Episode 203 - CREATIVE CONSOLIDATION

Did you know…in 1983 there were 50 dominant media corporations. Today there are FIVE. These five conglomerates own about 90% of the media in the United States - including newspapers, magazines, book publishers, motion picture studios, music labels and radio and television stations. In this episode, we are joined by Anjali Midha, Thomas Dey and Evan Shapiro and we discuss the ever shrinking media landscape.

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Guests

Co-Founder & CEO - Diesel Labs

Anjali midha

Anjali is Co-founder and CEO of Diesel Labs, a content analytics company that addresses the toughest questions facing media companies today: what to produce and where to distribute and market it.

Thomas Dey

Thomas is CEO, President and Founder of ACF Investment Bank which specializes in selling, buying, fundraising, and pre and post deal services for businesses in intellectual property, content creation and international distribution.

Evan Shapiro

Evan is an Emmy and Peabody award-winner and veteran TV executive and college professor and has built and maintains maps of the Media Universe which track the fluid landscape of the industry. Check out Evan’s Media Universe Cartography below.