Who owns the media? (English)

The authors examine patterns of media ownership in 97 countries around the world. They find that almost universally the largest media firms are controlled by the government or by private families. Government ownership is more pervasive in broadcasting than in the printed media. Government ownership is generally associated with less press freedom, fewer political and economic rights, inferior governance, and, most conspicuously, inferior social outcomes...
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Djankov,Simeon; McLeish, Caralee; Nenova,Tatiana; Shleifer,Andrei.

Who owns the media? (English). Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 2620 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/320071468739484080

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