Newspaper Industry Ownership Keywords Flashcards
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What are mergers?
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Companies joining together to form one.
2
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What is an example of a merger
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Lara Croft Go is published by Square Enix, two software companies that merged in 2003.
3
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What is a demerger
A
Lara Croft Go is published by Square Enix, two software companies that merged in 2003.
4
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Give an example of a demerger
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Marvel Studios was effectively demerged from Marvel Entertainment by Disney, once Disney became Marvel’s parent company in 2009.
5
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What is concentration?
A
A process in which fewer individuals or organisations come to control more of the mass media
6
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What is an example of concentration
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Time Warner, Viacom, 21st Century Fox.
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What is a conglomerate ownership?
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One company which owns a controlling stake in a number of smaller companies
