Robert W. McChesney

Robert McChesney is Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois. He hosts the program Media Matters on WILL-AM every Sunday afternoon from 1-2pm central time. He and John Nichols, The Nation‘s Washington correspondent, are the founders of Free Press, the media reform network, and the authors of Tragedy and Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy (New Press) and The Death and Life of American Journalism (Nation Books). He has written sixteen books and his work has been translated into fifteen languages.

MediaApril 26, 2001

Kennard, the Public & the FCC

The former FCC chairman says he's bitter about the effective dismantling of his low-power radio plan. Under his successor, such an idea won't even get raised.

Robert W. McChesney
MediaJanuary 26, 2001

Pacifica–A Way Out

Robert W. McChesney
BusinessMay 3, 2000

Antitrust & the Media–I

This spring the topic of antitrust returned to the headlines after a long absence as the government pursued and won (for the time being) its case against Microsoft and, in a more muted way, as Ti

Robert W. McChesney
MediaNovember 11, 1999

The New Global Media

This article is adapted from Robert W. McChesney’s Rich Media, Poor Democracy (Illinois).
Three charts accompany this article: “Global Media Moguls,” “Who Owns the Movies?” and “Who Owns the Music?”

Robert W. McChesney
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MediaSeptember 23, 1999

From Pacifica to the Atlantic

The summer of 1999 will be remembered by many progressives as the time of the great KPFA lockout–when Pacifica’s management tried to muzzle the nation’s oldest community radio station.

Robert W. McChesney

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Robert W. McChesney

MediaApril 26, 2001

The former FCC chairman says he's bitter about the effective dismantling of his low-power radio plan. Under his successor, such an idea won't even get raised.

MediaJanuary 26, 2001

BusinessMay 3, 2000

This spring the topic of antitrust returned to the headlines after a long absence as the government pursued and won (for the time being) its case against Microsoft and, in a more muted way, as Ti

MediaNovember 11, 1999

This article is adapted from Robert W. McChesney’s Rich Media, Poor Democracy (Illinois). Three charts accompany this article: “Global Media Moguls,” “Who Owns the Movies?” and “Who Owns the Music?”

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

MediaSeptember 23, 1999

The summer of 1999 will be remembered by many progressives as the time of the great KPFA lockout–when Pacifica’s management tried to muzzle the nation’s oldest community radio station.

This article is adapted from Robert W. McChesney’s Rich Media, Poor Democracy (Illinois).
Three charts accompany this article: “Global Media Moguls,” “Who Owns the Movies?” and “Who Owns the Music?”