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Concentration Of Media Ownership In Turkey
Media ownership in Turkey is highly concentrated. According to experts, Turkish media ownership structure prevents citizens from receiving reliable information. In Turkey, 40% of all media are owned by eight media groups. Half of these top media owners have investments in at least three out of four media types (radio, TV, newspapers and online web portals). The top media owners, '' Doğan'' and '' Kalyon'' Groups, have investments in all four media types and share 10% and 7% of all media audience respectively. These groups are followed by '' Demirören'' Group (6%), ''Ciner'' Group (5%), ''Doğuş'' Group (4%) and state-owned Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) (3%). Among the shareholders of companies that own the top 40 media outlets, most are commercial corporations. The conglomerates they own (''Doğan, Doğuş, Demirören, Ciner, Albayrak, Turkuvaz/ Zirve/ Kalyon, İhlas'' and ''Ethem Sancak'' companies) operate in sectors such as construction, energy, mining and touris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concentration Of Media Ownership
Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation or media convergence) is a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media. Contemporary research demonstrates increasing levels of consolidation, with many media industries already highly concentrated and dominated by a very small number of firms. Globally, large media conglomerates include Bertelsmann, National Amusements (Paramount Global), Sony Group Corporation, News Corp, Comcast, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, Fox Corporation, Hearst Communications, Amazon ( MGM Holdings Inc.), Grupo Globo (South America), and Lagardère Group. As of 2022, the largest media conglomerates in terms of revenue are Comcast, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Paramount Global. Mergers Media mergers occur when one media company buys another. The current landscape of corporate media ownership in the United States of America ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
