British and Canadian broadcasting is bad for you. One of the
authors has been under discussion here recently.
NBER WORKING PAPER
Who Owns the Media? Simeon Djankov, Caralee McLiesh, Tatiana
Nenova, Andrei Shleifer NBER Working Paper No. W8288
May 2001
Abstract: We examine the patterns of media ownership in 97
countries around the world. We find that almost universally the
largest media firms are owned by the government or by private
families. Government ownership is more pervasive in broadcasting
than in the printed media. Government ownership of the media is
generally associated with less press freedom, fewer political and
economic rights, and, most conspicuously, inferior social
outcomes in the areas of education and health. It does not appear
that adverse consequences of government ownership of the media
are restricted solely to the instances of government monopoly.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929
Tel. 530-898-5321
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