funny this article says six companies, but lists cbs and viacom separately. they merged, the title should say five
Six corporations control 90% of America media
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#32"Today, 6 media giants control a whopping 90% of what we read, watch, or listen to."
Where's the evidence for the 90% number here?
Every media mentioned is legacy media. People now spend more time consuming digital media than legacy media.[0] So I don't see how this claim can be true.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/565628/time-spent-digita...
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#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed. CBS is on their list. I can't even name anything on CBS.
You must be kidding. Viacom is one of the world's largest entertainment companies.
I guess this article doesn't take into account the fact that CBS and Viacom have since merged. They're history looks a bit like an Alabama family tree with multiple splits and mergers.
This is how I felt weeding through all of it: https://thumbs.gfycat.com/MealyDishonestBadger-small.gif
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#34Is hackernews owned by any one these?
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#35Skeptical about the 90% claim. Is time spent on YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, The New York Times and Spotify (with Joe Rogan specifically) so insignificant as to be relegated to the "miscellaneous" 10%?
Yea given Netflix accounts for a double digit percentage of internet traffic the 90% figure is dubious.
Where do you think netflix gets most of it's content?
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#36But does your average person use more than six sources for news? You'll hear people talk about CNN, MSNBC, nyt, wsj, maybe la times. Most people also have three or four local news and maybe a paper. If you stick with main stream media, I don't think most people look to more than a handful of places.
For 2018, 20% of people regularly got their news from social media.[0] That number has increased.
Maybe the claim was true in like the 90s... but it's certainly not true anymore and the article is irresponsible for repeating out of date information.
0. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/12/10/social-medi...
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#37Skeptical about the 90% claim. Is time spent on YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, The New York Times and Spotify (with Joe Rogan specifically) so insignificant as to be relegated to the "miscellaneous" 10%?
Or Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc? Media consolidation is concerning but agreed this 90% claim seems to be for attention grabbing headline purposes.
Think of it as institutional media that other institutions pay attention to.
Sure CNN and MSNBC viewing numbers might not be as high as PewDiePie, but the type of people that watch it will be more valuable to influence.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc? Media consolidation is concerning but agreed this 90% claim seems to be for attention grabbing headline purposes.
Think of it as institutional media that other institutions pay attention to. Sure CNN and MSNBC viewing numbers might not be as high as PewDiePie, but the type of people that watch it will be more valuable to influence.
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#39Skeptical about the 90% claim. Is time spent on YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, The New York Times and Spotify (with Joe Rogan specifically) so insignificant as to be relegated to the "miscellaneous" 10%?
Or Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc? Media consolidation is concerning but agreed this 90% claim seems to be for attention grabbing headline purposes.
Facebook, Twitter and Reddit are social media platforms. They may be the primary mechanism by which the media’s products (articles, videos, podcasts) are shared, but they are not the media.
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#40Is hackernews owned by any one these?
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