We live in the age of big Media, with the celebrity moguls telling us that 'content is king.' But for all the excitement, glamour, drama, and publicity they produce, why can't these moguls and their companies manage to deliver better returns than you'd get from closing your eyes…
Ten years after the publication of The Business of Books, his groundbreaking critique of conglomeration in the book industry, André Schiffrin turns his attention to the broader crisis in the media. Just as corporatization and the lowest-common-denominator pursuit of the bottom l…
"Does America have a free press? Many who answer yes appeal to First Amendment protections that shield the press from government censorship. But in this comprehensive history of American press freedom as it has existed in theory, law, and practice, Sam Lebovic shows that, on its…
Introduction -- Methodology -- Media concentration around the world -- Country studies A. Europe. Belgium / Peggy Valcke, Jo Groebel, and Moritz Bittner -- Finland / Mikko Gronlund -- France / Patrick-Yves Badillo, Dominique Bourgeois, and Jean-Baptiste Lesourd -- Germany / Juli…
This book examines the reasons behind the declining fortunes of public access channels. Public access, which provided perhaps the boldest experiment in popular media democracy, is in steep decline. While some have argued it is technologically outmoded, Caterino argues that the r…
This book examines the reasons behind the declining fortunes of public access channels. Public access, which provided perhaps the boldest experiment in popular media democracy, is in steep decline. While some have argued it is technologically outmoded, Caterino argues that the r…
