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Countries outside of the United States also have mainstream media giants. Like the United States most of these media companies are parent companies to a variety of other media sources within their respective countries.

China

China is responsible for the media company Baidu, which in partnership with Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, accounts for 20% of the advertising and money spent on advertising through all media. Baidu is a search engine that operates in the Mandarin language. It offers services such as mobile services, maps, entertainment, security, e-commerce, and social networking services. Advertising accounts for 96% of Baidu’s revenue.Baidu generates $7.895 billion in media revenue.

Also located in China is China Central Television, abbreviated to CCTV. CCTV offers 21 "free-to-air" channels, 19 "pay-TV" channels, and 10 international channels in the Arabic, English, French, Korean, Russian, and Spanish languages. China Central Televison generates $4.08 billion in media revenue.

Brazil

Grupo Globo is a Brazilian mainstream media and Brazil's biggest media owner. Grupo Globo owns O Globo, 12 Magazines, four radio networks, and public TV network TV Globo. Grupo Globo generates $4.83 billion in media revenue.

Japan

Asahi Shimbun is a Japanese mainstream media company. Asahi Shimbun is the second most popular newspaper in Japan. Besides newspaper, the company also owns 25 magazine title, including AERA, Sesame, and Autocar Japan, and is a partial owner of TV Asahi. This Japanese powerhouse generates $4.12 billion in media revenue.

Another Japanese media force is Shimbun Holdings, which owns the eponymous daily newspaper, The Yomiuri Shimbun, which is the most popular daily newspaper in the world, with a circulation of more than 9 million copies.The company also owns English language daily The Japan News and it owns a 14.6% stake in the Nippon TV network, publishing group Chukoron-Shinsha, and Japanese professional baseball team the Yomiuri Giants. Shimbun Holdings generates $2.88 billion in media revenue

France

France’s JCDecaux is the largest outdoor advertising company in the world, with more than 1 million advertising panels and more than half a million "street furniture" panels, which include things such as bus-shelters and bike racks with advertisements posted on them. In 2015, this company made a large amount of acquisitions. JCDecaux bought 70% of Continental Outdoor Media, 70% of Eye Catcher Media, and all of CEMUSA. This French media distribution company generates $3.74 billion in media revenue.

Germany

Axel Springer although based out of Germany owns media sources like TV Channels, newspapers, radio stations, websites and magazines in 35 different countries across the globe. Some of the largest titles owned by Axel Springer include the daily newspapers B.Z., Bild, and Die Welt. In September 2015, Axel Springer bought 88% of Business Insider for $343 million, bringing its total stake up to 97%. This company boasts a generation of $3.39 billion in media revenue.