Media Industry

Newspapers usually have a political ideology they're trying to convey. Lots of news outlets are also owned by the same person Rupert Murdock who is the owner of Newscorp which owns news outlets like Sky and The Sun whose ideologies lean to the right. This ownership means coverage of events will inherently be biased towards the right, for example The Sun's cover for the Queen's death will be biased towards the monarchy. Companies are most recognizable from their logos depending on how large their reach is and how many products their logo is on. Disney owns lots of companies which has positives and negatives. Positives include:

  • quality guarantee
  • fewer streaming services
  • develop media faster
  • faster distribution
Negatives include:
  • less variety
  • too much to watch
  • hard for new filmmakers to compete
  • bad decisions affect all brands
Conglomerate-business corporation formed by buying many other businesses
Global conglomerate-a conglomerate in more than one country 

Horizontal integration-a company buys its rivals
Vertical integration-when a brand buys companies that do part of its business
PEGI gives age ratings to games and stands for:
Pan
European
Game
Information

PEGI ratings

  • 3
  • 7
  • 12
  • 16
  • 18

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