Media, Inside Out Media, Inside Out
The recent CBS-Viacom-bination--at $37 billion, the largest media deal ever--mirrored previous purchases, like Disney's acquisition of Capital Cities/ABC and Time Warner's taking...
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Rory O’Connor
Indonesian Improvisation Indonesian Improvisation
Armed militias had forced most journalists to flee from East Timor by September 7, the day then-President B.J. Habibie and General Wiranto of Indonesia declared martial law for t...
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Suzanne Charlé
War of Words War of Words
In May 1989 a small group of radio and newspaper journalists and media activists from Belgrade took over a small room in Central Belgrade that the Central Committee of the Yugosl...
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Veran Matic and Drazen Pantic
The New Global Media 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 "Wh...
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Robert W. McChesney
Emperor of the Air Emperor of the Air
If you combined the political roles of Republican front-runner George W.
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Alexander Stille
Buchanan Inc. Buchanan Inc.
Research assistance for this article was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.
Nov 4, 1999 / Feature / Monte Paulsen
The ‘Right’ Books and Big Ideas The ‘Right’ Books and Big Ideas
Abigail Thernstrom, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and her husband, Harvard professor Stephan Thernstrom, would like to thank the John M.
Nov 4, 1999 / Feature / Eric Alterman
Turning Back the Clock On Voting Rights Turning Back the Clock On Voting Rights
Research assistance was provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute and the Fund for Investigative Journalism.
George W. Bush: Calling for Philip Morris George W. Bush: Calling for Philip Morris
The Nation Institute's Investigative Fund provided research support.
Oct 21, 1999 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
When the People Took the Stage When the People Took the Stage
At the beginning of June 1989, I was sitting in the bar of the Hotel Europejski in Warsaw and reassuring Tadeusz Mazowiecki that his decision to stay on as editor of Solidarity's m...
Oct 14, 1999 / Feature / Daniel Singer