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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

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

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

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 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

Flag-Waving at the Whitney Flag-Waving at the Whitney

The Triumph of the New York School, a deeply ironic painting by the American artist Mark Tansey, looks at first sight like a rotogravure depiction of a military surrender that to...

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Bland Art in Every Pot Bland Art in Every Pot

In 1989, after several years of controversy, legal wrangling and numerous public forums, Richard Serra's sculptural installation Tilted Arc was removed from a federal plaza in Ne...

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Grant

A Shark in the Mind of One Contemplating Wilderness A Shark in the Mind of One Contemplating Wilderness

A shark swims past me in a kelp forest that sways back and forth with the current. It is deliberate and focused.

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Terry Tempest Williams

Fighting the Art Bullies Fighting the Art Bullies

New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has created enormous consternation and publicity in his attempts to censor an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art.

Nov 11, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Tony Kushner

Microsoft’s Fatal Error Microsoft’s Fatal Error

Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's factual findings in United States v. Microsoft, released November 5, spell the doom of Microsoft as we have known it.

Nov 11, 1999 / Eben Moglen

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