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Describes in detail the most recent rapid growth and cross border activities and linkages of an industry of large global media conglomerates.

About the Author

Edward S. Herman is Professor Emeritus of Finance, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and author of a number of books including Corporate Control, Corporate Power (1981) and Triumph of the Market: Essays in Economics, Politics and the Media (1995). Robert W. McChesney is Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Wisconsin and author of Telecommunications, Mass Media and Democracy: The Battle for the Control of US Broadcasting, 1928-1935 (1993).