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Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by prostoalex on Saturday July 31, 2021 @07:27PM (#28022324)
Skeptical about the 90% claim. Is time spent on YouTube, Netflix, Prime Video, The New York Times and Spotify (with Joe Rogan specifically) so insignificant as to be relegated to the "miscellaneous" 10%?
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by irjustin on Saturday July 31, 2021 @09:07PM (#28022845)
Joe Rogan is now Netflix. YouTube is not an owner so you have to attribute specific videos to owners/sources (and potentially reference their sources). 90% is good to be skeptical about, but is it so unrealistic?

I'd love to see which company is the most shared ones. Fringe ideas always seem the loudest/most shared, so that to me, would be a better measure of 'marketshare of reach'.

At which point NYTimes likely falls really far.

Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by jefftk on Saturday July 31, 2021 @10:14PM (#28023185)
> Joe Rogan is now Netflix

Okay, but as you say, Netflix isn't in their six either

Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by guerrilla on Sunday August 01, 2021 @01:42AM (#28024072)
The companies that produce 99% of what's distributed by Netflix are though.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by prostoalex on Sunday August 01, 2021 @07:48PM (#28031390)
Distributed != watched. Actual consumption seems to be dominated by Netflix originals.

https://www.newsweek.com/netflix-shows-viewing-figures-most-...

Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by kfarr on Saturday July 31, 2021 @07:45PM (#28022429)
Or Facebook, Twitter, Reddit, etc? Media consolidation is concerning but agreed this 90% claim seems to be for attention grabbing headline purposes.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by marcusverus on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:37PM (#28022711)
Facebook, Twitter and Reddit are social media platforms. They may be the primary mechanism by which the media’s products (articles, videos, podcasts) are shared, but they are not the media.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by wombatmobile on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:47PM (#28022750)
The biggest loss to society from this change arises from how the billions of dollars of revenue from advertising is spent.

Old media used to plough the money into investigative journalism and local news. New media doesn't do that, which is why our current crop of "leaders" in politics are drawn from celebrity culture and thrive on ignorance.

Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by fridif on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:45PM (#28022746)
Which is why they "moderate the content on the platform", right? People get banned for posting their political opinions but media companies
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by Aunche on Saturday July 31, 2021 @09:10PM (#28022868)
They moderate their content because if they don't, an angry mob will demand that companies pull ads from the platforms. Ironically, by prioritizing revenue over an agenda, it's actually the most democratic form of censorship.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by username90 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @11:22PM (#28023551)
Censorship based on how much money different groups spend and gets outraged is not very democratic compared to censorship based on democratic votes. And censorship based on democratic votes is seen as bad, what big corps do now is even worse.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by CTDOCodebases on Saturday July 31, 2021 @09:10PM (#28022865)
Consider that social media figures and podcasts hosts use the authority of corporate media to push narratives or validate their own narratives to their audience.

Corporate media sets the agenda or talking point of the day in a way that people then go on to discuss these talking points on podcasts and social media.

When considering situations that require “access” like daily press conferences with political figures ask yourself how many of those asking questions are independent reporters vs corporate media.

While social media does influence corporate media normally it’s just filler content or celebrity gossip that ends up getting talked about in traditional media.

I guess to summarise most people are getting their news from these six corporations either first hand or second hand via social media/podcasts.

Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by andreilys on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:34PM (#28022690)
Think of it as institutional media that other institutions pay attention to.

Sure CNN and MSNBC viewing numbers might not be as high as PewDiePie, but the type of people that watch it will be more valuable to influence.

Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by sperm on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:14PM (#28022573)
Yea given Netflix accounts for a double digit percentage of internet traffic the 90% figure is dubious.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by ipaddr on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:32PM (#28022673)
Where do you think netflix gets most of it's content?
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by Grakel on Saturday July 31, 2021 @07:52PM (#28022457)
Agreed. CBS is on their list. I can't even name anything on CBS.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by DrJokepu on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:13PM (#28022565)
You must be kidding. Viacom is one of the world's largest entertainment companies.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by cptskippy on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:28PM (#28022645)
I guess this article doesn't take into account the fact that CBS and Viacom have since merged. They're history looks a bit like an Alabama family tree with multiple splits and mergers.

This is how I felt weeding through all of it: https://thumbs.gfycat.com/MealyDishonestBadger-small.gif

Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by DrJokepu on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:47PM (#28022757)
This is very common in the entertainment industry. If you think the story of Viacom and CBS is crazy, look up the story of the Victor Talking Machine Company and its many descendants and “relatives”, including RCA, HMV, JVC, EMI, Capitol Records and many others.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by Grakel on Saturday July 31, 2021 @09:39PM (#28023029)
I was unaware of the merger, sorry.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media by berniemadoff69 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @08:21PM (#28022615)