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Possibly because reddit's owned by Advance Publications... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Publications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Publication
by grawprog 6y ago
Possibly because reddit's owned by Advance Publications...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Publications https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Publications
A company that owns a fair amount of media outlets.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Advance_subsidiaries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Advance_subsidiaries
Why would they report anything bad about themselves?
- hntrader 6y agoMedia company XYZ that isn't affiliated with Advance Publications has no added incentive to report favorably on Reddit. Limiting Reddit would still be to their benefit in the same way that limiting FB or Twitter would be.
- grawprog 6y agoExcept...Advance Publications is associated with Hearst https://www.hearst.com/-/the-hearst-corporation-and-conde-nast-publications-join-to-form-leading-newsstand-distribution-company https://www.hearst.com/-/the-hearst-corporation-and-conde-na... One of the board members of the associated press is from hearst https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/125749Z:US https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/125749Z:US The associated press is a gigantic media organization that dominates just about all global media. Most media are ran and controlled by the same people at the very top who have interests in a staggering amount of the media consumed around the world. And essentially, reddit became the media's answer to facebook et al. after it was purchased by them.