When the first edition of Media Monopoly came out in 1983, critics called Ben Bagdikian's warnings about the growth of corporate control of media "alarmist." Since then,corporate ownership of media has dramatically increased. The fifth edition of Bagdikian's classic book was published in February, 1997. Interview.

Ben Bagdikian
Ben Bagdikian is the winner of almost every top prize in American journalism, including the Pulitzer. He is the former dean of the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. He is one of the most respected media critics in the country and has been a reporter and editor for more than thirty years. The New York Times has called him "an exemplar to a generation of journalists." His landmark book "The Media Monopoly" is now revised and updated with seven new chapters and retitled "The New Media Monopoly."