by Maya Schenwar | Dec 17, 2025 | AI, Billionaires, CNN, Corporate Media, Donald Trump, Fascism, free press, Google, Independent Media, Journalism, Mainstream Media, Media, media consolidation, Netflix, Op-Ed, press freedom, Propaganda, Social Media, The Washington Post, Wall Street Journal
It’s becoming something of a theme: Two massive companies are fighting to take over another massive company, in a deal that will enrich a variety of shareholders but leave the rest of us worse off. The news that Netflix struck a bid to take over movie powerhouse Warner Bros. earlier this month likely horrified entertainment workers: Two Goliaths of the industry combining is no good for pay…
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by Lara Witt | Nov 19, 2025 | Corporate Media, Independent Media, media conglomerates, Movement Media Alliance, Op-Ed, Philanthrophy, Teen Vogue, Trump Administration
On November 3, Condé Nast announced that it was folding Teen Vogue into Vogue, thus laying off most of Teen Vogue’s staff. Most devastatingly, the layoffs primarily affected their Black, brown, trans and queer workers and the publication’s entire political desk, which had provided readers with rigorous and accurate reporting on systems of oppression, the policies they took shape as…
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