The Mouse Likes His Media Consolidation

By Joe Public

Oh, Mickey - you once were so innocent and independant.

TVday reports:

"Walt Disney Co. President-CEO Bob Iger said he disagrees with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, who has positioned himself as opposed to relaxing rules on media concentration. [...]

Mr. Iger said the old rules to prohibit cross-ownership of TV stations and newspapers in the same market don’t apply to today’s media landscape, where technology makes many platforms available to a more diverse range of voices than in previous eras. [...] It’s old-world politics being applied to new-world media,” he declared Tuesday in New York City.

http://www.tvweek.com/news/2008/04/iger_says_hes_in_favor_of_rela.php [1]

Come on everyone - sing it together now! 

m-o-n-o-p-o-l-y

 


Source URL:
http://www.freepress.net/node/40865