The document discusses media control and consolidation in the US media industry. It notes the trend towards greater concentration of ownership and control among only a few large media companies. This raises issues around the loss of localism and diversity as well as the concentration of power over information. The document lists the major media companies and their holdings, noting that just a handful of large corporations now own most of the TV networks, movie studios, radio stations, publishers and other media properties.

1. 09 – Media Control What we didn’t talk about last week

2. Class Business Announcements Henry Jenkins (Friday, September 30, 12:30PM-1:45PM in RTV 245) John Stewart (Friday, September 30) #IUT205 Assignment 1: 10/13 Exam 2: 11/10

3. Assignment 1

4. Last time on T205

5. Exam

6. Convergence Across Media

7. General Employment Trends

8. Prosumer Revolution

9. The Big QuestionWho has programmed the computer code that governs these automatic routines?

10. Who is Controlling your Brain?

11. Potter’s Hypothesis Ownership patterns show a strong movement toward concentration and away from localism.

12. Mine But also towards individualism

13. Media Control

14. Two Competing Values

15. Cross-Ownership & Control

16. Issues of Concern

17. Power

18. Concentration of Power

19. Controls Information

20. The instrument (the telescreen, it was called) could be dimmed, but there was no way of shutting it off completely.

21. April and May, 1986

22. Two Competing Values

23. Localism - Power among as many people as possibleEfficiency - Concentration of power

24. Statevs federal

25. Lots of different choices Or A few cheap dependable choices

26. Localism Power among as many people as possible

27. Populist

28. Closer to the hands of the people

29. Power of the individual

30. Media starts at the local level

31. Who decides who gets access to a limited spectrum?

32. Radio - Geographic regions and limited power

33. Public Interest

34. Limited Ownership

35. The sevens 7 AM 7 FM 7 TV

36. The Twelves 12 AM 12 FM 12 TV

38. Telecommunications Act -1996

39. Deregulation

40. Complex Systems

41. Undiscovered Country

42. Why?

43. Political and Business Climate

44. Efficiency

45. Concentration of power Concentration Consolidation Centralization

46. Goal Gain Money Gain Resources

47. Media Consolidation

48. Bigger companies mean less voices

49. Trend to greater concentration

50. The Big Six

51. Bertlesman BMG Sony – BMG RTL Group (TV) Gruner + Jahr (Magazines) Random House

52. The Big Five

53. Disney ABC Disney Channel Disney Television Toon Disney Touchstone Television A&E (37.5% with Hearst and GE) Lifetime Network (50%) ESPN (80% with Hearst) ESPN2 (80% with Hearst) ESPN Classic (80% with Hearst) ESPN West (80% with Hearst) ESPNews (80% with Hearst) Buena Vista Television Biography Channel (with GE and Hearst) History Channel (37.5% with Hearst and GE) Classic Sports Network E! (35%)

54. General Electric NBC A & E (with Disney and Hearst) American Movie Classics (25%) Biography Channel (with Disney and Hearst) Bravo (50%) Bravo International CNBC Court TV (with Time Warner) Fox Sports NetHistory Channel (with Disney and Hearst) Independent Film Channel MSG Network MSNBC (50%) National Geographic Worldwide News Sport Prime Prism (with Rainbow, a subsidiary of Cablevision, and Liberty Media, a subsidiary of TCI) Romance Classics Sports Channel Cincinnati, Chicago, Florida, New England, Pacific, Ohio, Philadelphia

55. News Corp Fox Fox Family Channel (50%) Fox News Channel fx (50% with TCI's Liberty Media) fxM (50% with TCI's Liberty Media) Fox Sports Net (25% with TCI, GE and Cablevision) The National Geographic Channel (50%) FIT TV Partnership Regional networks, including TV Guide Channel and Fox Sports New York

56. Time Warner Turner Broadcasting WB HBO (75%) Cinemax HBO Direct Broadcast Court TV (33% with GE) TBS Superstation Turner Classic Movies TNT Cartoon Network Comedy Central (37.5% with Viacom) Sega Channel OVATION (50%) Women's Information Television (WIN) (partial) TVKO (75%) 4 regional all-news channels CNN CNN/SI (with Sports Illustrated) CNNfn(financial network) CNNRadio Headline News Sportsouth CNN International CNN Airport Network

57. Viacomm CBS UPN Nickelodeon MTV M2: Music Television VH1 Showtime Nick at Nite'sTVLand Paramount Networks Comedy Central (50% with Time Warner) TNN: The Nashville Network Movie Channel FLIX All News Channel (50%) Sundance Channel (45%) Midwest Sports Channel CBS Telenoticias (30%) Home Team Sports (66% with News Corporation)

58. Can Con

59. Advantages& Disadvantages

60. Cross-Ownership & Control

61. Types of Concentration

62. Horizontal Merger

63. Vertical Merger

64. Conglomerate Merger

65. MegaMerger

66. International Perspective

67. Concentration of Advertising Agencies

68. Concentration of Advertisers

69. PepsiCo PepsiCo Americas Foods PepsiCo Americas Beverages Restaurants (Yum! Brands)

70. Issues of Concern

71. Deregulation

72. Change in Content

73. Harmful content?

74. Lack of Access

75. Internet

76. Zombie Shark II- What do you mean you give it away for free?

77. 7 billion producers and distributors

78. The individual producer owner and distributor

79. Rule 1 The network gravitates toward free

80. …Or is this just another sale?

82. Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past.

83. Who do you let control your media?

84. Media Control

85. Two CompetingValuesand a third

86. Cross-Ownership & Control

87. Issues of Concern

88. Next – Effects! 14