The company that gave us Mad Men and Breaking Bad dropped "Networks" from its name in 2026. The bet behind the rebrand: stop being something for everyone, and start being everything to someone.
Everyone else sold their libraries and chased prestige drama. The Murdochs kept the loud, live stuff - news and football - and it is quietly minting money.
Mass Appeal is a New York-based media and content company that calls itself the elevated voice of hip-hop. Founded as a graffiti fanzine in 1996 and revived in 2013 by rapper Nas, CEO Peter Bittenbender and the late journalist-filmmaker Sacha Jenkins, it spans a record label, film and TV production, digital series, a creative agency and direct-to-consumer commerce. The company is best known for the Hip Hop 50 initiative marking the genre's 50th anniversary, Grammy- and award-winning documentaries, and a music catalog built around legacy artists and their new work.
DIVE Studios is a Los Angeles-based digital media company built around Korean entertainment and global K-pop fandom. Founded in 2019 by brothers Brian, Eric, and Eddie Nam, it produces artist-led podcasts and video shows - including the flagship Daebak Show with Eric Nam - plus original talk, game, and travel series. The company reaches tens of millions of monthly viewers worldwide, runs the DIVE X creator and influencer agency for brands, and spun out Mindset, a celebrity-narrated mental-health audio platform.