*** DRAFT *** Chicago Media Map : Complete List of Sources *** DRAFT ***

Recommended Reading

• Ben Bagdikian Media Monopoly. Beacon Press: Boston, Mass. 1983, 1992.
• Prime Time Activism: Media Strategies for Grassroots Organizing Charlotte Ryan. South End Press: Boston, MA, 1991.
• Special Issue, The Nation 6/3/96 - this special issue was great, especially for the centerfold pull-out map of national media conglomerates & corporate ties
• EXTRA! The Magazine of FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting)

Other Sources Used

• Gale Directory of Publications and Broadcast Media. 1996 128th Edition.
• United States Statistical Abstract. 1995.
• Illinois Commerce Commission. Springfield, IL. Annual Report on Telecommunications. Reviews laws & regulations done in that year & makes recommended legislation. Appendices include licensed telephone companies, licensed cell cos, etc.
• Bureau of the Census. Annual Survey of Communication Services. (Current Business Reports). statistics on revenue & operating costs by type of industry & subsector of industry; SIC code & forms appendix.
• "The Route to Corporate Media" Brian Zero. Route 666
• "Media Carta" by Ross Crockford. Ad Busters Spring 1996 pp. 47-50
• "Mergermania in Medialand" Interview with Michael J Wolf by Rita Koselka Forbes 10/23/95 pp. 252 - 259
• "Liberal Press: '96 Edition" Eric Alterman. Editorial in The Nation 6/10/96 pp. 6-7
• "The News Rush" Ken Auletta The New Yorker 3/18/96 pp. 42 - 45
• "A Better Mousetrap?" Richard Zoglin Time 4/15/96 pp. 87-88
• "Corporate Power: Profits Before People". Interview with Ralph Nader by David Barsamian. Z Magazine February 1995. p. 58-61.
• "Info-Bandits" Jim Naureckas. In These Times 3/4/96 p. 14-17.
• "The Media Mega-Mergers" Edward S. Herman. Dollars and Sense May / June 1996. p. 8 - 13
• Directory of Corporate Affiliations 1995 - the standard reference book on "who owns who"
• Hoover's Handbook of American Business - a good general business directory
• Chicago Yellow Pages - good for Chicago listings of media companies
• Ameritech 1995 Annual Report: http://www.ameritech.com/news/annuals/annual_95/frames/ - available online. It's amazing how shameless these companies are.
• Tribune Company web site: http://www.tribune.com/ - brags liberally about its holdings
• "Rupert Murdoch, the Congress, and Public Broadcasting" (available online through the Red Rock Eater listserve archive: http://www.utopia.com/mailings/rre/Rupert.Murdoch.the.Congress.and.public.broadcasting.html ) - insightful article on relationship between Murdoch and attacks on public spectrum
• Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook, 1995 - standard reference book for broadcasting & cable
• "The Radio Race: WGN, WGCI, WVAZ lead the pack" by Rick Kogan. Tribune 4/19/96 ? 4/20/96? p. 1, p. 5 - article reporting on the Arbitron figures for Chicago radio, winter quarter
• FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting insert - cool factoids for Westinghouse / CBS, General Electric / NBC, and Walt Disney / ABC.
• Duncan's Radio Market Guide. 1995.
• American Radio Spring 1995
• "Radio's New Wave: Mom and Pop Sell to Big Media Inc." by Tim Jones. Tribune 3/10/96, p. 1, 7

Other Sources, Potentially Interesting

• Federal Communications Commission (FCC) web page: http://www.fcc.gov/
• FCC. Telecommunications Act of 1996 Links. http://www.fcc.gov/telecom.html
• Working Press of the Nation. Newspaper Directory. TV & Radio Directory. Magazines and Internal Publications Directory.
• Radio Facts (annual). Radio Advertising Bureau, New York.
• Trends in Television (annual). Television Bureau of Advertising.
• Television & Cable Factbook. Warren Publishing: DC
• Simmons Study of Media and Markets.
• Editor & Publisher Company. International Year Book
• Advertising Age monthly index
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Annual Report.
• Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Statistics of Communications Common Carriers.
• Putting Power In Its Place: Create Community Control Judith Plant and Christopher Plant. New Society Publishers: Philadelphia, PA. 1992. Not really about media but perhaps some of the strategies would also be useful.
• Business Week 10/25/95
• "Let the World Know: Make Your Cause News" by Jason Salzman. Rocky Mountain Media Watch, Box 18858, Denver, CO 80218. 74 page guide for local groups on how to deal with media. avail. for plus .50 shipping/handling "Bias on MacNeil/Lehrer and PBS": Videotape from FAIR. TV panel discussion with Robert MacNeil, Jeff Cohen, Carolyn Craven, PBS' Barry Chase, and In These Times' Pat Aufderheide. May 1990
• "U.S. News Media: Echo Chamber for the Right" Videotape from FAIR. Jeff Cohen. June 1995.
• Through the Media Looking Glass: Decoding Bias and Blather in the News Jeff Cohen / Norman Solomon. 1995. Columns from EXTRA!.
• Adventures in Medialand: Behind the News; Beyond the Pundits. Jeff Cohen / Norman Solomon. 1993. Columns from EXTRA!.
• Manufacturing Consent. Chomsky / Herman
• Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News and Why. Carl Jensen. Chapel Hill, NC: Shelburne Press, 1993.
• Unreliable Sources Martin A. Lee and Norman Solomon. New York: Carol Publishing Group, 1991.
• Four Reasons for the Elimination of Television. Jerry Mander.

Credits

A number of people have worked on research for the Chicago Media Map. These include:

• Sabrina Craig, Peace & Justice Radio Project, AFSC
• Darlene Gramigna, Peace & Justice Radio Project, AFSC
• Dan Kaplan, Chicago Media Watch
• Ron Kollath, Progressive Media Initiative
• Jamie E. McEachron, Peace & Justice Radio Project, AFSC
• Laura Quilter, Chicago Coalition for Information Access