Media industry

 Media Industry

Representation

Audience 

Industry

Language

Stage process of media

Production, Distribution, Circulation

Rupert Murdoch owns approximately 1/3 of UK news

Viscount Rother mere owns 40% of UK news through The daily mail and General trust

conglomerate- Business corporation formed by purchase of other businesses

Global conglomerate- As above, with businesses more than one country

Horizontal integration- when a company buys rivals, for example Disney buying Pixar

Vertical integration- when a company buys other companies that do part of its business- Disney, Buena Vista, Disney plus


Spotify and Netflix are pioneer companies

They changed their markets to be subscription and streaming based

Most news is owned by a small group of very influential people.


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