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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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 Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 5:09 am Post subject: Speaking Of Big Media |
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The Federal Communications Commission has, as expected, voted along party lines to approve the demand of Rupert Murdoch and other communications-industry moguls for a loosening of limits on media monopolies in American cities.
Now, the real fight begins.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/121907F.shtml
WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION?
Major U.S. Media Owned By Only Five Companies!!
Forget About Factual Reporting And Social Responsibility - Think Only Of Profit 
Time Warner Owns:
America Online - Time Warner Cable - Home Box Office (HBO) and Cinemax - Turner Broadcasting System - CNN - TNT - New Line Cinema - Warner Bros. Entertainment - Time Inc. (The leading magazine publisher in the world with 140 magazines, including TIME and LIFE magazines).
Disney Media Networks Owns:
The ABC Television Network includes ABC Entertainment, ABC Daytime, ABC News, ABC Sports, ABC Kids and the Disney-owned production company Touchstone Television - ABC Owned Television Stations operates 10 stations in top markets across the country - ABC Radio owns 72 stations nationwide, including Radio Disney, ESPN Radio and ABC News Radio - A suite of cable networks, including ESPN, Disney Channel, ABC Family, Toon Disney, SOAPnet, Walt Disney Television Animation, and Fox Kids International - Lifetime Entertainment Services, A&E Television Networks, and E! Networks - Buena Vista Television - Buena Vista Television International - Hyperion Books - Walt Disney Internet Group, which leads corporate Internet business and technology strategy and manages many of the company's Internet properties.
General Electric Owns:
Bravo - CNBC - Focus Features - International Channels - MSNBC - mun2 - NBC and Telemundo Television Stations - NBC Entertainment - NBC News - NBC Television Network - NBC Universal Cable - NBC Universal Sports & Olympics - NBC Universal Television Distribution - NBC Universal Television Studio - Paxson - SCI-FI Channel - ShopNBC - Telemundo - TRIO - Universal Parks & Resorts - Universal Pictures - Universal Studio Home Video - USA Network
News Corporation Owns:
Book Publishing Division: HarperCollins Publishers, William Morrow & Company, Avon Books, Amistad Press, and Fourth Estate.
Television Division: Fox Movie Channel, Fox News Channel, Fox College Sports, Fox Sports Enterprises, Fox Sports En Espanol, Fox Sports Net, Fox Soccer Channel, FUEL, FX, National Geographic Channel, SPEED Channel, Stats, Inc.
Film Division: 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Espanol, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox International, 20th Century Fox Television, Blue Sky Studios, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox Studios Australia, Fox Studios Baja, Fox Studios LA, Fox Television Studios
Magazine Division: Big League, InsideOut, donna hay, News America Marketing, SmartSource, The Weekly Standard, TV Guide International
Newspapers: Over 175 different newspapers, including Daily Telegraph, Sunday Herald Times, The Australian, The Mercury, The Sunday Telegraph, The Sun, New York Post, Post Courier, and Fiji Times
Viacom Owns:
CBS Television, Viacom Television Stations Group (Owns and operates 39 TV Stations in the U.S.), Paramount Television, UPN (United Paramount Network), MTV, MTV2, Nickelodeon, BET (Black Entertainment Television), Nick at Nite, TV Land, NOGGIN, THE N, VH1, Spike TV, CMT, Comedy Central, Showtime, The Movie Channel, Flix, Sundance Channel, LOGO, Infinity Broadcasting (One of the largest major-market radio operators in the United States), Viacom Outdoor (One of the world's largest out-of-home media companies), Paramount Pictures, Paramount Home Entertainment, The Famous Players and United Cinemas International chains (own nearly 1,700 screens) Simon & Schuster Publishing, MTV.com, VH1.com, Nickelodeon.com, CBS.com and CBSNews.com |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:17 am Post subject: |
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| Long live the listener-sponsored, non-commercial Pacifica network and its flagship station, WBAI, which hosts the country's absolute best and most hard-hitting news program, Democracy Now!! |
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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 11:15 am Post subject: |
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If only there were some sort of alternative to the MSM!
It is too bad that we are victims of the corporate conspiracy. We must find some form of medium where we can communicate directly with one another in a viral fashion...
...but where? and how? |
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stillnotking
Joined: 18 Dec 2007
Location: Oregon, USA
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
If only there were some sort of alternative to the MSM!
It is too bad that we are victims of the corporate conspiracy. We must find some form of medium where we can communicate directly with one another in a viral fashion...
...but where? and how? |
Don't worry, the big companies will soon have their greasy thumbs pressed down on the aorta of the internet, too. Ever heard of net neutrality? |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
If only there were some sort of alternative to the MSM!
It is too bad that we are victims of the corporate conspiracy. We must find some form of medium where we can communicate directly with one another in a viral fashion...
...but where? and how? |
I got it! Let's invent the Internet! I even think Al Gore can help!
In the meanwhile, listen to www.wbai.org. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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igotthisguitar
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igotthisguitar
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sojourner1
Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Location: Where meggi swim and 2 wheeled tractors go sput put chug alugg pug pug
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| Posted: Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:16 am Post subject: |
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| Kuros wrote: |
If only there were some sort of alternative to the MSM!
It is too bad that we are victims of the corporate conspiracy. We must find some form of medium where we can communicate directly with one another in a viral fashion...
...but where? and how? |
The Internet is the new medium that gives people the power of knowledge and communication. The Internet changes it all from now on. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| sojourner1 wrote: |
| Kuros wrote: |
If only there were some sort of alternative to the MSM!
It is too bad that we are victims of the corporate conspiracy. We must find some form of medium where we can communicate directly with one another in a viral fashion...
...but where? and how? |
The Internet is the new medium that gives people the power of knowledge and communication. The Internet changes it all from now on. |
Kuros, next time, please don't forget the [/sarcasm off] button. |
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igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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| Posted: Tue Dec 25, 2007 10:35 am Post subject: |
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FCC Chief Defends New Media Ownership Rules
By JOHN DUNBAR, Associated Press Writer
Tue Dec 25, 9:55 AM ET
WASHINGTON - The Republican chairman of the Federal Communications Commission is disputing Democratic assertions that a new rule loosening restrictions on media ownership is full of loopholes and will lead to a wave of mergers and fewer choices for consumers.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/media_ownership;_ylt=Ar9a8YJnA3ETWZpd1NUjvlphr7sF |
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