media conglomerates
Massive broadcasting corporations
Media conglomerates are large corporations that own multiple media properties across different platforms—television networks, film studios, newspapers, websites, streaming services.
A single conglomerate might control news outlets, entertainment brands, and publishing houses: Six media conglomerates control most of what Americans watch and read.
The term often carries concern about concentrated ownership limiting diversity of voices.
- big sixCarnival betting game
- radio stationsBroadcast audio outlets
- streaming servicesOn-demand video delivery platforms
- subsidiariesCompanies owned by another
- television networksCompanies distributing TV programming
cable news · news agencies · antitrust laws · revenue streams · ad revenue · publishing houses · content creation · intellectual property · corporate hierarchy · mergers · board of directors · shareholder value · film studios · watchdog organizations · economies of scale · vertical integration · deregulation · acquisitions
- mediatelevision, news, broadcasting, video, radio station
- Media Ownershipcross-ownership, newspaper chains, broadcast networks, cable networks, radio stations
- rights holderscopyright holders, patent holders, licensors, creators, authors
- entertainmentmovie, movies, films, band, television
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
media conglomeratessmall press
Independent book publisher
local newspapers · independent media · community newspapers · regional newspapers · zines
media conglomeratesindependent journalism
Reporting without external control
public broadcasting · community radio · public access television · PBS · NPR
media conglomeratesindependent journalism
Reporting without external control
free press · alternative media · grassroots media · citizen journalism · underground press