Anyone know what % of media is owned by

[intheflow]

what number of conglomerates?

For instance, is it 85% of the broadcast (tv, cable, radio) is owned by 6 conglomerates (like Clear Channel, Time-Warner, etc.)?

[kuozzman]

1. Not sure.

I just think of it all as the same thing.

[intheflow]

5. Answer: 90% of all media owned by 5 companies.

Media = newspapers, magazines, TV and radio stations, books, records, movies, videos, wire services and photo agencies.

Totally sad fucking day for democracy. :cry:

http://www.corporations.org/media/

[whistle]

8. That is anti-competition and monopolistic

[Daphne08]

2. I don't know offhand, but you could start

here: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/giants/index.html

It's quite complex.

[BlueEyedSon]

3. Lots of info here

http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/

[LibertyorDeath]

4. Here you go

http://www.takebackthemedia.com/owners.html

http://www.mediachannel.org/ownership/chart.shtml

http://www.cjr.org/tools/owners/

[passy]

6. How about just Rupert Murdoch?

How much does own?
How many people does he own?
He sure has Tony Blair by the balls in the UK.

[magellan]

7. Check out Wikipedia

Go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch