The Threat to the Net The Threat to the Net
Open access to the broadband Internet is essential if we are to insure that a diverse range of voices has a chance of reaching out to citizens in the new era of high-speed communic...
Sep 25, 2000 / Editorial / Jeffrey Chester
Can Truth Outlast a Green Light for Media Mergers? Can Truth Outlast a Green Light for Media Mergers?
Should the corporate owners of newspapers like the Los Angeles Times or the New York Post be allowed to own television stations in the same city?
Jul 24, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Microsoft: Breaking Up Is Good to Do Microsoft: Breaking Up Is Good to Do
The pace of recent events made one of the most significant rulings in the history of American antitrust law seem like an anti-climax.
Jun 8, 2000 / Feature / Eben Moglen
Antitrust & the Media–I 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...
May 3, 2000 / Editorial / Robert W. McChesney
Extra! Extra! Read Less About It Extra! Extra! Read Less About It
* * * When legendary media critic A.J. Liebling issued that warning some decades ago about the corrosive effect of media monopolies on the First Amendment, media ownership...
Apr 24, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Signs of the Times Signs of the Times
When Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band opened the opulent new Staples Center in LA on October 17, the Jersey Troubadour had a few choice words for those watching from the l...
Nov 18, 1999 / Column / Eric Alterman
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
The Cable Guise The Cable Guise
Ten years ago, as Hungary was roiling with democratic protests, the country had two television channels, both controlled by the state.
Nov 11, 1999 / Feature / Mark Schapiro
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