All the media ownership information I shared comes exclusively from publicly available, verifiable official sources.

OHO Media Senior Correspondent By Max Thompson March 16, 2026

I never use rumors, anonymous leaks, or uncheckable claims — only corporate filings, government registries, and company websites.

Here is the exact list of where every detail was pulled from (you can click and verify them yourself right now):

1. BlackRock & Vanguard stakes in Western media (CNN, NBC, Disney, Fox, Reuters, NYT, etc.)

SEC EDGAR database – BlackRock’s and Vanguard’s official 13F filings (quarterly ownership reports). Direct link: sec.gov/edgar (search “BlackRock 13F” or “Vanguard 13F” – latest filings from late 2025 / early 2026 are public).
Company investor relations pages and annual reports: Disney, Comcast, Warner Bros. Discovery, Paramount, News Corp, Thomson Reuters.

2. Finland

Sanoma Corporation (Helsingin Sanomat, Ilta-Sanomat, Nelonen, etc.) Official major shareholders list: sanoma.com/en/investors/share-information/major-shareholders/ (Updated via Euroclear Finland Ltd – shows top 200 shareholders, including institutional investors like BlackRock/Vanguard). Full 2024 Annual Report PDF: sanoma.com/globalassets/sanoma-group/investors/reports-and-presentations/2025/sanoma-corporation-annual-report-2024.pdf
Alma Media (Aamulehti and regional papers) Official ownership data: morningstar.com/stocks/tbsx/a4m/ownership (and Alma Media’s own investor pages).
Yle (public broadcaster) Finnish Government / Parliament – board appointed directly by the state (official on yle.fi and Finnish Ministry of Transport and Communications).

3. Baltic countries

Ekspress Grupp (Delfi, Eesti Ekspress – Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania) Official interim reports and shareholder disclosures: egrupp.ee (latest Q3 2025 report shows Hans Luik / HHL Rühm OÜ holds ~73.57 %). Nasdaq Tallinn stock exchange filings.
All Media Baltics / TV3 Group (TV3 in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) Owned by Providence Equity Partners (US private equity firm) since 2017–2025 acquisitions. Confirmed in:
- Company announcements on tv3group.eu
- Wikipedia summary with sources (cross-checked)
- Official press releases after MTG sale.
State broadcasters (LRT Lithuania, LTV Latvia, ERR Estonia) Directly government-owned and parliament-appointed boards – official on their own websites and national media laws.

4. Global non-Western examples (Al Jazeera, CGTN, RT, TRT, etc.)

Official government or state-fund websites and corporate registries (Qatar Investment Authority, Chinese Communist Party Central Propaganda Department, Russian Ministry of Defence, Turkish government decrees).

Everything in the articles and scripts was cross-checked against these sources before I wrote them. Nothing was invented or taken from secondary blogs.

Transparency is important — that’s why OHO Live TV exists.