Tag: News Corp
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What Happens When Media Oligarchs Go Shopping?
MPM 11 August 2016
Mighty, politically well-connected oligarchs are in the mood for retail therapy, and their targets are media outlets. Their influence over journalism has begun to reach…
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America’s Advertising Agencies Funnel Ad Cash to Their Own Media
MPM 10 June 2016
Ad agencies in America have been increasingly buying stock in media companies to secure slots for their clients’ ads. Nothing would be wrong with that…
How to Fight Abuses of Media Power in UK: Be the Media, Know the Media, Change the Media
MPM 21 January 2016
We have more media, but only a few very powerful companies controlling them. Can anything be done against this hegemony? Professor Des Freedman offers a…
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European Audiovisual Groups Increase Their Market Share at Home
Marius Dragomir and Frederick Emrich 30 November 2015
European broadcast groups are dwarfed by American ones on the global level. But at home, they enjoy a comfortable position. And they tend to further…
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News Corp, The Daily Mail and Trinity Mirror Control More Than 70% of British Newspapers
Des Freedman 28 October 2015
Many countries look at the U.K. for models when it comes to media. But is the U.K. market really a model? A new report shows…