The Media MonopolySince this classic on corporate control of the media was first published in 1997, the number of corporations dominating our media has shrunk from fifty to merely five. Once called "alarmist," Bagdikian's claims are uncanny and chilling in their accuracyl This much-needed sixth edition follows up on the digital revolution, revealing startling details of a new communications cartel within the United States. |
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... networks - ABC , CBS ( now a division within Via- com ) , and NBC - have maintained most of their traditional audiences and still get 40 percent of all television revenues . They average 25 percent profit a year , and the top twenty ...
... networks - ABC , CBS ( now a division within Via- com ) , and NBC - have maintained most of their traditional audiences and still get 40 percent of all television revenues . They average 25 percent profit a year , and the top twenty ...
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... Networks , has said of local TV stations : " This is a business where if you are a birdbrain you have a thirty ... networks of alternative radio stations and individ- ual broadcasters who create " networks " by mailing studio - quality ...
... Networks , has said of local TV stations : " This is a business where if you are a birdbrain you have a thirty ... networks of alternative radio stations and individ- ual broadcasters who create " networks " by mailing studio - quality ...
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... network . CBS did not enter the field until 1927 , and not until 1943 did an activist Federal Communications Commission force RCA to divest itself of one of its two radio networks , thus creating ABC . Television , in the jargon of Wall ...
... network . CBS did not enter the field until 1927 , and not until 1943 did an activist Federal Communications Commission force RCA to divest itself of one of its two radio networks , thus creating ABC . Television , in the jargon of Wall ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | vii |
Preface to the First Edition | xlviii |
The Endless Chain | 3 |
Copyright | |
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