- Media acquisitions by corporate conglomerates influence the political slant of Australian newspapers. News Corp (US company that also owns Fox News) acquisitions of Australian newspapers led to a conservative shift, evidence for media slant in an era of increasing media ownership concentration. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0315137 4 comments science
- Who Owns Your Media: Welcome to iTV Network, one of India’s youngest and fastest-expanding media players https://www.newslaundry.com/2022/08/16/who-owns-your-media-welcome-to-itv-network-one-of-indias-youngest-and-fastest-expanding-media-players 2 comments india
- In 'watershed moment' the EU announces it will send weapons to Ukraine, while also shutting its airspace to Russian planes and banning state-owned media https://www.businessinsider.com/eu-sends-weapons-ukraine-bans-russian-planes-from-airspace-2022-2?IR=T&r=US 3 comments worldnews
- CCP owned State Media claims BTC would be the Death of Society, while many Hongkongers use Crypto to bypass Censorship https://bitcoinist.com/china-global-television-bitcoin-future/ 58 comments cryptocurrency
- Parler website partially returns with support from Russian-owned technology firm | Social media https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/jan/19/parler-website-partially-returns-with-support-from-russian-owned-technology-firm 4 comments politics
- Who Wants a Revolution? No One Who Owns a Major Corporate Media Outlet https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/03/17/who-wants-revolution-no-one-who-owns-major-corporate-media-outlet 29 comments politics
- Trump's most die-hard media supporters are proving that owning the libs is more important to them than the lives of their fellow Americans during the coronavirus pandemic https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-cov19-trump-alex-jones-hannity-limbaugh-falwell-conspiracy-theories-2020-3 3 comments politics
- "Shepard Smith's departure comes two days after Attorney General William Barr met privately with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, whose company owns Fox News. President Trump has been increasingly critical of personalities on Fox News that he views as disloyal." https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/10/11/fox-news-shepard-smith-trump-critic-leave-network/3946561002 5 comments politics
- TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content - Chinese-owned social media app bans such content even in countries where homosexuality has never been illegal https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/26/tiktoks-local-moderation-guidelines-ban-pro-lgbt-content 193 comments technology
- TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content | Chinese-owned social media app bans such content even in countries where homosexuality has never been illegal https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/sep/26/tiktoks-local-moderation-guidelines-ban-pro-lgbt-content 12 comments worldnews
- Brunei-owned hotels hide social media accounts after boycott and backlash over new laws enacted in Brunei. Those found guilty of gay sex or adultery can be stoned to death. Thieves face amputation of right hand on 1st offense, left foot on 2nd offense. Laws apply to non-Muslim children, foreigners. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brunei-owned-hotels-hide-social-media-accounts-after-boycott-and-backlash-over-anti-gay-laws/ 19 comments worldnews
- Right-wing groups in Uttarakhand town vandalise shops owned by Muslims over fake social media post http://indianexpress.com/article/india/right-wing-groups-uttarakhand-town-vandalise-shops-muslims-fake-social-media-post-5126693/ 3 comments india
- Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/03/in-the-age-of-disintermediation-the-battle-is-all-for-the-customer-interface/ 82 comments business
- Uber, the world’s largest taxi company, owns no vehicles. Facebook, the world’s most popular media owner, creates no content. Alibaba, the most valuable retailer, has no inventory. And Airbnb, the world’s largest accommodation provider, owns no real estate. https://techcrunch.com/2015/03/03/in-the-age-of-disintermediation-the-battle-is-all-for-the-customer-interface/ 11 comments technology
- Venice restaurant bill outrages Japanese tourists (Italian media did not name the restaurant, but said it was owned by a Chinese woman and run by an Egyptian.) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42772609?ocid=socialflow_twitter 45 comments europe
- Trump now owns Obamacare: "Trump took office, and then [people lose] coverage—and the media will jump all over the sagas of victims who suddenly couldn’t get a needed procedure or medication." http://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-now-owns-obamacare-181736930.html 18 comments politics
- Blanket Trump rally coverage shows he still owns the media http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/media/310177-blanket-trump-rally-coverage-shows-he-still-owns-the-media 8 comments politics
- Who Owns the Media? -- Massive corporations dominate the U.S. media landscape http://www.freepress.net/ownership/chart 6 comments politics
- Russian media base Euro 2016 violence claims on fake Twitter accounts: State-owned news agency says English fans provoked clashes, citing tweets from apparently made-up journalists http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/16/russia-fake-euro-2016-violence-fans-twitter 26 comments worldnews
- “The corporately-owned media may not like Bernie’s anti-establishment views but for the sake of American democracy they must allow for a fair debate in this presidential campaign.” http://www.thenation.com/article/the-discourse-suffers-when-trump-gets-23-times-as-much-coverage-as-sanders/ 6 comments politics
- Hungary - This is how Orban and the state owned media manipulate photos (English translation in the comments) http://magyarnarancs.hu/belpol/igy-manipulal-orban-es-az-allami-media-97207 19 comments europe
- Alexion makes a lifesaving drug that costs patients $500K a year. Patients hire PR firm to make a plea to the media not realizing that the PR firm is actually owned by Alexion. http://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/the-real-cost-of-the-world-s-most-expensive-drug-1.3126338 52 comments worldnews
- When will media start owning its mistake ? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/No-case-against-Justice-Ganguly/articleshow/38099424.cms 16 comments india
- Chris Hedges: More than 100 million Americans—one-third of the population—live in poverty or a category called “near poverty.” Yet the stories of the poor and the near poor are rarely told by a media owned by a handful of corporations—Viacom, General Electric, News Corp., Clear Channel and Disney. http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/rise_up_or_die_20130519// 163 comments politics
- "In 1983, 90 percent of the American media was owned by 50 companies. Today, 90 percent is controlled by just six corporations." - Sen. Bernie Sanders http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/news/?id=0762f281-8fa0-4274-a5e6-cfdd8865b937 20 comments politics
- Our Dumb Democracy | These absurdities exist because our media has replaced truth, accuracy and reality with balance, false equivalency, and stenography and Democrats have been silent co-conspirators. Because the press is a wholly owned subsidiary of corporations. http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/01/22 30 comments politics
- Employee-Owned Businesses Ignored by Mainstream Media http://truth-out.org/news/item/13215-employee-owned-businesses-ignored-by-mainstream-media 5 comments politics
- The Sharing Economy --- Are we watching the end of hyperconsumption? Financial crisis has led many companies to re-evaluate consumers' desire for ownership of products. Numerous start-ups, fuelled by social media, now bet that sharing is the new owning http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/155/the-sharing-economy.html 5 comments business
- Thought you knew what was going on in the world, think again. These are the 25 most important stories of the year ignored by corporate owned media. http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/category/top-stories/top-25-of-2011/page/3/ 4 comments worldnews
- Who Owns The Media? The 6 Monolithic Corporations That Control Almost Everything We Watch, Hear and Read http://www.lewrockwell.com/rep/who-owns-the-media.html 30 comments politics
- Britain's most read newspaper The Sun censored poll that showed support for Liberal Democrats - The Sun is owned by Conservative media mogul Rupert Murdoch. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/sun-censored-poll-that-showed-support-for-lib-dems-1951940.html 19 comments politics
- Freeper response to IRS suicide attack: We need to make sure that the Left owns this guy. Do not let the media spin him onto our side. This guy's writings expose him as an Anti-Christian Communist who Hated Bush. The Left has spawned another Terrorist. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2454242/posts#1 11 comments politics
- The recent closure of 32 privately owned radio stations and a proposed law to punish "media crimes" are signs that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is moving to quash criticism of his government. http://www.cnn.com/2009/world/americas/08/18/venezuela.radio/index.html 3 comments worldnews
- Who runs the MSM? A website that shows who runs and owns major media corporations, past and present. http://www.mediaowners.com/ 27 comments politics
- The Swine Flu Story not yet Picked up by American Corporate Media: A growing chorus of bloggers and international outlets are pointing to an American-owned farm in rural Mexico as the source of the deadly outbreak. The company has issued a hasty denial but many questions linger. http://enviroknow.com/thesource/2009/04/28/the-politics-of-a-potential-pandemic-sebelius-smithfield/ 95 comments politics
- Completely Factual Gaza humanitarian appeal ad officially BANNED by the BBC and Murdoch-owned Sky News while Rabbi's shamelessly dishonest "Crisis Alerts" for ISRAEL air on Fox "News" & other Western media non-stop. http://www.mystudydate.com/pg/blog/martini/read/2839/gaza-aid-appeal-banned-by-the-bbc-and-sky-news 3 comments reddit.com
- More Proof that Reddit is the Best Social Media Site: The Huffington Post Owns Digg http://socialnewswatch.com/should-digg-adopt-a-huffpo-rule/ 12 comments reddit.com
- Who owns the media? http://www.stopbigmedia.com/chart.php?chart=pub 3 comments reddit.com
- With Rupert Murdock's slanted Fox News, can you trust his 174 other media outlets like the WSJ, which are also 7% owned by a Saudi prince? http://www.newscorp.com/ 22 comments worldnews
- Ziff Davis Media Files for Bankruptcy (owns PC magazine) http://ap.google.com/article/aleqm5i3vi6itn0no1z1lnfjeazkvsrtcwd8v7mndo0 15 comments programming