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Where do Americans get their news and who controls what they consume? Ten years ago, when The Nation first charted a map of the National Entertainment State, four colossal conglomerates spread across the media landscape. Today, that map has significantly changed, because of the rise of new media and a vigorous reform movement, but the old corporate giants still hold most of the cards. Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft are quickly rising, but are not included in this chart because they do not own--not yet, anyway--the major television networks, which remain Americans' #1 source of news.
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Who'll Unplug Big Media? Stay Tuned
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols: The media reform movement has made a few inroads, but there's still a long way to go.
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Not Your Father's FCC
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Michael J. Copps: As we struggle for media democracy, let's take encouragement from the early actions of the FCC.
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The Other Side of the McCain Lobbyist Scandal
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Jerold M. Starr: A Pittsburgh public television activist explains how McCain broke the rules while doing the bidding of a media mogul.
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McCain and the Media
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Robert Scheer: It's absurd for the New York Times to cast him as a tool of corporate media, when he's been in the forefront of trying to rein it in.
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Stop the Media Grab
Corporate Media & Consolidation
If FCC chairman Kevin Martin prevails, Americans will be stuck with one-size-fits-all media and a downsized democracy.
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Google: Search and Data Seizure
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Jeffrey Chester: Google's bid to acquire DoubleClick will make it the most powerful player in interactive marketing on the planet. But it poses threats to our privacy, politics and democratic aspirations for the Internet.
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All Rupert, All the Time
Corporate Media & Consolidation
Eric Alterman: Will Rupert Murdoch's play to own and operate the Wall Street Journal have a silver lining for liberals?
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China Marches to a Green Beat
Students from around the world gather in China's march to protect the environment. Learn how youth are looking beyond Olympic feuds to forge a sustainable future.
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Moving Forward: Registering Voters, Having Fun
Forward Montana's Matt Singer discusses how to reach new voters with bunny ears and costumes.
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Organizing & Obama: A Forum
Five community organizers from across the country assess the impact of Obama's history as an organizer.
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Dollars for Donkeys (Chart)
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Globe Trotting
International volunteer organizations may do a lot of good, but they also have problems that need to be addressed.
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1968: The Hilton Hotel Incident
If Chicago police did this while the whole world was watching, what might they have done if they had been off-camera?
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Change We Can Believe In
Progressive supporters of Barack Obama urge him to stand firm on the principles he so compellingly articulated in the primary. Add your name to this open letter.
Download a PDF of the 2006 National Entertainment State Chart.
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