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Originally posted by The_Dude
that's where legislation should kick in.
when these companies work together to prevent competition from rising.
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you also said in an earlier post:
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Originally posted by The_Dude
i dont think that they should be regulating them in the first place.
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You can't have it both ways....I really think you need to look a bit deeper into the media industry because it's very amazing the reach that these people have. The Viacom machine alone can take something from book to movie to cable to video in little under 6 months.
Seretogis: Correct.... at the current regulation.. it's 35% nationwide market share. 35% and 35% leaves the smallest major player to be 30%. Once they up it to 45%, then you'll see 2 large behemoths and one TINY 10% that cannot really compete because their revenue streams are so much smaller. Fox News is currently considered a major player, and Rush Limbaugh's radio show is syndicated on ABC radio in NYC. He's carried on either Clear Channel which owns over 1200 stations and syndicates to over 7,800 stations.
From the ClearChannel.com webiste:
"Clear Channel Radio, which daily reaches 54% of all people ages 18-49 in the U.S., realigned into eight geographical divisions in 2001."
54% and that's just RADIO... put that across the board to the media companies and it's staggering to discover that the little guy can be drowned out very easily.
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