Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn. .. more
Professor who writes about the history and political economy of media, politics of media policy, and democratic theories of journalism. Author of "Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society." Co-director of the MIC Center at Penn.
Victor Pickard is an American media studies scholar. He is a professor at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. He works on the intersections of U.S. and global media activism and politics; the history and political economy of media institutions; and the normative foundations of media policy. .. more
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Our new piece on how hyper commercialism, oligarchy, and state coercion have converged to threaten the press — based on our recent @rooseveltinstitute.org report.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Netflix may have won the bidding war. But the losers in these deals are always creators, writers, workers and the rest of us sitting in the audience.
New Pressing Issues!
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NEW in @thenation.com: the team behind our new report argue the answer must be democracy—and lay out what it’ll take to break up corporate media and rebuild public media: www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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Reposted by Victor Pickard, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò
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new from @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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as well as @shahrzadshams.bsky.social and @bilalb.bsky.social maps the political economy behind today’s media crisis and asks the urgent question:
What would a media system designed to strengthen democracy actually look like?
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John Oliver highlights @victorpickard.bsky.social's research on how badly the US is behind in public funding: youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA?...
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@victorpickard.bsky.social, @shahrzadshams.bsky.social, and @bilalb.bsky.social identify 4⃣ problems at the root of the crisis.
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Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
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It could cost USPS more than *$6 billion* a year in lost revenue, and lead Amazon to dominate yet another facet of the economy.
USPS posted a *$9 billion* loss in 2025.
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BESSENT: I don't know. The Obamas contract with Netflix, is that appropriate?
SORKIN: My understanding is that came after he was president. That's the distinction
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Here’s the story of the day Trump said, “I feel very confident that he can do a very good job.”
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