Re:Content Is King (1996)
by dredmorbius on Sunday September 23, 2018 @01:50PM
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There's a surprising history here of which most people are almost wholly ignorant. Robert W. McChesney is among the few scholars who've explored this in depth in the US, see for example:
"The Debate Over Public Policy and the Emergence of Commercial Broadcasting in the United States, 1927-1935"
When the BBC was formed in the UK, the concept of allowing media ownership to be in the hands of private corporations was considered unthinkable.
Government funding has its own set of considerations, though in balance it seems generally preferable, most especially if funding and control are separated.
"The Debate Over Public Policy and the Emergence of Commercial Broadcasting in the United States, 1927-1935"
http://www.thebhc.org/sites/default/files/beh/BEHprint/v021/...
When the BBC was formed in the UK, the concept of allowing media ownership to be in the hands of private corporations was considered unthinkable.
Government funding has its own set of considerations, though in balance it seems generally preferable, most especially if funding and control are separated.