[lbo-talk] Reasons Not to Mourn the Mainstream Media

[dredmond at efn.org]

There's a hopeful side to the bathetic decline of the imperial press
monopolies, and that is the rise of the transnational digital/media
commons. Here's one small example of the power of the beast:

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/93667-Sony-Pulls-Wipeout-HD-In-Game-Ads-Following-Fan-Uproar

In the space of the videogame culture (which is rapidly becoming the
hegemonic media industry of our time) the digital commons has the power to
keep even the largest media firms in check.

-- DRR