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By: Adam Broitman Asks the Tough Questions About Big Media « American Shelf Life

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By: adam

adam — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 02:14:58 +0000

Howard

Thanks for the comment!

Of course you care who owns the media, so do I. I was being intentionally provocative with this statement and I can see how it can be taken differently than intended.

What I meant was, does it matter to you who is running the paper version of the Wall Street Journal as opposed to the online version if the content is ultimately from the same core body? Of course you would want to have access to this information and have the right to know who owns what, but ultimately does it really matter if a media body owns property in these two outlets.

In no way do I feel that media power should find it’s way into the hands of the wealthy few, but I do think the way that media is currently being sliced up may not be the best way. I am not so sure that owning a newspaper and a television station are as dangerous as one may think if another media body owns a newspaper and a television as well.

I can understand the restrictions placed on television, as there is only so much bandwidth, but there are not the same limitations on newspaper (well, there are in fact if you are concerned about our planet, which I am).

Anyhow, the reason I wrote this post was to get the conversation started. It is easy for us to denigrate Commissioner Martin’s proposal, but what do we feel is a viable alternative. That is what my goal of this post was, to start getting some ideas on what the future of media ownership should look like.

I would love to hear you thoughts@!

By: Howard Greenstein

Howard Greenstein — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:57:31 +0000

You wrote:
After all, when all of our information is delivered via IP, will anyone care who owns the newspaper division of The Wall Street Journal? In ten years will there even be a newspaper version of The Wall Street Journal (I imagine there will be, I was just posing this question for effect)?

Yes. In fact, I will care, and I do care who owns the media I watch/read/listen to. It helps me to see the biases. As long as we can clearly understand things like “GE owns NBC which typically won’t do investigative reporting on GE’s corporate practices” we’re all better consumers of media.