Tom Mills and Dan Hind: Public Ownership of the Public Sphere

Two quotes from long ago sum up the current situation in the Media: A. J. Liebling wrote „Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one”; and Hannen Swaffer claimed  “Freedom of the press in Britain means freedom to print such of the proprietor’s prejudices as the advertisers don’t object to.” Tom Mills and Dan Hind consider how we can democratise the media.

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