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?
By Des Freedman
