While the players come and go, the domination of the media by entertainment conglomerates exerts a consistently corrosive effect on journalism, undermining debate in this country precisely when we need it most.
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A media conglomerate describes companies that own large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet. As of 2008, The Walt Disney Compan...
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Media Conglomerates, Mega Mergers, Concentration of Ownership ... It led to a lucrative Broadway show, a TV series and all sorts of media spin-offs. It also led to 186 items of merchandising. Wall Street analysts gush at the profit potential of animated films in the hands of media conglomerates;
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As a result, media conglomerates have undergone rapid mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, and consolidations, resulting in possibly fewer outlets for freedom of expression. Mergers of major news organizations have included Capital Cities and ABC in 1985;
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Examine the charts breaking down what each of the five U.S. media giants now control (as of February 2001). Also included on this list is Bertelsmann AG, which in globalizing has bought up several large American media divisions.
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The Washington Monthly: \ ... Top managers in these huge media conglomerates run their companies for the short term. After we sold Turner Broadcasting to Time Warner, we came under such earnings pressure that we had to cut our promotion budget every year at CNN to make our numbers.
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