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same with the alphabet tv networks in the 1950s through cable.

• pessimizer 2y ago
  Pre-Telecommunications Act was nothing like Post-Telecommunications Act. Things actually changed. In the early 90s, you could complain about the media being owned by just fifty companies. Now imagining that many media companies seems mythical. It was also the beginning of automated content, with the "Jack" radio format. Trivia: if there hadn't been rules against media consolidation, ABC and NBC would never have have been forced to split up.
  • lotsofpulp 2y ago
    > Now imagining that many media companies seems mythical. Why are YouTube/TikTok/Instagram/Twitch/OnlyFans channels, podcasts, and other online media businesses not considered media companies?
    • chuckadams 2y ago
      The same reason television programs aren’t television networks. They all have to play by the platform’s arbitrary rules or their show will get unalived.