Collects nine essays about the effects of conglomerate ownership of news agencies and other disseminators of culture, looking at the effects on children, cultural trust of the media, and the issue of public interest
PUBLISHERS NOTE 6(1) Andre Schiffrin Introduction 7(8) Todd Gitlin New Look 15(16) Erik Barnouw The Corporate Takeover of News: Blunting the Sword 31(30) Richard M. Cohen Conglomerates and Newspapers 61(12) Gene Roberts The Return of the Hollywood Studio System 73(34) Thomas Schatz The Publishing Industry 107(28) Mark Crispin Miller Conglomerates, News, and Children 135(22) David Lieberman Telecommunications and the Public Interest 157(16) Patricia Aufderheide Liberation Marketing and the Culture Trust 173(18) Thomas Frank ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS 191
