Anita Balakrishnan

USA TODAY

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch got his start in a chain of Australian newspapers. But few consumers realize today how expansive his empire has become.

With 84-year-old Murdoch handing over control of daily operations at 21st Century Fox to his son James it's worth taking a look at what, exactly, fell under Murdoch's control this year. Below are holdings in which Murdoch's two big companies, 21st Century Fox and News Corp, hold significant stakes, according to SEC annual report filings for 2014.

21st Century Fox

Cable

Fox News (Fox News Sunday, Fox News Edge, Fox News Radio Network)

Fox Business Network

FSN – Fox Sports Net Inc. (National Sports Programming, Yankees Entertainment, Fox Sports Go)

Fox Sports 1

Fox Sports 2

SPEED

Fox College Sports

Fox Soccer Plus

Big Ten Network

FX (and FXnow online)

FXX

FXM

National Geographic U.S.

FIC (Fox International Channels) (including Fox Channel, Fox Life, Fox Crime, FOX Traveller, Voyage Channel, STAR World, STAR Movies and Chinese channels, National Geographic HD, Nat Geo Adventure Channel, Nat Geo Wild, Nat Geo Music, NGC Network International, Elite Sports Limited, Baby TV, Fox Sports Latin America, MundoFox Broadcasting, Eredivisie Media and Marketing, Channel V Thailand, CJ E&M Korea, Fox Sports Japan)

STAR India (International Cricket Council matches, Asianet Communications, Vijay Television Private Limited, Balaji Telefilms Limited)

Rotana (operates in the Middle East)

Moby Group Holdings

Fox Sports Asia

Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings (operates in China)

PT Visi Media Asia (operates in Indonesia)

Television

Fox Television stations (WNYW, WWOR, KTTV, KCOP, WFLD, WPWR, WTXF, KDFW, KDFI, WFXT, WTTG, WDCA, WAGA, KRIV, KTXH, WJBK, KSAZ, KUTP, WTVT, KMSP, WFTC, WOFL, WRBW, WJZY, WMYT, KTBC, WHBQ, WOGX)

FOX Broadcasting Company

MyNetworkTV distribution service

Film

Twentieth Century Fox Film (Fox 2000, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Fox International Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment)

Production

Twentieth Century Fox Television productions

Fox 21 Inc.

Twentieth Television

FtvS (Fox Television Studios)

Shine Limited

All films in the Fox Library

Broadcast

Sky Italia

Sky Deutchland

Other

BSkyB (U.K.)

Hulu (30% stake)

Tata Sky

Bona Film Group

CMC-News AsiaVice Holding (Vice News)

News Corp.

News and Information

Dow Jones (Wall Street Journal, CIO Journal, CFO Journal, CMO Journal and international WSJ editions, Wall Street Journal Digital Network, Factiva, DJ Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, Barrons, MarketWatch, Dow Jones Private Market, DJX)

News Corp Australia (The Australian, The Daily Telegraph, Herald Sun, The Courier Mail, The Advertiser, taste.com, CareerOne.com, Busienss Spectator, Eureka Reports, carguide.com, FOX SPORTS PULSE, and local dailies)

News UK (The Sun, The Times)

New York Post

News America Marketing (SmartSource inserts)

Storyful

Cable Network Programming

Fox Sports Australia

Digital Real Estate Services

REA Group (digital advertising, international versions of Realestate.com, Realcommercial.com, myfun.com, AtHome.com, Atoffice.com)

Book Publishing

HarperCollins

Digital Education