[HN Gopher] Reading in the Conglomerate Era
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       Reading in the Conglomerate Era
        
       Author : lxm
       Score  : 30 points
       Date   : 2023-10-24 15:25 UTC (2 days ago)
        
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       | blame-troi wrote:
       | "In fact, one thing you can count on in the United States is how
       | few people are ever going to willingly read a book of poetry and
       | find out what's in there." uh yep.
        
       | ViktorRay wrote:
       | It's a worrying phenomenon. Consolidation seems to be
       | accelerating in all creative industries.
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       | You used to have many movie studios. Many different businesses
       | you could go to rent a movie or buy a movie.
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       | Now you have consolidated streaming services and studios. This
       | makes it more difficult for people to create things outside of
       | what the mainstream wants. In the past if you had a rejection you
       | have many different studios to go to. If Blockbuster didn't want
       | to carry your movie you could have many different other rental
       | stores or businesses to sell your DVDs. Now there are only a
       | handful of options.
       | 
       | Same thing is happening in video games. In music.
       | 
       | At least in books you have the self publishing phenomenon that
       | can maybe help you out. But then again there is danger here too.
       | Many people only "self publish" through a handful of outlets like
       | Amazon. So even here the choices are limited.
        
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