You@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoAxel Springer agrees to buy Telegraph Media Group in £575m dealwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down11
arrow-up166arrow-down1external-linkAxel Springer agrees to buy Telegraph Media Group in £575m dealwww.bbc.comYou@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squarebirdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·1 month agoFuck off, this should be illegal. NO to MEDIA MONOPOLIES!
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-21 month agoTechnically, it isn’t a monopoly if there are at least two, e.g. Murdoch and Axel Springer. So, no to the big corborate media oligopoly!
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoTechnically there’s nothing wrong with oligopolies if they abuse their market power. 🤭
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month agoBerlusconi in Italy ed originally famously forbidden from owning more than 3 TV stations. Nowadays it doesn’t sound like much but at the time it meant that he had half of the TV stations that actually mattered.
minus-squarebirdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoWhat should also be included is how many people are exposed to it, tbh.
Fuck off, this should be illegal. NO to MEDIA MONOPOLIES!
Technically, it isn’t a monopoly if there are at least two, e.g. Murdoch and Axel Springer.
So, no to the big corborate media oligopoly!
Technically there’s nothing wrong with oligopolies if they abuse their market power. 🤭
Berlusconi in Italy ed originally famously forbidden from owning more than 3 TV stations. Nowadays it doesn’t sound like much but at the time it meant that he had half of the TV stations that actually mattered.
What should also be included is how many people are exposed to it, tbh.