<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><div><div></div><div><br></div><div>The conference will discuss the findings and implications of a ​5 and a half year ​CITI-led study on international media concentration. This project brought together author teams from 30 countries examining 13 media industries in the platform, distribution, and content sectors. The result is a <a href="http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199987238.do">book published by Oxford University Press</a>, to be unveiled at the conference. The book is 1300 pages in length and includes 800 figures and tables. It aims to provide a serious data analysis of questions of media concentration trends, their drivers, the impact of technology, and variations across countries and industries.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline"> </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;display:inline">​Things are already underway. As with the <a href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8126">State of Telecom</a> yesterday Eli Noam's opening overview is recommended/ </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><u></u><div style="direction:ltr;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;color:#666666;text-align:center;margin:0px;padding:0px;background:#dddddd"><table style="width:100%;background:#dddddd" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD"><tbody><tr><td><span style="display:none!important"> joly posted: " Today Tuesday October 20th 2015 the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information presents a follow up to yesterday's State of Telecom at the Columbia University, NYC with the theme Who Owns the World's Media? Ownership and Concentration Around the World. The" </span><table style="width:100%;padding:10px" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table style="width:100%;text-align:left;max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto;background-color:#ffffff" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width: 100%; height: 8px; background-image: ; background-color: #43a4d0;" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><br><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px"><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/citimedia/"><img style="max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid #cccccc; background-color: white;" src="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/citi_media_170x255.png" alt="Who owns the World's Media?" border="0"></a> Today<strong> Tuesday October 20th 2015 </strong> the <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.citicolumbia.org/"><strong>Columbia Institute for Tele-Information</strong></a> presents a follow up to yesterday's <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8126">State of Telecom</a></strong> at the Columbia University, NYC with the theme <strong><a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.citicolumbia.org/events/2015/whoowns.html">Who Owns the World's Media? Ownership and Concentration Around the World</a></strong>. The event will be webcast live via the <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/citimedia"><strong>Internet Society livestream #2 channel</strong></a>.</p><p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444444;font-family:'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>What: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.citicolumbia.org/events/2015/whoowns.html">Who Owns the World's Media? Ownership and Concentration Around the World</a></strong><br> <strong> Where: Columbia University</strong><br> <strong> When: Tuesday October 20th 2015 9am-6pm EDT | 0500-1400 UTC</strong><br> <strong> Agenda: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="http://www.citicolumbia.org/events/2015/whoowns.html">http://www.citicolumbia.org/events/2015/whoowns.html</a></strong><br> <strong> Webcast: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/citimedia">https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/citimedia</a></strong><br> <strong> Twitter: <a style="text-decoration:underline;color:#2585b2" href="https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23whoownsthemedia&src=typd">#whoownsthemedia</a></strong></p></div><p style="d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