Heard of them, and you're right about subscriptions to a degree and you're right about corporate ownership to a degree. I say to a degree vecause there are som

Heard of them, and you're right about subscriptions to a degree and you're right about corporate ownership to a degree. I say to a degree vecause there are some distinct differences. At least in my neck of the woods, major newspapers were owned at a national level. Some of the stories came from international corporations (e.g. AP), but what was published tended to be local editorial decisions. You also got the same news as everyone else who subscribed to or purchased single copies of the paper. Contrast that to online news through social media sites. Chances are the editorial decisions are made in a different country, and there may not even be direct human intervention in choosing what you (as an individual) sees.