Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media
by ok123456 on Saturday July 31, 2021 @11:41PM
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>And would they count YouTube as "one" outlet?
YouTube has editorial control over which videos are allowed to stay up, which videos are eligible to get monetized, and which videos are actively promoted. It's not just a web server with an index and a movie player.
Re:Six corporations control 90% of America media
by bartimus on Sunday August 01, 2021 @11:15AM
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That may be so. The other point is that all those media mergers are perhaps the inevitable consequence of a battled and dying industry due to disruptive technology (YouTube / Widevine).
YouTube has editorial control over which videos are allowed to stay up, which videos are eligible to get monetized, and which videos are actively promoted. It's not just a web server with an index and a movie player.