Watch and learn! Carefully selected media links will help bring key concepts and theories to life, preparing you for your studies and exams. 

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Audio Links

• Big Enough to Fail: This clip discusses the early stages of the Comcast-NBC Universal merger. The featured analyst discusses why he thinks this type of integration doesn’t always work out for the corporations involved.

• New Magazines Target Niche Audiences: New magazines are being launched all the time, and are targeted at smaller and smaller audiences.

• “Who’s Gonna Pay For This Stuff?” from NPR’s On the Media.
  This episode of On The Media focuses on the incredible changes in the media market, and the challenges faced by producers in terms of paying for and creating sustainable media business practices.

Video Links

• Is Junk Media Making You Sick?:This Free Press video examines the effects of corporate influence on the quality of journalism.

• Mickey Mouse Monopoly: This documentary examines the power of the Disney Corporation and its impact on children’s’ worlds.

• News War: Network News: Then and Now. This excerpt shows how profit expectations have altered the values that drive network news.

• “Citizen Koch” on The Colbert Report: Stephen Colbert discusses PBS’ self-censorship to avoid upsetting David Koch, a major funder.

Web Resources

• The Bookwire Index. Links to all types of book publishers.

• Technorati blog directory. A directory of more than one million blogs, organized by category, including a ranking of the 100 most popular blogs, updated daily.

• Media Alliance. Promotes diversity and accountability in media.

• Nielsen Media Research. The home of audience ratings and more.

• Free Press: Ownership Chart, The Big Six. Interactive chart of major media conglomerates.

• BrandChannel. Documents product placement in major movie releases.