Photo: Michael Eisner, Thomas Murphy, Ted Turner, Gerald Levin, Nobuyuki Idei
 

behind the scenes

 

meet: media moguls

  Fewer than 10 men own 95% of all media world-wide  
     
 

That's a lot of power. As Springsteen says, "54 channels and nothing to see." Why is that? The "suits" want to sell us what we have bought before. Maybe that's why movies, TV, music videos and pop songs can be so boring. What are our alternatives?