Media Concentration and Ownership

Those who tell stories hold the power in society. Today television tells most of the stories to most of the people, most of the time.
-George Gerbner

Center for Creative Voices in Media (Preserving original, independent, and diverse voices in America's media).

Center for Digital Democracy

Center for International Media Action

Center for Media and Democracy

Center for Public Integrity (Investigative journalism in the public interest. Tracks who owns the media in a given region)

Changing the Channels (Seeks to influence the TV industry to produce more positive, socially responsible TV)

Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy. Chester, Jeff. New York: The New Press, 2007.

Free Press (Works to involve the public in media policymaking and to craft policies for more democratic media).

Media Channel (A global network for democratic media)

Media Owners (Who owns the American media)

Media Tank

The New Media Monopoly. Bagdikian, Ben. Boston: Beacon Press, 2004.

Our Media Voice

Rich Media, Poor Democracy: Communication Politics in Dubious Times. McChesney, Robert W. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999.

We the Media: A Citizen's Guide to Fighting for Media Democracy. Hazen, Don and Julie Winokur, eds. New York: The New Press, 1997.

Who Owns What? (Columbia Journalism Review's interactive listing of media parent companies and their holdings)