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Put simply, the Murdoch family deal is the end of an era: The Rupert Murdoch and Sumner Redstone era is over, but a new media era with a new set of moguls seems poised to begin, with Big Tech increasingly seen as the enemy.
Succession War Over, Lachlan Murdoch Turns to Next Era of Empire Building
We all know and hate the Murdoch press, but the issue of media concentration in Australia (and across the globe) runs much deeper. Here are just a few of the billionaires (and almost-billionaires) whose influence you might come across in your own media diet :))
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instagram.comCable Cowboy: John Malone and the rise of the modern cable-TV business
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These are all the media/TV channels that will be owned by one guy - Larry Ellison - and his family.
Paramount, CBS, Warner Brothers, CNN, BET, Nickelodeon etc. etc.
America run by oligarchs, who are run by that other country that shall not be named. https://t.co/k6EAMkSOkn
From July 2019 (when Boris became PM) to September 2020, three billionaire press owners had more meetings with ministers than all the rest of UK media combined (News Statesman). No minutes of meeting were taken so we don't know what was discussed.
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instagram.comLast year, the Guardian ran an entire advertising campaign with the tag line ‘Not For Sale’. It put up billboards in the streets pointing out it was ‘reader funded not billionaire backed’.
So, why would it seek to sell off a huge chunk of the organisation and 70+ journalists….to a financially precarious start-up financed by a bunch of VCs and... See more
So, why would it seek to sell off a huge chunk of the organisation and 70+ journalists….to a financially precarious start-up financed by a bunch of VCs and... See more
Carole Cadwalladr • How to Speak Truth to Power
One of the great villains of democracy and the 21st century is Rupert Murdoch and Fox News. The news channel is responsible for radicalizing so many of our Americans.
Wajahat Alix.com