UK News Providers ..

Who are the major players in term of news providers in the UK and what exactly do they own? 

Broadcast Media ..

Channel 4 News

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster, it's a non-commercial institution, they make no profit, their purpose is to Inform, Educate and Entertain.The main presenters for the channel 4 news are, Jon Snow, Krishnan Guru Murthy and Cathy Newmen. Channel 4 News is owned by "Channel Four Television Corporation" which was found in 1982 as Channel Four Television Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority, it became an independent Statutory Corporation, a corporation created by Statue. 

BBC News 

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation. Responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs. The department is the world's largest broadcast news organisation and generates about 120 hours of radio and television output each day, as well as online news coverage. He department's annual budget is £350 million; it has 3,500 staff, 2,000 of whom are journalists. 

A strategy review of the BBC in March 2010 confirmed that having "the best journalism in the world" would form one of five key editorial policies, as part of changes subject to public consultation and BBC Trust approval.

Print Media ..

The Sun

The Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It is published by the News Group Newspapersdivision of News UK, itself a wholly owned subsidiary of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Rupert Murdoch owns many institutions, thus being very popular.The Sun switched support to Labour on 18 March 1997, six weeks before the General Election victory which saw Labour leader Tony Blair become Prime Minister with a large parliamentary majority, despite the paper having attacked Blair and New Labour up to a month earlier. Its front page headline read THE SUN BACKS BLAIR and its front page editorial made clear that while it still opposed some New Labour policies.

Metro 

Metro Newspapers is an American newspaper company based in San Jose, California. It currently publishes three free alternative weekly newspapers in Northern California: Metro Silicon Valley, Santa Cruz Weekly and the North Bay Bohemian. Together, the publications reach a weekly audience of about half a million people, according to The Media Audit.

Daily Mail

The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust. First published in 1896 by Lord Northcliffe, it is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after The Sun. Its sister paper The Mail on Sunday was launched in 1982. Scottish and Irish editions of the daily paper were launched in 1947 and 2006 respectively. The Daily Mail was Britain's first daily newspaper aimed at the newly literate "lower-middle class market resulting from mass education, combining a low retail price with plenty of competitions, prizes and promotional gimmicks", and the first British paper to sell a million copies a day.

E-Media ..

CCN News 

Cable News Network (CNN) is an American basic cable and satellite television channel that is owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. The cable news channel was founded in 1980 by American media mogul Ted Turner. Upon its launch, CNN was the first channel to provide 24-hour television news coverage, and the first all-news television channel in the United States.

CBS News 

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager, who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes; while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main anchor, Scott Pelley.

Google News

Google News is a free news aggregator provided and operated by Google Inc, selecting most up-to-date information from thousands of publications by an automatic aggregation algorithm. Launched in September 2002, the service was tagged as a beta test for over three years until January 2006. The initial idea was developed by Krishna Bharat.