On the April 15th edition of Your Call, it’s our Friday media roundtable. This week, we’ll discuss the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and media consolidation.
In 1983, 50 corporations controlled almost 90 percent of the media. Today, just six companies control almost everything we see, hear, and read. How has the concentration of media ownership impacted journalism and media democracy? Join the conversation, on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guests:
Tim Karr, campaign director of Free Press
Leslie Savan, journalist and author
Tim Redmond, journalist and founder of 48 Hills
Web Site:
Truthout.org: Twenty Years of Media Consolidation Has Not Been Good For Our Democracy
The Nation: Farewell to Al Jazeera America