United States Media Economy, 1998-2018

This workbook contains data sets that identify the major companies, their revenues and market shares in over a dozen-and-a-half sectors of the US communications, internet and media industries over the period from 1998 until 2018. The sectors covered include the mobile wireless and wireline telecoms market, broadband internet access, cable, satellite and IPTV services, broadcast television and radio, specialty and pay television services, online video subscription and download services, online music downloads and streaming music subscription services, newspapers, magazines, internet advertising, search engines, social media sites, app stores, in particular Google Play and Apple Appstore, as well as mobile and desktop operating systems and browsers. The data have been compiled from a variety of sources, as cited on each sheet within the workbook and individual cells, but mostly drawn from the United States Census Bureau, corporate annual reports, regulatory filings and trade publications.