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Hard Knock Radio Fall Fund Drive Special Programming – Who Controls the Story? Jennifer Pozner on Media Consolidation
On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D speaks with journalist, author and media critic Jennifer L. Pozner about the Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger and the larger danger she sees in corporate media consolidation. Pozner explains that the issue reaches far beyond two Hollywood companies joining forces. The combined media empire encompasses major news, entertainment and cultural properties including CBS, CNN, HBO, Warner Bros., MTV, BET, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon. She argues that concentrating this much power under one corporate structure can affect which stories get told…
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