MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
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Democracy Now! May 19, 2003
The U.S. faces wave of media mergers and unprecedented consolidation if FCC relaxes media ownership rules; Dissident FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein speaks out against media ownership deregulation; Indonesian military launches a massive attack on separatist movement in Aceh. |8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:25: The Indonesian army has launched a…
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Democracy Now! May 20, 2003
Will changes in the nation s media ownership rules mark “the beginning of the end of our democracy”? A debate between the publisher of the Seattle Times and a Vice President at the Tribune Co. which owns 15 newspapers including the Los Angeles Times and Newsday as well as over 25 television stations; Who, What,…
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Democracy Now! May 21, 2003
Hour 1: Rupert Murdoch’s Digital Death Star : As FCC prepares to unleash the largest wave of media consolidation in U.S. history, Rupert Murdoch s News Corp is already moving in on DirecTV; Is the Jayson Blair Affair the Low Point in New York Times 150-Year History?; Cuba: The Next Regime Change? Florida Governor Jeb…
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Democracy Now! May 21, 2003
Rupert Murdoch’s Digital Death Star : As FCC prepares to unleash the largest wave of media consolidation in U.S. history, Rupert Murdoch s News Corp is already moving in on DirecTV; Is the Jayson Blair Affair the Low Point in New York Times 150-Year History?; Cuba: The Next Regime Change? Florida Governor Jeb Bush Denies…
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Democracy Now! December 7, 1998
Howard Zinn on Mergers; Noam Chomsky |(33 Minutes) Howard Zinn on Mergers As Exxon and Mobil merge to become the world’s biggest corporation, a conversation with the radical historian on the implications of the return of John D. Rockefeller’s Standard Oil. GUEST: Howard Zinn, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Boston University. He is the…