Heard to criticise joint belonging to media conglomerate (6)
I believe the answer is:
disney
'joint belonging to media conglomerate' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'heard to criticise' is the wordplay.
'heard' becomes 'ney' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'criticise' becomes 'dis' (speak disrespectfully).
'ney' after 'dis' is 'DISNEY'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for disney that I've seen before include "Famous animator" , "Walt, pioneer of cartoon films" , "Creator of Donald Duck" , "American film producer, Walter Elias (1901-66)" , "US animated film maker, d. 1966" .)