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@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ the U.S. raises critical questions about whether the public has
access to diverse opinion. And not surprisingly, the impact of
this information monopoly continues to be ignored by the mass
media.
In 1982, when media expert <ent type='PERSON'>Ben Bagdikian</ent> completed research
In 1982, when media expert Ben Bagdikian completed research
for his book THE MEDIA MONOPOLY, he found that 50 corporations
controlled half or more of the media business. By December 1986,
when he finished a revision for a second edition, that figure had
@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ shrunk to 29 corporations. Six months later, when he wrote an
article for the media publication EXTRA, the number was down to
26. Some Wall Street media analysts predict that by the 1990s six
giant firms will control most of our media.
<ent type='PERSON'>Bagdikian</ent> notes that of the 1700 daily papers, 98 percent
Bagdikian notes that of the 1700 daily papers, 98 percent
are local monopolies and few than 15 corporations control most of
the country's circulation. A handful of firms control most of the
magazine business, with <ent type='ORG'>Time</ent>, Inc. alone accounting for about 40
magazine business, with Time, Inc. alone accounting for about 40
percent of that industry's revenues. The three broadcasting
networks -- Capital Cities/ABC, <ent type='ORG'>CBS</ent>, and <ent type='ORG'>NBC</ent> -- still have
networks -- Capital Cities/<ent type='ORG'>ABC</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>CBS</ent>, and <ent type='ORG'>NBC</ent> -- still have
majority access to the television audience, and most of the book
business is controlled by fewer than a dozen companies, with major
categories like paperback and trade books dominated by still fewer
@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ Petroleum, <ent type='ORG'>Kellogg Company</ent>, and <ent type='ORG'>New York T
The most influential newspaper in <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>, THE NEW YORK
TIMES, shared directors with <ent type='ORG'>Merck</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>Morgan Guaranty Trust</ent>,
Bristol-Myers, Charter Oil, Johns-Manville, <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>n Express,
<ent type='ORG'>Bethlehem Steel</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>IBM</ent>, Scott Paper, Sun Oil, and First Boston
<ent type='ORG'>Bethlehem Steel</ent>, <ent type='ORG'>IBM</ent>, Scott Paper, <ent type='LOC'>Sun</ent> Oil, and First Boston
Corporation.
<ent type='PERSON'>Bagdikian</ent>'s warning is ominous: "A shrinking number of large
Bagdikian's warning is ominous: "A shrinking number of large
media corporations now regard monopoly and historic levels of
profit as not only normal, but as their earned right. In the
process, the usual democratic expectations for the media --
@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ diversity of ownership and ideas -- have disappeared."</p>
<p>Sources: EXTRA!, June 1987, "The 26 corporations that own our
media," and <ent type='ORG'>MULTINATIONAL MONITOR</ent>, September 1987, "The Media
Brokers," both by <ent type='PERSON'>Ben Bagdikian</ent>; UTNE READER, Jan./Feb. 1988,
Brokers," both by Ben Bagdikian; UTNE READER, Jan./Feb. 1988,
"Censorship in publishing," by <ent type='PERSON'>Lynette Lamb</ent>.</p>
<p>From: UTNE READER, September/October 1988, pp. 84-85.