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Where do Americans get their news and who controls what they consume? Ten years ago, when The Nation first charted a map of the National Entertainment State, four colossal conglomerates spread across the media landscape. Today, that map has significantly changed, because of the rise of new media and a vigorous reform movement, but the old corporate giants still hold most of the cards. Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft are quickly rising, but are not included in this chart because they do not own--not yet, anyway--the major television networks, which remain Americans' #1 source of news.
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Not Your Father's FCC
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Michael J. Copps: As we struggle for media democracy, let's take encouragement from the early actions of the FCC.
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The Other Side of the McCain Lobbyist Scandal
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Jerold M. Starr: A Pittsburgh public television activist explains how McCain broke the rules while doing the bidding of a media mogul.
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McCain and the Media
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Robert Scheer: It's absurd for the New York Times to cast him as a tool of corporate media, when he's been in the forefront of trying to rein it in.
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Stop the Media Grab
Corporate Media & Consolidation
If FCC chairman Kevin Martin prevails, Americans will be stuck with one-size-fits-all media and a downsized democracy.
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Google: Search and Data Seizure
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Jeffrey Chester: Google's bid to acquire DoubleClick will make it the most powerful player in interactive marketing on the planet. But it poses threats to our privacy, politics and democratic aspirations for the Internet.
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All Rupert, All the Time
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Eric Alterman: Will Rupert Murdoch's play to own and operate the Wall Street Journal have a silver lining for liberals?
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This Space for Sale
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Barbara Ehrenreich: The Philadelphia Inquirer is planning to run an editorial column sponsored by Citizens Bank. What's next--the Phillip Morris column on health issues?
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Making Med Schools More Diverse
America needs more minority doctors--and the government can help make it happen.
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Two Wrongs
Legislation and regulation designed to prevent another Virginia Tech shooting virtually eliminates many student rights.
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Free Association: Internet Neutrality and the Struggle for Equal Access
What do OK Go!'s Damien Kulash, the Raging Grannies and the Christian Coalition have in common? They all want net neutrality.
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Why Build a Movement Among Youth-Driven Music Spaces?
Because using the most popular form of cultural expression among youth may be the best way to build power and promote activism.
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Anti-Nuke Youth: The Next Generation
They're not waiting for WWIII: The millennial generation sets out to promote peace and a world without nukes.
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The League of Pennsylvania Voters
The League has worked non-stop for the past several years to energize community members to help engage "sometimes" and "never" voters into participating in the primary elections this year.
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HeadCount's At It Again
The grassroots group recognized that it just made good sense to add civic engagement into the mix.
Download a PDF of the 2006 National Entertainment State Chart.
