Potential merger partners

Approval of AT&T’s buyout of Time Warner could open the door for more media consolidation. These are some potential merger candidates, and their market caps.

$75 billion 21st Century Fox Inc. Twentieth Century Fox, Fox, Fox News, National Geographic Channels, Sky $155 billion Walt Disney Co. Walt Disney Studios, Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, ABC, ESPN, Disney Channel $12 billion Viacom Inc. Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central, MTV Sources: FactSet, Times reporting

$149 billion Comcast Corp. NBC, Universal Pictures, Universal Studios theme parks,Telemundo, Bravo, MSNBC, Comcast Cable $75 billion Time Warner Inc. Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Entertainment, HBO, CNN, Cartoon Network, TNT, TBS, The CW (joint venture) $20 billion CBS Corp. CBS, Showtime, The CW (joint venture), Simon & Schuster