Mastodawn

Bliss Oct 28, 2025

Started thinking more about media concentration after #FediCollective Brew Build 2.

Someone raised the question: how do decentralized platforms respond when most of the global feed is shaped by a handful of corporations?

It’s not just about hosting your own server or using open protocols. It’s about rethinking how stories are made, shared, and sustained outside corporate ecosystems.

Are we building new media, or just federating the old one?

Would love to hear from folks working on federated zines, podcasts, video hubs, alt-distribution tools (anything that challenges the default).

Drop links, ideas, critiques. Let’s map the alternatives. Thanks!

#MediaMonopoly #DecentralizeMedia #fediverse

Bliss Oct 28, 2025

🧵 The Big 7 media giants shaping what most of the world watches, streams, and reads

1. Comcast: NBC, Universal, Sky, Peacock — cable, broadband, and Hollywood rolled into one

2. Disney: Marvel, Star Wars, ESPN, ABC — nostalgia and your kids’ favorite shows

3. Warner Bros.: Discovery, HBO, CNN, Max — drama, news, and nature docs

4. Paramount: CBS, MTV, Nickelodeon — big in broadcast and streaming

5. Sony: Movies, music, PlayStation — cross-cultural dominance

6. Netflix: Originals, algorithms, binge culture — the global studio in your pocket

7. Amazon: Prime Video, MGM, Twitch — retail entertainment meets surveillance capitalism

They own the pipelines and the stories.

What does #decentralization mean when 7 companies shape the global feed?

Can federated media offer real alternatives?

#MediaMonopoly #DecentralizeMedia #fediverse