The National Entertainment State, 2006 The National Entertainment State, 2006
After a decade of strategic mergers, impulsive couplings and messy divorces--the birth of new media--this chart shows that national media landscape still bears the oversized footpr...
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / The Nation
The Death of News The Death of News
The press that once went hoarse over Monica Lewinsky's dress is largely silent over the Bush regime's vast abuses of power.
Jun 20, 2006 / Feature / Mark Crispin Miller
Mega-merger Mania Mega-merger Mania
Americans overwhelmingly oppose media consolidation, but the FCC is poised to further relax media ownership rules.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Eric Klinenberg
Bush World Bush World
In the guise of giving us what we want, media giants have created a culture defined by untrammeled greed, the worship of power and a ruthless disregard for the public good.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Use the Tools Use the Tools
The fight over media consolidation is anachronistic. Progressives should focus instead on mastering the tools of new media--it's here, not in the corporate boardroom, where the new...
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Markos Moulitsas
Stealth Media Stealth Media
Corporations used to disguise their attempts to masquerade as "indie," but now they've become invisible to the naked eye.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Ana Marie Cox
Local Media Left Behind Local Media Left Behind
National media are increasingly catering to the highly mobile, globalized, mostly white middle class, leaving those who can't afford access to slip into a separate and unequal worl...
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Ethan Michaeli
Digital Music Revolution Digital Music Revolution
The music industry lives in fear of downloadable media, but artists have the vision to re-engineer our collective psyche.
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Paul D. Miller
The Self-Expression Sector The Self-Expression Sector
New forms of participatory media have changed public discourse, enabling people to publish, share and disseminate their own media creations. But will only the affluent be able to p...
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Rebecca MacKinnon
Co-opting Consumers of Color Co-opting Consumers of Color
Fewer minority-owned outlets means fewer minorities in the media. With such threats to public discourse, what will become of our voices, points of view and interests?
Jun 15, 2006 / Feature / Makani Themba