You@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 23 hours agoAxel Springer agrees to buy Telegraph Media Group in £575m dealwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up161arrow-down11
arrow-up160arrow-down1external-linkAxel Springer agrees to buy Telegraph Media Group in £575m dealwww.bbc.comYou@feddit.org to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 23 hours agomessage-square9linkfedilink
minus-squarebirdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·22 hours agoFuck off, this should be illegal. NO to MEDIA MONOPOLIES!
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 hours 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-up3·13 hours agoWhat should also be included is how many people are exposed to it, tbh.
minus-squareSuccessful_Try543@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-220 hours 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-up2·19 hours agoTechnically there’s nothing wrong with oligopolies if they abuse their market power. 🤭
Fuck off, this should be illegal. NO to MEDIA MONOPOLIES!
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.
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. 🤭