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Rodney Benson @rodneybenson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Glad to see our findings in How Media Ownership Matters confirmed and extended - will read this closely ! global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

The takeaway:

👉 Accommodating the radical right on immigration doesn’t win back voters.
👉 It alienates the progressive base.
👉 And it raises the salience of the very issue the radical right owns.
In short: it’s electoral self-harm.

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Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Network Analysis for Media Ownership: A Methodological Proposal, in Media and Communication: doi.org/10.17645/mac...

It's part of a special issue by @sfuerst.bsky.social, Florian Muhle, and @cporlezza.bsky.social, and we are very grateful for the guidance of this wonderful editing team!

Network Analysis for Media Ownership: A Methodological Proposal | Article | Media and Communication

Mariia Aleksevych, Tales Tomaz

doi.org

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Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

One policy implication:
Moving beyond cross-ownership caps, regulators should adopt network-based assessments to identify actual loci of influence in hybrid media systems.

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Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Key insight: Concentration is not inherently detrimental.
Institutional logic of ownership matters:

* Public/foundation ownership → pluralism & press freedom
* Private/family ownership → risks of instrumentalization

@rodneybenson.bsky.social's works have been an inspiration, of course

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Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Case study: 🇩🇰 🇬🇷

* Denmark: concentrated (CR4 = 66%, HHI = 1376), but ownership influence dispersed via public service media & foundations
* Greece: fragmented, yet ultimate control consolidated in families/individuals with political & industrial ties

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Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our proposal rests on 3 pillars:
1️⃣ Trace full ownership chains to ultimate beneficial owners
2️⃣ Weight markets by audience attention shares
3️⃣ Apply network centrality (esp. Katz centrality) to assess influence distribution

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Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

We advance a combined approach:
🔹 Economic concentration measures
🔹 Network analysis of ownership relations

This allows us to interrogate both market structure AND relational power.

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Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Standard metrics (CRn, HHI) remain useful but insufficient. They capture market shares, yet overlook:

* Cross-sector integration
* Beneficial ownership structures
* Owners’ power over audiences

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Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

How should we measure media power and concentration in hybrid media systems?

Mariia Aleksevych and I just published a new open-access article in Media and Communication @cogitatiomac.bsky.social with a methodological proposal: www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

Journalism in the Hybrid Media System

Thematic Issue, Vol 13 (2025)

www.cogitatiopress.com

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Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Key insight: Concentration is not inherently detrimental.
Institutional logic of ownership matters:

* Public/foundation ownership → pluralism & press freedom
* Private/family ownership → risks of instrumentalization

Rodney Benson's works have been an inspiration, of course

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Case study: 🇩🇰 🇬🇷

* Denmark: concentrated (CR4 = 66%, HHI = 1376), but ownership influence dispersed via public service media & foundations
* Greece: fragmented, yet ultimate control consolidated in families/individuals with political & industrial ties

1

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our proposal rests on 3 pillars:
1️⃣ Trace full ownership chains to ultimate beneficial owners
2️⃣ Weight markets by audience attention shares
3️⃣ Apply network centrality (esp. Katz centrality) to assess influence distribution

1

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

We advance a combined approach:
🔹 Economic concentration measures
🔹 Network analysis of ownership relations

This allows us to interrogate both market structure AND relational power.

1 1

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Standard metrics (CRn, HHI) remain useful but insufficient. They capture market shares, yet overlook:

* Cross-sector integration
* Beneficial ownership structures
* Owners’ power over audiences

1

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Network Analysis for Media Ownership: A Methodological Proposal, in Media and Communication: doi.org/10.17645/mac...

It's part of a special issue by @sfuerst.bsky.social, Florian Muhle, and @cporlezza.bsky.social, and we are very grateful for the guidance of this wonderful editing team!

Network Analysis for Media Ownership: A Methodological Proposal | Article | Media and Communication

Mariia Aleksevych, Tales Tomaz

doi.org

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

One policy implication:
Moving beyond cross-ownership caps, regulators should adopt network-based assessments to identify actual loci of influence in hybrid media systems.

1

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Key insight: Concentration is not inherently detrimental.
Institutional logic of ownership matters:

* Public/foundation ownership → pluralism & press freedom
* Private/family ownership → risks of instrumentalization

Rodney Benson's works have been an inspiration, of course.

1

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Case study: 🇩🇰 🇬🇷

* Denmark: concentrated (CR4 = 66%, HHI = 1376), but ownership influence dispersed via public service media & foundations
* Greece: fragmented, yet ultimate control consolidated in families/individuals with political & industrial ties

1

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our proposal rests on 3 pillars:
1️⃣ Trace full ownership chains to ultimate beneficial owners
2️⃣ Weight markets by audience attention shares
3️⃣ Apply network centrality (esp. Katz centrality) to assess influence distribution

1

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

We advance a combined approach:
🔹 Economic concentration measures
🔹 Network analysis of ownership relations

This allows us to interrogate both market structure AND relational power.

1

Tales Tomaz @talestomaz.bsky.social · Sep 5

Standard metrics (CRn, HHI) remain useful but insufficient. They capture market shares, yet overlook:

* Cross-sector integration
* Beneficial ownership structures
* Owners’ power over audiences

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KoWi Salzburg @kowisalzburg.bsky.social · Jul 31

In einem Sammelwerk (im Nomos Verlag) zum Thema "Medienregulierung" haben Mitarbeiter (J. Trappel, St. Gadringer, Th. Steinmaurer, T. Tomaz) des FB KoWi einen Buchbeitrag geschrieben:

bit.ly/buchbeitrag_...

@nomosverlag.bsky.social @jotbox.bsky.social @talestomaz.bsky.social

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Leonhard Dobusch @leonido.bsky.social · Jun 23

Noch nie habe ich das von Piketty beschriebene Problem r > g anschaulicher erklärt gesehen als in diesem Video von Gary Stevenson:

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David Slack @slack2thefuture.bsky.social · Jun 22

A reminder that the only reason Iran is a theocratic authoritarian regime is that in 1953, the US and UK (via the CIA and MI-6) decided to do a “regime change.”

Megan Cassella @megancnbc.bsky.social · Jun 22

VANCE: "Our view has been very clear that we don't want a regime change."

HEGSETH: "This mission was not and has not been about regime change."

RUBIO: Regime change is "certainly not the goal of what we're working on here."

TRUMP:

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