Analysis -- Two seminal events that took place last week – the FCC’s vote to scrap net neutrality rules and Rupert Murdoch’s sale of vast chunks of his empire to Disney – are a stark reminder of what really matters in the contemporary media economy: size and influence. The Trump-era Federal Communications Commission has eagerly succumbed to a
Big Media and Big Money in 2017: from Disney/Murdoch to Net Neutrality
Last week’s events have shown that the new digital media landscape is every bit as monopolistic as the old one. And what’s Murdoch up to now?