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"Do corporations have too much power in the media?" The media are predominantly corporations in themselves . Look no further than media giant AOL Time Warner . Corporations are entities meant to monopolize and control markets , media and politics , all in the name of financial gain and power . (in my opinion) The power at hand for media giants such as Aol Time Warner with control of news sources grant them a massive amount of publicity to advertise their own interests , not only in the form of commercials but in the reporting of so called "News" . Obviously reports on any kind of negative publicity to any one of their numerous holdings would be foolish to air on CNN . Naturally the News broadcast on these Corporate owned stations would clearly present a bias and possible conflict of interest, especially when factored in is the fact that corporations such as Aol Time Warner are concerned with fiscal gain and not integrity in the realm of News Media . That's my 2 cents. :wink: (The few control the many)
Here's a list of AOL Time Warners holdings.
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT
Warner Bros. Pictures
Warner Bros. Television
The WB Television Network
Kids’ WB!
Castle Rock Entertainment
Telepictures Productions
Warner Home Video
Warner Bros. Consumer
Products
Warner Bros. Cinemas
Warner Bros. Online
Warner Bros. Animation
Looney Tunes
Hanna-Barbera
DC Comics
MAD Magazine
NEW LINE CINEMA
New Line Cinema
Fine Line Features
New Line Home Entertainment
New Line International Releasing
New Line New Media
New Line Television
New Line Distribution
New Line Licensing/
Merchandising
New Line Music
New Line Theatricals
TURNER BROADCASTING
SYSTEM INC.
TBS Superstation
TNT
Cartoon Network
Turner Classic Movies
Turner South
Boomerang
TCM Europe
Cartoon Network Europe
TNT Latin America
Cartoon Network Latin America
TCM & Cartoon Network/Asia Pacific
NASCAR.com
PGA.com
Cartoon Network Studios
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Thrashers
Philips Arena
CNN/U.S.
CNN Headline News
CNNfn
CNN International
CNN en Español
CNN en Español-Mexico
CNNRadio
CNN en Español Radio
CNN Newsource
CNN.com
CNNMoney.com
CNNStudentNews.com
CNN.com.br (Portuguese)
CNN.com International Edition
(English)
CNN.de (German)
CNNenEspañol.com (Spanish)
CNNItalia.it (Italian)
CNNArabic.com
CNN.co.jp (Japan)
CNN.com.mx (Mexico)
CNN Airport Network
CNN to Go
CNN Mobile
CNN Deutschland
Asia.CNN.com/Korea
Joint Ventures
Cartoon Network Japan
NBC/Turner NASCAR Races
Viva+
Viva Media
CNN+
CNN Turk
n-tv
Accent Health
Court TV
HOME BOX OFFICE
HBO
HBO2
HBO Signature
HBO Family
HBO Comedy
HBO Zone
HBO Latino
Cinemax
MoreMAX
ActionMAX
ThrillerMAX
WMAX
@MAX
5StarMAX
OuterMAX
HBO Video
HBO Independent Productions
Joint Ventures
HBO Asia
HBO Brasil
HBO Czech
HBO Hungary
HBO India
HBO Olé
HBO Poland
HBO Romania
A&E Mundo
E! Latin America
SET Latin America
WBTV Latin America
The History Channel Latin America
WARNER MUSIC GROUP
Atlantic Recording Corporation
Lava Records
Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.
Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Warner Music International
Warner Music Latina Inc.
Warner Strategic Marketing Inc.
Rhino Entertainment
Warner Television Marketing
Warner Special Products Inc.
Warner Music Group Soundtracks
Word Entertainment
Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.
Warner Bros. Publications
WEA Inc.
WEA Corp.
Ivy Hill Corp.
WEA Manufacturing
Alternative Distribution Alliance
Giant Merchandising
Joint Ventures
Maverick Recording Company
Music Choice
ENTERTAINMENT & NETWORKS GROUP
TIME INC.
Time
Sports Illustrated
People
Entertainment Weekly
Fortune
Money
In Style
Real Simple
Time For Kids
Sports Illustrated For Kids
Teen People
People en Español
FSB: Fortune Small Business
Business 2.0
Southern Living
Progressive Farmer
Southern Accents
Sunset
Cooking Light
Coastal Living
Parenting
Baby Talk
Health
In Style U.K.
In Style Australia
In Style Germany
Estila De Vida (In Style Brazil)
Time Asia
Time Canada
Time Atlantic
Time South Pacific
Who Weekly
TIME4 MEDIA
Popular Science
Outdoor Life
Field & Stream
Golf Magazine
Yachting
Motor Boating
Salt Water Sportsman
Ski
Skiing
Freeze
This Old House
TransWorld Surf
TransWorld Skateboarding
TransWorld Snowboarding
TransWorld Motocross
TransWorld BMX
Ride BMX
STN: Skiing Trade News
TransWorld Skateboarding
Business
TransWorld Snowboarding
Business
TransWorld Surf Business
BMX Business News
IPC MEDIA
19
4x4
25 Beautiful Homes
Aeroplane
Amateur Gardening
Amateur Photographer
Angler’s Mail
Bird Keeper
Cage & Aviary Birds
Caravan Magazine
Cars & Car Conversions
Chat
Classic Boat
Country Homes & Interiors
Country Life
Cycle Sport
Cycling Weekly
Decanter
Essentials
Eventing
Family Circle
Farm Holiday Guides
Golf Monthly
Hair
Hi-Fi News
Homes & Gardens
Horse
Horse & Hound
Ideal Home
International Boat Industry
Land Rover World
Living etc
Loaded
Marie Claire
Mini World
Mizz
Model Collector
Motor Boat & Yachting
Motor Boats Monthly
Motor Caravan Magazine
Mountain Bike Rider
Muzik
NME
Now
Park Home & Holiday Caravan
Practical Boat Owner
Practical Parenting
Prediction
Racecar Engineering
Rugby World
Ships Monthly
Shoot Monthly
Shooting Times
Soaplife
Sporting Gun
Stamp Magazine
SuperBike
The Field
The Golf
The Guitar Magazine
The Railway Magazine
TV & Satellite Week
TVTimes
Uncut
VolksWorld
Wallpaper*
WebUser
Wedding and Home
What Digital Camera
What’s On TV
Woman
Woman & Home
Woman’s Own
Woman’s Weekly
Women & Golf
World Soccer
Yachting Monthly
Yachting World
Time Life Inc.
Oxmoor House
Leisure Arts
Sunset Books
Southern Living at Home
Media Networks, Inc.
First Moments
Targeted Media, Inc.
Time Inc. Custom Publishing
Synapse Group, Inc.
Time Distribution Services
Time Inc. Home Entertainment
Time Customer Service
Warner Publisher Services
This Old House Ventures, Inc.
Time Inc. Brand Licensing
Life
Joint Ventures
BOOKSPAN
Essence Communications
Partners
European Magazines Limited
Avantages S.A.
AMERICA ONLINE INC.
AOL
AOL International
CompuServe
ICQ
MapQuest
Moviefone
Netscape
AOL Music
AOL Mobile
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)
AOL for Broadband
Winamp
TIME WARNER CABLE
Time Warner Cable
Road Runner
LOCAL NEWS CHANNELS
News 9 Albany (Albany, NY)
News 8 Austin (Austin, TX)
NY1 News (New York, NY)
R News (Rochester, NY)
News 14 Raleigh (Raleigh, NC)
Joint Ventures
News 14 Carolina (Charlotte, NC)
News 24 Houston (Houston, TX)
iNDemand
Kansas City Cable Partners
Texas Cable Partners
Urban Cable Partners
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Holy friggin' long list Batman!
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Hence the reply: YAY for the CBC :thumb:
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AOL-TW owns Railway Magazine?! Geez...I never pictures that being a part of a corporate behemoth, it always seemed like such a purist publication...you know, down low with the railfans...the things you learn!
Speaking of things I've learned, I just heard that the "merger with" (more like foolish acquisition by) AOL has turned into such a catastrophic failure now that the Net bubble has burst, that AOL-TW is dropping AOL from its name and going back to Time Warner. AOL, which once overshadowed the older company with 6x theoretical worth is now the 5th largest of the conglomerate's subsidies. It's been such an embarrassing (and costly) collapse that it's not even worthy of being in the company name! Score one for the little guys!
PS Ironic that youmentioned Hurray for the CBC...while Time Warner makes blockbuster profits, the CBC lost another $10 million, it was reported today...
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Thats one big Christmas Party :lol:
I need 2 Kingston Tickets, please help.
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Yes Exactly! You can't believe the amount of bull they get away with. :rambo:
You should read what the bastards at the top of McDonald's get away with! :roll:
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Ohhhh please share the details!! I know McDonald's is a dirty corporation, but I want to know for sure....
Maybe now everyone will realise why it is bad for them :?
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however, we need to support the CBC in order to sustain our good and relatively unbiased station.... after all, it is probably the only public thing we own... :wink: 
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