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Corporate donations to universities might help to explain a lack of critical media research
"The influx of corporate money into Canadian journalism schools starting at the millennium was noted by a 2010 study, which referred to the funding as “greenmail” endowments, with the obvious imputation of influence peddling."
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https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/media-academics-to-blame-in-part-for-our-news-mess
Media academics to blame in part for our news mess
How Canada’s press fell into the hands of private equity firms and hedge funds, while its broadcasters were captured by telecom giants, should be a central question for journalism and communications scholars. Instead, too many have acted as unwitting enablers—or outright defenders—of a consolidation that has produced one of the Western world’s most tightly controlled media systems.