A half-century after JFK solidified TV’s dominance, a weekend highlights our messy but diversifying media ecosystem
Mediactive 2013-11-27
Summary:
By the early 1960s, the news media were closing in on an era of relative equilibrium, at least in the marketplace. While there were still competitive daily newspapers in some communities, the trend was inexorably toward local consolidation and monopoly. Broadcast television was settling into an oligopoly of three networks with scores of local affiliates … Continue reading A half-century after JFK solidified TV’s dominance, a weekend highlights our messy but diversifying media ecosystem