The media monopoly
By: Ben H. Bagdikian ; with a new preface on the internet and communications cartels.
Edition: 6th Beacon pbk.ed.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boston, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
Subjects: Mass media -- Economic aspects -- United States; Monopolies -- United States
Description: "When the first edition of The Media Monopoly was published in 1983, critics called Ben Bagdikian's warnings about the chilling effects of corporate ownership and mass advertising on the nation's news "alarmist." Since then, the number of corporations controlling most of America's daily newspapers, magazines, radio, television, books, and movies has dropped from fifty to ten to six.

This edition features a dramatic new preface, detailing the media landscape as we enter the twenty-first century, and includes an entirely new examination of the implications of new technologies."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index.