Kings. The second black box has been found. This is the data recorder. It is badly damaged. Varney company about to begin. Take a look at the share price of craft. It has announced a 40 billion merger with heinz. Who knows which companies will be next to get together. Some of the biggest brands that you know are now under one roof. Maxwell house theyll veto, jello oscar meyer philadelphia cream cheese just among many that we have to tell you about. A half Dozen Companies that dominate Grocery Stores all over the world. This is adam schapiro. A piece of the heinz fortune. All right adam, is Teresa Heinz Kerry much richer this morning . A great question. The answer is, no. When they bought heinz pac in 2013 at that time, she had in a trust roughly 3 million worth of stock. That aspect alone she will not be making any money in regards to this. If she has shares of craft she is going to the bank. He is financing that special dividend. They are paying a special dividend. That is factored in
Christoff which triggered a conversation. Many e wrote anhe wrote an article where he said many people rendered themselves unavailable or not asking questions that were relevant to the public and in some ways fostered a disconnect with the public that is necessary. He didnt say this is true of all intellectuals but he did argue theyre a dying breed. Others said theres many good, interesting voices out there. The point of todays panel is not so much to have a debate about whether he was right or wrong nor have a debate familiar at almost every oha conversation about the role of the public intellectual or should historians be tried to do this. I think most of us in the panel given what we do start and its a good thing for those that what to do it. It has a lot of value. What i wanted to do when i put this together was bring together people who have been doing interesting work and ask them about their lives and their career and experience and give a little autobiography about how this has
Makes our democracy the kind of democracy it should be. And theres a reason to have Political Parties. But to give them the control they have over our political system is just wrong. Announcer funding is provided by Carnegie Corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, and committed to doing real and permanent good in the world. The kohlberg foundation. Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The herb alpert foundation, supporting organizations Whose Mission is to promote compassion and creativity in our society. The bernard and audre rapoport foundation. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org. Anne gumowitz. The betsy and jesse fink foundation. The hkh foundation. Barbara g. Fleischman
Welcome. Sometimes we can see the universe in a grain of sand, as the old saying goes, but nowadays a graphic chart more vividly reveals the world we live in. Take a look at this statistical snapshot of the media ecology that largely determines what you and i see, read, and hear. In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of media in america. In 1990 the number had dropped to 23. In 1997, 10. And today, six. There you have it the fistful of multinational conglomerates that own the majority of media in america. What do we call it when a few firms dominate the market . Oligopoly. Doesnt quite rhyme with democracy. But today, believe it or not, big media is about to get even bigger, unless the public stands up and says no heres the story. The chairman of the federal Communications Commission the fcc, the agency of government created by congress to protect the publics rightful ownership of the airwaves is reportedly asking the other four commissioners to suspend the rule preventing a c
Welcome. Sometimes we can see the universe in a grain of sand, as the old saying goes, but nowadays a graphic chart more vividly reveals the world we live in. Take a look at this statistical snapshot of the media ecology that largely determines what you and i see, read, and hear. In 1983, 50 corporations controlled a majority of media in america. In 1990 the number had dropped to 23. In 1997, 10. And today, six. There you have it the fistful of multinational conglomerates that own the majority of media in america. What do we call it when a few firms dominate the market . Oligopoly. Doesnt quite rhyme with democracy. But today, believe it or not, big media is about to get even bigger, unless the public stands up and says no heres the story. The chairman of the federal Communications Commission the fcc, the agency of government created by congress to protect the publics rightful ownership of the airwaves is reportedly asking the other four commissioners to suspend the rule preventing a c