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Media consolidation infographic from 2011. Back then, six companies controlled 90% of the market. I wonder where we're at now? http://www.businessinsider.com/t

Media consolidation infographic from 2011. Back then, six companies controlled 90% of the market. I wonder where we're at now? http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-90-of-the-media-in-america-2012-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/these-6-corporations-control-...

mxschumacher 8y ago
through the rise of original content production from Amazon and Netflix and the overall shift to internet delivery (including Youtube and Podcasts) I'd argue we're in a less concentrated situation today.
- anonymous5133 8y ago
  Completely agree as well.
- jadedhacker 8y ago
  Yes and no. I agree 100% for podcasts. However, while Youtube and Netflix are encouraging more producers they retain veto power on their platforms. This is key. In the case of Netflix, it's obvious they only host what they want on their platform. In the case of Youtube, they are increasingly banning videos. This isn't my particular hobbyhorse issue, but it was the first result for "youtube ban political videos" and it has a huge constituency. "Youtube to Ban Videos Promoting Gun Sales" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/business/youtube-gun-ban.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/business/youtube-gun-ban.... VICE Motherboard chronicles Youtube's history of escalating censorship. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59jgka/a-brief-history-of-youtube-censorship https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59jgka/a-brief-hi... On a decentralized platform (i.e. the real web) this would be impossible or nearly so. You might disagree with or laugh at the people losing money or literally being censored on one of the biggest public squares in the world, but it's not democratic and media consolidation will never ever result in something compatible with the free and open exchange of ideas.
basch 8y ago
This 90% is absurd. What about: ATT - DirecTV, Time Warner (WB, Turner, HBO) Verizon - Yahoo, AOL Comcast - XFinity, NBCUniversal Disney - 21st Century Fox? Sony - Pictures, Television, Music/Publishing Netflix Amazon Google/Youtube Facebook Microsoft National Amusements (CBS/Viacom(Paramount)) Fox Broadcasting/Fox Sports Sinclair Broadcast Group/Tribune Company? Vivendi - Canal+, Universal Music Group Bertelsmann - Random House, Penguin, RTL, BMG Lionsgate Crown Castle - Hallmark Discovery - Scripps Interactive, TLC, Animal Planet, US Networks AMC Networks Kobalt Warner Music Group - Warner/Chappell News Corp Tronc Time inc Hearst Corporation Gannett Advanced Publications Meredith Corp HarperCollins New York Times Company Wenner Media Getty Gray Nexstar Tegna iHeartMedia (ClearChannel) AMC Theaters Madison Square Garden Regal Cinemark MindGeek Televisa Univision Communications Sprint/T-Mobile? Charter Communications (Bright House Networks, Spectrum Internet formerly Time Warner Cable) Dish Cox Altice USA (Optimum Online, Suddenlink Communications) CenturyLink Frontier

mxschumacher 8y ago

through the rise of original content production from Amazon and Netflix and the overall shift to internet delivery (including Youtube and Podcasts) I'd argue we're in a less concentrated situation today.

anonymous5133 8y ago
Completely agree as well.
jadedhacker 8y ago
Yes and no. I agree 100% for podcasts. However, while Youtube and Netflix are encouraging more producers they retain veto power on their platforms. This is key. In the case of Netflix, it's obvious they only host what they want on their platform. In the case of Youtube, they are increasingly banning videos. This isn't my particular hobbyhorse issue, but it was the first result for "youtube ban political videos" and it has a huge constituency. "Youtube to Ban Videos Promoting Gun Sales" https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/business/youtube-gun-ban.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/22/business/youtube-gun-ban.... VICE Motherboard chronicles Youtube's history of escalating censorship. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59jgka/a-brief-history-of-youtube-censorship https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/59jgka/a-brief-hi... On a decentralized platform (i.e. the real web) this would be impossible or nearly so. You might disagree with or laugh at the people losing money or literally being censored on one of the biggest public squares in the world, but it's not democratic and media consolidation will never ever result in something compatible with the free and open exchange of ideas.

basch 8y ago

This 90% is absurd. What about: ATT - DirecTV, Time Warner (WB, Turner, HBO) Verizon - Yahoo, AOL Comcast - XFinity, NBCUniversal Disney - 21st Century Fox? Sony - Pictures, Television, Music/Publishing Netflix Amazon Google/Youtube Facebook Microsoft National Amusements (CBS/Viacom(Paramount)) Fox Broadcasting/Fox Sports Sinclair Broadcast Group/Tribune Company? Vivendi - Canal+, Universal Music Group Bertelsmann - Random House, Penguin, RTL, BMG Lionsgate Crown Castle - Hallmark Discovery - Scripps Interactive, TLC, Animal Planet, US Networks AMC Networks Kobalt Warner Music Group - Warner/Chappell News Corp Tronc Time inc Hearst Corporation Gannett Advanced Publications Meredith Corp HarperCollins New York Times Company Wenner Media Getty Gray Nexstar Tegna iHeartMedia (ClearChannel) AMC Theaters Madison Square Garden Regal Cinemark MindGeek Televisa Univision Communications Sprint/T-Mobile? Charter Communications (Bright House Networks, Spectrum Internet formerly Time Warner Cable) Dish Cox Altice USA (Optimum Online, Suddenlink Communications) CenturyLink Frontier