His next appointee for FCC chair could determine whether robber barons consolidate their domination of the public discourse.

In her book Captive Audience, Susan Crawford shows how media giants exert a stranglehold over consumers and government.
 

The merger of Penguin and Random House is part of a trend that has been deadly for literary authors and serious nonfiction.

The Fox News owner resorted to an anti-Semitic canard in attacking alleged media bias against Israel.

Why do journalists run interference for the 1 percent, when their job is to expose their schemes?

British investigations reveal the shocking extent of his shady tactics. Can we really believe he hasn’t used the same methods here?

Will widespread shareholder discontent put a chink in Rupert Murdoch's armor?

Politicians don't just need the billionaire media mogul's cash—they need his newspapers, magazines and TV networks, too.

Rupert Murdoch is far from blameless—but he’s merely a symptom of the real disease: so much power in a single media corporation.