{"id":601,"date":"2015-07-20T19:41:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T19:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/masteryusgovernment1x6xmaster\/?post_type=chapter&p=601"},"modified":"2015-07-20T19:42:39","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T19:42:39","slug":"reading-who-owns-the-media","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/spokanecc-americangovernment\/chapter\/reading-who-owns-the-media\/","title":{"raw":"Reading: Who Owns the Media?","rendered":"Reading: Who Owns the Media?"},"content":{"raw":"

Introduction<\/h2>\r\nMassive corporations dominate the U.S. media landscape. Through a history of mergers and acquisitions, these companies have concentrated their control over what we see, hear and read. In many cases, these companies control everything from initial production to final distribution. In the interactive charts below we reveal who owns what.\r\n

TV and Radio<\/h2>\r\nBroadcasters make billions in profits while using the public airwaves for free. In return, they are supposed to provide programming that fulfills community needs. Instead, lobbyists have successfully fought to make it easier for broadcast companies to gobble up even more free airspace while doing less to serve the public.\r\n\r\nTake Action<\/a> to end the big broadcast swindle.\r\n

Bain Capital\/Thomas H. Lee Partners (Clear Channel)<\/h3>\r\n