Lens Through Which Corporate Media Sees African American Media

Harsh Realities: Taking into account any contractual relations between black-owned media companies and America’s corporate media, until the nation’s monopolized industry experiences a paradigm shift seismic enough where black subscribers completely abandon cable TV, then cutting deals with the nation’s six largest media conglomerates will likely remain an inimical and humiliating one-sided-experience for black-owned media companies.

Status Quo: Did you know that between 1983 and 1984, fifty independent media companies owned the majority of media interests within the United States? Today a whopping ninety percent of the United States media is controlled by six corporate media conglomerates.

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