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Disney's potential 21st Century Fox merger continues troubling trend of media consolidation

  • Written by Margot Susca, Professorial Lecturer, American University School of Communication
imageDo we really want one conglomerate to control so much of the media landscape?Sergsta/Shutterstock.com

In the U.S., only a handful of media companies control what children and adults watch and read.

Now that number could get even smaller.

The proposed US$52.4 billion merger of Disney and 21st Century Fox would merge the first and third largest film...

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