SATIRICAL LOOK AT THE THREAT OF MASS-MEDIA CONSOLIDATION Moyers interviews financial-company founding partners who propose uniting all Wall Street hedge funds to bring all US media under one umbrella. This piece is a satirical look at what the logic of mass-media consolidation looks like when taken to the illogical extreme. The piece looks at the argument, often made by major media conglomerates when they seek consolidation, that competition is somehow not a sign of media freedom or is bad for the public interest. (Fortunately, this is a joke, but one that can be taken seriouly: AT&T and BellSouth recently sealed a merger worth $85 billion, and AT&T wants not only to control network hardware, but content as well.) RELATED VIDEO Net neutrality House ends neutrality Bill to save web FOLLOW UP AT SENTIDO'S MEDIA SECTION :: THE NET WIDENS: WHAT ELSE ARE THEY MONITORING? :: AT&T SUED FOR VIOLATING LAW IN NSA DOMESTIC SPY PROGRAM :: GOOGLE TO COLLABORATE IN CENSORING INFORMATION DELIVERED TO CHINESE USERS :: US BROADCASTERS BRUSH DARFUR ASIDE, FAVOR JACKSON TRIAL Embedded video content courtesy of YouTube

Sentido anticipates increasing convergence between moving and broadcast media and the static, readable internet. It is with this in mind that we have begun planning the launch of a "Sentido TV" digital platform for online posting and reader download of moving news footage and reporting.

Sentido's aim to extend its service into broadcast format multimedia stems from the belief that information is valuable in itself and that providing information over multiple channels liberates the audience that consumes such information. Sentido will not reduce its textual offerings, but will provide enhanced complementary audio-visual coverage of key stories.