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Ultra-rich media owners are tightening their grip on democracy. It’s time to wrest our power back

Media | The Guardian · Robert Reich · last updated

The Guardian has no billionaire or corporate owner: funded by readers, our fierce independence is guaranteed

The richest man on earth owns X.

The family of the second-richest man owns Paramount, which owns CBS, and could soon own Warner Bros, which owns CNN.

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