On: Six companies control 90% of what you read, watch, and hear

[ozzythecat]

I get news from all of the providers you listed, but they don’t produce the content. The actual content is from the big media companies like CNBC, CNN, Fox News, WSJ, and NY Times.

These online media are content aggregators. They help socialize and propagate narratives, but they don’t produce narratives. They certainly amplify the echo chamber effect.

[kibwen → ozzythecat]

> big media companies like CNBC, CNN, Fox News, WSJ, and NY Times

Of those, the six companies mentioned by the grandparent (Comcast, Disney, AT&T, Sony, Fox, Paramount) only own CNBC and Fox. CNN is owned by Warner Bros, WSJ is owned by News Corp (of course, the link to Fox through Murdoch is relevant), and NYT is its own company.

[michaelf77 → kibwen]

Warner Bros is owned by AT&T Fox is owned by News Corp same as WSJ

So the only one not covered by the "big 6" of the original article is NYT

[kibwen → michaelf77]

AT&T divested Warner last year, and I believe Fox and News Corp are technically independent (again, the Murdoch link).