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Media concentration

Media concentration. Is it harming democracy? Or are worries overblown?. Under the Big Apple. Boston Globe (1993) Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1999) Boston.com New England Sports Network (14 percent) Boston Red Sox (17 percent) Boston Metro (49 percent). Possible conflicts of interest.

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Media concentration

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  1. Media concentration Is it harming democracy?Or are worries overblown?

  2. Under the Big Apple • Boston Globe (1993) • Worcester Telegram & Gazette (1999) • Boston.com • New England Sports Network (14 percent) • Boston Red Sox (17 percent) • Boston Metro (49 percent)

  3. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox

  4. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Game coverage

  5. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Game coverage • Stadium

  6. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Game coverage • Stadium • Ancillary businesses such as travel

  7. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Game coverage • Stadium • Ancillary businesses such as travel • NASCAR

  8. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Game coverage • Stadium • Ancillary businesses such as travel • NASCAR • Unflattering feature stories

  9. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Worcester Telegram & Gazette • Media coverage

  10. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Worcester Telegram & Gazette • Media coverage • Media scandal

  11. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Worcester Telegram & Gazette • Media coverage • Media scandal • A two-way street

  12. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Worcester Telegram & Gazette • New England Sports Network • What’s a TV critic to do?

  13. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Worcester Telegram & Gazette • New England Sports Network • Boston Metro • Boston Herald’s antitrust case

  14. Possible conflicts of interest • Red Sox • Worcester Telegram & Gazette • New England Sports Network • Boston Metro • Boston Herald’s antitrust case • Putting the Herald out of business

  15. Elsewhere in Boston • Boston Herald is largest independent daily in New England • GateHouse Media of Fairport, N.Y., owns 100+ papers in Eastern Mass. • Nearly all TV and radio stations owned by out-of-state corporations

  16. A.J. Liebling • Legendarymedia critic forthe New Yorker • 50 years ago, warned of “one-ownership towns” • A publisher’s paradise — “Good, better, bestest”

  17. Death of commercial radio • Telecommunications Act of 1996 removed most ownership restrictions • Clear Channel (Minot, N.D.) and Cumulus (Dixie Chicks) become symbols • Why is broadcast different from print?

  18. Danny Schechter • “The News Dissector” • Warns against the “mediaocracy” — “a political system tethered to amedia system” • Example: Run-up to war in Iraq

  19. Setback for monopolists • Michael Powell’s FCC proposes more deregulatory goodies inJune 2003 • A left-right coalitionfights back • Congress, courts put FCC planon hold

  20. Back to Liebling • Liebling’s concern was the one-city monopoly • Fewer dailies today than 50 years ago • What has changed?

  21. Back to Liebling • Liebling’s concern was the one-city monopoly • Fewer dailies today than 50 years ago • What has changed? • More concentration, yet more diversity

  22. Time Warner CNN, AOL, HBO, and magazines such as Time, People, and Sports Illustrated

  23. Viacom/CBS CBS, MTV, Comedy Central, plus numerous broadcast stations

  24. Walt Disney Company ABC, ESPN, Disney Channel, movie studios, and radio stations

  25. News Corporation FNC, Fox network, worldwide satellite TV, Wall Street Journal, NY Post, and HarperCollins

  26. Bertelsmann Major American book publishers such as Knopf, Doubleday, and Random House Reinhard Mohn

  27. General Electric NBC, MSNBC, CNBC, television stations, Telemundo and cable channels such as Bravo

  28. Tracking media monopolies • Columbia Journalism Review has an online tool at www.cjr.org/resources

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