Financial overview of major media companies (Viacom, Time Warner, Scripps Networks) with performance metrics

The passage provides only publicly available financial data and performance comparisons for media companies. It contains no allegations, names of influential actors, transactions, or potential miscond Debt-to-equity ratio for Viacom is 3.88. Time Warner returned $6.6 billion to shareholders via dividends and buybacks in FY2014. Scripps Networks added $1 billion to its share buyback program and inc