville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	1	1	-
Limelight Media Group, Inc. Private Memphis, Tennessee, United States	Media	-	1	1	-
Thirty Tigers LLC Private Nashville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	1	1	-
LeadCircle LLC Private Knoxville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	1	1	-
247Sports Acquired CBS Sports Network 2015-12-16 Brentwood, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
AC Entertainment, Inc. Acquired Live Nation 2016-10-31 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
Great American Country, Inc. Acquired Scripps 2004-11-17 $140M Nashville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
Big Machine Label Group Acquired Ithaca Holdings 2019-06-30 Nashville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
Music Benefactors Acquired Explorer1 Music Group 2022-10-01 Nashville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
Phoenix Big Cinemas Management LLC Acquired Carmike Cinemas, Inc. 2012-12-14 Knoxville, Tennessee, United States website	Media	-	-	-	-
The Documentary Channel, Inc. Acquired Participant Media LLC 2012-12-01 Nashville, Tennessee, United States	Media	-	-	-	-

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