Clear Channel and the Cultural and Socio-Political Ramifications of Media Consolidation

INTRODUCTION In 1996, Congress approved the Telecommunications Act, thereby eliminating the restriction on media ownership that existed over 60 years ago (Moyers 2003; Bagdikian). 2000: xviii). Currently, media companies can have not only two radio stations in a particular domestic market but also eight radio stations. At the national level, there is no limit on the number of broadcasting stations that the company can own - this bill abandons the ownership limit of 40 radio stations nationwide (20 FM and 20 AM).

June 2012: Robert FX Sillerman - In the 1990's media giants unified dozens of regional promoters into a concert-leading Live Nation, then sold to Clear Channel for $ 4.4 billion and announced an investment plan. One billion dollars to buy corporate culture related to EDM activities. Disco Productions of Louisiana's "Disco Donnie" Estopinal is his first major acquisition. December 2012: Liechtenstein's most popular autobiographist Al Walser won the 2013 Grammy Award for a really wonderful song titled "I can not live without you". It is hard to say that this tragedy is more embarrassing for everyone. A helpless Grammy committee recommends Avicii, Calvin Harris, Skrillex, and Swedish House Mafia, which must explain clearly to unqualified candidates or mothers. Because they are DJs, it does not mean that they are like people wearing astronauts.

In order to understand the reasons for specific regional distribution, authors Hallin and Macini review the historical roots of the media framework and political background and propose some explanations from the viewpoints of politics, economics and social culture did. Therefore, in order to distinguish progress and status of media and politics, target countries can be categorized accordingly. In this article we introduce two elements to study the nation's media structure and provide details on the common development of history in a specific field and then the three different in Continental Europe and some Atlantic countries Analyze the media system.

The first part of the paper "Comparative Media System: Three Media and Political Model" by Daniel C. Hallin and Paolo Mancini

Europe itself has the greatest linguistic and cultural diversity in Western European countries. However, the common history of the European Continent, the evolution of geography and social politics, and the cultural differences that occurred in the previous colonies are clearly opposed to other American and Western European countries (sometimes sharp) European culture Brought about a common foundation. Below is a summary by my observation of the difference between Europeans and Americans (America). Of course there are exceptions, but these are the main trends. For example, Ireland and Poland tend to be closer to American mainstream than European compatriots. Canadians somewhere in between, sometimes more European, but tend to be closer to the southern neighbors.