Who are the major players in terms of news providers in the UK and what exactly do they own?

News corp -Rupert Murdoch
Founder of News Corp. Ltd., which owns newspapers, magazines, book publishing houses, a movie studio (20th Century Fox) and a television network (Fox Broadcasting Company).
he also owns

• News of the world
• The Sun
• News international
• The sunday times
• Sky
• British Satellite Broadcasting
• BSkyB