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Tag Archives: Media Consolidation

Sinclair Broadcasting should be broken up, not allowed to become even bigger

Excerpt: Rarely have we seen a pair of videos that so powerfully demonstrate the terrible harm that comes from unchecked media consolidation and concentration in our country, a highly destructive trend that has been continuing unabated for years, resulting in fewer journalists, fewer newsrooms, and fewer local owners.
Published at:10:30 PM on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Media & Culture
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Comcast plans to acquire Time Warner Cable for $44 billion; FCC and DOJ should veto deal

Excerpt: Media and telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions con­glom­er­ate Com­cast, the nation’s largest provider of cable tele­vi­sion and the own­er of NBC Uni­ver­sal, has just announced it has agreed to acquire the nation’s sec­ond largest cable tele­vi­sion provider, Time Warn­er Cable, in a $44 bil­lion plus all-stock megadeal. Bloomberg reports: Com­cast is pay­ing about $159 a share in the trans­ac­tion, […]
Published at:8:19 PM on Wednesday, February 12th, 2014
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Breaking News, Media & Culture
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