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My Beef with Big Media - By Ted Turner
by flynn23 at 9:50 am EDT, Aug 4, 2004

] In the current climate of consolidation, independent
] broadcasters simply don't survive for long. That's why we
] haven't seen a new generation of people like me or even
] Rupert Murdoch--independent television upstarts who
] challenge the big boys and force the whole industry to
] compete and change.

This is the original essay from Teddy.


 
RE: My Beef with Big Media - By Ted Turner
by biochik007 at 9:00 pm EDT, Aug 6, 2004

flynn23 wrote:
] ] In the current climate of consolidation, independent
] ] broadcasters simply don't survive for long. That's why we
] ] haven't seen a new generation of people like me or even
] ] Rupert Murdoch--independent television upstarts who
] ] challenge the big boys and force the whole industry to
] ] compete and change.
]
] This is the original essay from Teddy.

WOW!! Great article, very insightful.....


'My Beef With Big Media' by Ted Turner
by Rattle at 12:44 pm EDT, Jul 22, 2004

] Today, the only way for media companies to survive is to
] own everything up and down the media chain--from
] broadcast and cable networks to the sitcoms, movies, and
] news broadcasts you see on those stations; to the
] production studios that make them; to the cable,
] satellite, and broadcast systems that bring the programs
] to your television set; to the Web sites you visit to
] read about those programs; to the way you log on to the
] Internet to view those pages. Big media today wants to
] own the faucet, pipeline, water, and the reservoir. The
] rain clouds come next.


'My Beef With Big Media' by Ted Turner
by k at 1:21 pm EDT, Jul 22, 2004

] Unless we have a climate that will allow more independent
] media companies to survive, a dangerously high percentage
] of what we see--and what we don't see--will be shaped by
] the profit motives and political interests of large,
] publicly traded conglomerates. The economy will suffer,
] and so will the quality of our public life. Let me be
] clear: As a business proposition, consolidation makes
] sense. The moguls behind the mergers are acting in their
] corporate interests and playing by the rules. We just
] shouldn't have those rules. They make sense for a
] corporation. But for a society, it's like over-fishing
] the oceans. When the independent businesses are gone,
] where will the new ideas come from? We have to do more
] than keep media giants from growing larger; they're
] already too big. We need a new set of rules that will
] break these huge companies to pieces.

[ This is a really good read from Mr. Turner, a figure worthy of some resepect, if not admiration. I think it will fall on many sympathetic ears around here. Blogs can't democratize the information landscape all by themselves, though i'm convinced they play a part. Big Media remains a truly enormous hurdle. -k]


'My Beef With Big Media' by Ted Turner
by Acidus at 2:53 am EDT, Jul 23, 2004

] Unless we have a climate that will allow more independent
] media companies to survive, a dangerously high percentage
] of what we see--and what we don't see--will be shaped by
] the profit motives and political interests of large,
] publicly traded conglomerates. The economy will suffer,
] and so will the quality of our public life. Let me be
] clear: As a business proposition, consolidation makes
] sense. The moguls behind the mergers are acting in their
] corporate interests and playing by the rules. We just
] shouldn't have those rules.
They make sense for a
] corporation. But for a society, it's like over-fishing
] the oceans. When the independent businesses are gone,
] where will the new ideas come from? We have to do more
] than keep media giants from growing larger; they're
] already too big. We need a new set of rules that will
] break these huge companies to pieces.

Read this. All of this. Every last word. Ted Turner is discussing how bloated companies are using lobbying the FCC and using unfair/crazy laws to enforce a business model that does not work, and would not work in a truly Free Market Economy.

Jason, the core of the arguement that Ted makes is the same argument that I was making to you at the Vortex that day regarding the MPAA/RIAA and the DMCA.


'My Beef With Big Media' by Ted Turner
by skullaria at 6:06 am EDT, Jul 24, 2004

Very insightful article. I enjoyed this one and learned alot.

] Unless we have a climate that will allow more independent
] media companies to survive, a dangerously high percentage
] of what we see--and what we don't see--will be shaped by
] the profit motives and political interests of large,
] publicly traded conglomerates. The economy will suffer,
] and so will the quality of our public life. Let me be
] clear: As a business proposition, consolidation makes
] sense. The moguls behind the mergers are acting in their
] corporate interests and playing by the rules. We just
] shouldn't have those rules.
They make sense for a
] corporation. But for a society, it's like over-fishing
] the oceans. When the independent businesses are gone,
] where will the new ideas come from? We have to do more
] than keep media giants from growing larger; they're
] already too big. We need a new set of rules that will
] break these huge companies to pieces.

Read this. All of this. Every last word. Ted Turner is discussing how bloated companies are using lobbying the FCC and using unfair/crazy laws to enforce a business model that does not work, and would not work in a truly Free Market Economy.

Jason, the core of the arguement that Ted makes is the same argument that I was making to you at the Vortex that day regarding the MPAA/RIAA and the DMCA.


'My Beef With Big Media' by Ted Turner
by noteworthy at 6:50 pm EDT, Jul 24, 2004

Today, the only way for media companies to survive is to own everything up and down the media chain -- from broadcast and cable networks to the sitcoms, movies, and news broadcasts you see on those stations; to the production studios that make them; to the cable, satellite, and broadcast systems that bring the programs to your television set; to the Web sites you visit to read about those programs; to the way you log on to the Internet to view those pages. Big media today wants to own the faucet, pipeline, water, and the reservoir.

The rain clouds come next.


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