Global Media Players	1952: inherited The Adelaide News, regional newspaper and then , the NY post AND SO ON... 2011 involved in News of the World hacking scandal : 1- danger to demoracy --> media conglomerates to emerge . 2. producing a crisis of demoracy.	Murdoch’s Empire
Largest media companies worldwide (2015):	(1) Comcast (US) (2) Google Inc. (US) (3) Walt Disney Company (US)
Dominant Media Flows	newspapers	magazines
International News Agencies	(1) merger (2) poor distinction “wholesale” <> “retail” media (3) blurring boundaries national <> global (4) competition from web-based services/ blogs. (5) competition for new sources of revenue
History of Global News System	I. European News Cartel, 1870-1917	1835: Havas / France  1849: Wolff / Germany  1851: Reuters / UK
II. Collapse of European News Cartel	news market more competitive less regulations	1918-1943
The Big Five	 Agence France Press (AF) TASS, Moscow  Associated Press (AP) Reuters, London * United Press International	1940s - 1980s but in 1980's they conglomarated in 3
The Big Three	Thomson Reuters: business backgroung Associated Press (AP) :journalist-investagtive *Agence France Press : the best quality of news and details.	2000-2008
How important are the news agencies today ?	they are in charge of producing and dissemante news worldwide.