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Big Media (this category now contains content formerly under Media Ownership & Mergers) |
Links and articles related to media conglomeration; recently added links in red |
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"Consider
that for the first time in human history a child is born into a home which
television
is on an average of about seven hours a day. And for the first time in human
history most
of the stories are told not by the parent, not by the school, not by the
church, not by the
tribes or community, and in many places not even by the native country, but by
a relatively
small group of conglomerates who have something to sell."
George Gerbner, communications researcher/scholar
Recommended Articles
In
a Blurry World, Ownership Is Yesterday’s News
The Coming Media
Monopoly
Knight Ridder chain sold (Mar 06)
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seeks its own identity: UPN-WB merger may look familiar to viewers.
NEWS CORP. ACQUIRES IGN ENTERTAINMENT(Sept.05)
FCC COMMISSIONER LAUDS FINDINGS OF MEDIA INDECENCY STUDY
Big media pays big to find kids
Viacom splits company
Collapse of big media (Wilson Quarterly)
2 cable firms to buy Adelphia Communications
Why media ownership matters (4/05)
Malone's Liberty Media Agrees to Merge with UnitedGlobalCom
Murdoch Buys Rest of Fox Shares in $6 Billion Deal (1/10/05)
The moment has come for media reform
The Media Movement Matures (1/05)
Media conglomerates don't serve nation well (10/19)
The Lion in winter (9/19)
Sony Agrees
to buy MGM (9/13/04)
And Now a word from our sponsors (8/27)
The
Revolution was not televised (8/5)
The media
monotony (8/4)
My Beef
With Big Media (Ted Turner)
Feds approve Sony/BMG Merger (July 2004)
Waging
the Media Battle (June 2004)
Waging the media battle Robert McChesney(6/29)
Indecency Flap Opens a New Front in Media-Ownership War (3/29)
Murdoch's Mega Media Merger (12/22)
NBC, Vivendi merger finalized (10/8)
Media Companies Family Tree Chart Details Who Owns What (Adage, 8/20)
Global Media (Foreign Policy Review)
US
Media: Pervasive or Not (Japantoday, 11/14/02)
What's The Point of Media Giants? (May 25, 2002) The Economist
Media Mergers ( February 19, 2001) Broadcasting/Cable
Big Media And What You Can Do About It (January 7/14,2002) The Nation
Commentary: Media Ownership: Why Bigger Is A Big Mistake
The Myths of Encroaching Global Media Ownership
The Big Deal (AOL/TWC) Time Magazine, January 24, 2000
Your Survival Guide for the Big Media Age (Brills Content, Dec. 1999/Jan.2000)
The New Global Media, Content & Discontent ( The Nation, Nov. 29, 1999)
Media Giants Bad for Democracy (1999)
TV: The Nature of
the Beast (The Nation, 1998)
Who Controls the Music? (The Nation, 1997)
Free The Media (The Nation, 1996)
Recommended Texts
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The Political Economy of Media Robert W. McChesney |
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Communication Revolution Robert W. McChesney |
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Digital Destiny:
New Media and the Future of Democracy by Jeff Chester |
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Fighting for Air: The
Battle to Control America's Media by Eric Klinenberg (2007) Read the Time Out NY Review of Fighting For Air. |
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Download the text Media Myths: Making Sense of the Debate over Media Ownership, here |
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Who Owns the Media? : Global Trends and Local Resistance by Pradip N. Thomas (Editor), Zaharom Nain (Editor) Zed Books June 2005 ISBN: 1842774689 |
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The New Media Monopoly Beacon Press ISBN: 0807061875 | |
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Media
Ownership, Gillian Doyle, (Sage, First Edition, July 2002, ISBN: 0761966811) |
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Who Owns the Media? Competition and Concentration in the Mass Media Industry,
third edition. (Mahwah: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2000) ISBN: 0805829369 |
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Rich Media, Poor Democracy, Robert McChesney, New Press, Oct. 2000 | |
| Media Ownership & Democracy In The Digital Information Age, Mark Cooper |
